Nina Oyama
Darsteller, Autor, Regie
18. August 1993 (32 Jahre)
Oyama began performing stand-up comedy at 17 years old. In 2012, she was a state finalist in the Class Clowns competition. That year she also performed at The Sydney Fringe as part of "Barely Legal - Australia's Best Young Comedians" alongside Neel Kolhatkar and Aaron Chen, and performed on Dan Ilic's FBi Radio show. Oyama became a writer for the children's sketch comedy show You're Skitting Me, and made her television debut performing stand-up comedy on SBS 2 in 2014.
In 2017, Oyama was cast as executive assistant/receptionist Courtney Kano in the third, fourth, and fifth seasons of Utopia. In the same year, she joined the cast of ABC Comedy's topical entertainment show Tonightly with Tom Ballard as a writer; she also starred in the second and final series of the show in 2018.
Oyama directed, co-wrote, and co-starred in The Angus Project, a web series and television pilot that aired on ABC iview in 2018. Based on real events in Bathurst, the series co-stars Angus Thompson as a sports journalist with cerebral palsy, for whom Oyama becomes a friend and caregiver. The show received praise for its earnest depictions of disability and regional Australia.
As of 2019 Oyama was regularly performing stand-up comedy.
In 2020, she starred on the Network 10 sketch comedy series Kinne Tonight, and served as a scriptwriter for Michael Cusack's Adult Swim series YOLO: Crystal Fantasy. She co-directed the film Diving In, which starred an amputee swimmer and was featured in the 2020 Sydney Film Festival. Also in that year, Oyama received media attention for making "#CatPoop" a trending topic on Twitter in Australia.
On 9 July 2024, Deadloch was renewed for a second season and it was announced that Oyama would reprise the role of Abby Matsuda. On 28 October, Oyama was named for the animated film The Pout Pout Fish.
On 4 June 2025, Oyama was announced as part of the cast for the series Gnomes.
In 2017, Oyama was cast as executive assistant/receptionist Courtney Kano in the third, fourth, and fifth seasons of Utopia. In the same year, she joined the cast of ABC Comedy's topical entertainment show Tonightly with Tom Ballard as a writer; she also starred in the second and final series of the show in 2018.
Oyama directed, co-wrote, and co-starred in The Angus Project, a web series and television pilot that aired on ABC iview in 2018. Based on real events in Bathurst, the series co-stars Angus Thompson as a sports journalist with cerebral palsy, for whom Oyama becomes a friend and caregiver. The show received praise for its earnest depictions of disability and regional Australia.
As of 2019 Oyama was regularly performing stand-up comedy.
In 2020, she starred on the Network 10 sketch comedy series Kinne Tonight, and served as a scriptwriter for Michael Cusack's Adult Swim series YOLO: Crystal Fantasy. She co-directed the film Diving In, which starred an amputee swimmer and was featured in the 2020 Sydney Film Festival. Also in that year, Oyama received media attention for making "#CatPoop" a trending topic on Twitter in Australia.
On 9 July 2024, Deadloch was renewed for a second season and it was announced that Oyama would reprise the role of Abby Matsuda. On 28 October, Oyama was named for the animated film The Pout Pout Fish.
On 4 June 2025, Oyama was announced as part of the cast for the series Gnomes.
Filmografie
| 2026 | The Pout-Pout Fish · as Pip (voice) |
| 2025 | Sunny Nights · as Sylvie |
| 2025 | The Role of a Lifetime · as Dr. Jessie |
| 2024 | |
| 2024 | |
| 2023 | Deadloch · as Abbie Matsuda |
| 2023 | We Interrupt This Broadcast · as Melissa Yeong |
| 2023 | Koala Man · as Little Nina |
| 2021 | Question Everything · as Guest |
| 2021 | Mikki vs the World · as Erika |
| 2020 | Dom and Adrian: 2020 · as Debbie |
| 2019 | Kinne Tonight · as Various Characters |
| 2014 | Utopia (AU) · as Courtney Kano |
| 2006 | |
| 2005 | |
| 1988 | Home and Away · as Sylvie Gray |
| 2025 | Claire Hooper's House of Games · as Self |
| 2024 | A Bite to Eat with Alice · as Self |
| 2024 | |
| 2024 | 13th AACTA Awards · as Self |
| 2023 | Guy Montgomery's Guy Mont Spelling Bee · as Self |
| 2023 | Taskmaster (AU) · as Self |
| 2022 | Would I Lie to You? (AU) · as Self - Panelist |
| 2021 | Celebrity Letters and Numbers · as Self - Contestant |
| 2021 | The Hundred with Andy Lee · as Self - Panelist |
| 2021 | The Cheap Seats · as Self |
| 2021 | Win The Week · as Self |
| 2021 | The Cook Up with Adam Liaw · as Self - Comedian |
| 2020 | Reputation Rehab · as Self |
| 2020 | Face to Face with David · as Self |
| 2019 | Celebrity Name Game (AU) · as Self |
| 2015 | The Weekly with Charlie Pickering · as Herself - Correspondent |
| 2015 | In the Zone IV · as Self |
| 2015 | Game Night · as Self - Player #3 |
| 2015 | About Tonight · as Self - Host |
| 2013 | Have You Been Paying Attention? · as Self - Guest Quizmaster |
| 2022 |
| 2023 | Class of '07 · as Series Developed By |
| 2023 | Koala Man · as Story Editor |
| 2020 | YOLO · as Writers Room Participant |
| 2018 | Squinters · as Additional Material |
| 2012 | You're Skitting Me · as Additional Writing |