Rosalind Hammond, often credited as Ros or Roz, is an Australian actress and writer who has worked in theatre, film, and television. Hammond's television appearances include the role of Heather in ABC's Bay of Fires, Claudia in The Heights, and ten seasons of Shaun Micallef's Mad as Hell.
Early life and education Rosalind Hammond is a graduate of the Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts.
Career Hammond played the role of librarian Christine Grimwood in three series of the ABC sitcom The Librarians. She was a regular cast member on Thank God You're Here, Full Frontal, Sky Trackers, Snowy, and Micro Nation.
Hammond made guest appearances on the television series Harrow, Please Like Me, The Letdown, Carla Cametti PD, Driven Crazy, Law of the Land, MDA, Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries, Mr & Mrs Murder, Newstopia, Offspring, Outland, Raw FM, Slide and Welcher and Welcher, and in the TV movie Curtin.
She also wrote for television programs, including ABC Kids series Little Lunch, ABC's It's A Date, SkitHOUSE, Eric Bana's sketch show Eric, Home and Away, The Mick Molloy Show and Small Tales and True.
She has appeared in feature films Muriel's Wedding, in which she played one of the bridesmaids; The Dish, The Honourable Wally Norman; and the short film Titsiana Booberini.
Hammond's theatre credits include productions with the Melbourne and Sydney Theatre Companies with roles in Blithe Spirit, The Female of the Species, Happy Endings (2012), Kid Stakes, Secret Bridesmaids' Business, and Things We Do For Love.
Her one-woman show, Full Blown Rose, had successful international tours to the Dublin Fringe Festival and the Glasgow Millers International Comedy Festival. At the 2005 Melbourne International Comedy Festival, she received a Golden Gibbo nomination.
From 2012 to 2022, Hammond appeared as a regular guest for Shaun Micallef's Mad as Hell, on which she portrayed characters such as Jacquie Lambie’s press secretary Dolly Norman, conservative blogger Vomitoria Catchment, royal watcher Gay March. She previously worked with Shaun Micallef in three series of The Micallef Programme.
At the 2013 Melbourne International Comedy Festival, she performed Gym and Tonic, based on her "other career" as a personal trainer at an all-women's gym. The production then toured nationally.
In 2023, Hammond appeared in ABC series Bay of Fires. In 2024 she appeared in ABC comedy series White Fever. In 2025 she appeared in ABC crime-comedy-drama series Return to Paradise.
Filmography
Film YearTitleRoleNotes 2022 Blueback Celebrant Feature film 2022 How to Please a Woman Claudia Feature film 2019 By Your Side Leonie Short film 2015 Blythe Spirit Madam Arcati 2015 Hammer or Claw Emma Short film 2010 Bufo Susan Hurley Short film 2008 Corrections Receptionist Short film 2007 The King Kathleen TV movie 2007 Curtin Gladys Joyce TV movie 2006 Love No.9 Ivy Short film 2006 The Demons Among Us Kylie's mother 2004 Josh Jarman Burgerland Girl Feature film 2003 The Honourable Wally Norman Dolly Norman Feature film 2000 The Dish Miss Nolan Feature film 1997 Titsiana Booberini Carol Johnson Short film 1996 Eric Various TV movie 1994 Muriel's Wedding Cheryl Feature film
Television +Year Title Role Notes Ref2025Return to ParadiseJonshi ShivaTV series; 1 episode2024White FeverDeidre ThomasTV series; 5 episodes 2023- Bay of Fires Heather TV series 2023 Cool Mum TV series, 3 episodes 2022 Irreverent Margie TV series, 10 episodes 2022 Summer Love Janelle (voice) TV series, 1 episode 2012-22 Shaun Micallef's Mad as Hell Various TV series, 114 episodes 2019-22Five Bedrooms Edwina Crowe TV series, 6 episodes 2021 Iggy and Ace Gwen TV series, 6 episodes 2021 Harrow Karen Yancy TV series, 1 episode 2021 Why Are You Like This Julie TV series, 2 episodes 2019-20 The Heights Claudia Rosso TV series, 60 episodes 2019 Secret Bridesmaids' Business Ginger Connor TV miniseries, 2 episodes 2018 Pilot Week Barista TV series, 1 episode 2017 Childproof Various (voice) TV series, 6 episodes 2017 The Letdown Christine TV series, 1 episode 2016 Jack Irish Sue Shields TV series, 6 episodes 2015 Kinne Various TV series, 6 episodes 2014 It's a Date Lizzie TV series, 1 episode 2014 Please Like Me Marilyn TV series, 2 episodes 2013 Upper Middle Bogan Sandi TV series, 1 episode 2013 Offspring Maryjeanne TV series, 1 episode 2013 Mr & Mrs Murder Deborah Newhouse TV series, 1 episode 2012 Micro Nation Betty Cosdosca TV web series, 1 episode 2012 Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries Mrs Opie TV series, 1 episode 2012 Outland Simone TV miniseries, 1 episode 2011 Mollusks Vanessa 'Big Mama Jelly' TV series. 3 episodes 2011 Some Say Love Various TV series, 1 episode 2011 Mal.com Janelle TV series, 1 episode 2011 SLiDE Rosie TV series, 3 episodes 2007-10 The Librarians Christine Grinwood TV series, 20 episodes 2009 Carla Cametti PD Sandra DeLuca TV miniseries, 1 episode 2007 Newstopia Lindy Spern TV series, 1 episode 2005 MDA Courtney Gould TV series, 2 episode 2004 Stories from the Golf Woman TV series, 1 episode 2003 Welcher & Welcher Thadia TV series, 2 episodes 2003 Skithouse Various TV series 2002 Bootleg Tricia Moore TV series. 3 episodes 1996-02Blue Heelers Kerryn / Siobhan TV series, 3 episodes 1998-01 The Micallef P(r)ogram(me) Various TV series, 23 episodes 2000 Introducing Gary Petty Colleen Turner TV series, 1 episode 1999 The Mick Molloy Show Various TV series, 3 episodes 1999 Law of the Land Ann TV series, 1 episode 1998 Small Tales & True Various TV series, 6 episodes 1998 Driven Crazy Dr Brandt TV series, 1 episode 1998 Raw FM Flavia TV series, 1 episode 1997 Eric Various TV series, 9 episodes 1996 Full Frontal Additional Cast TV series, 1 episode 1994 Sky Trackers Ellie TV series, 26 episodes 1994 Newlyweds Sarah TV series, 1 episode 1993 Snowy Jill TV series, 7 episodes
Stage
As actor YearTitleRoleNotes 1996 Kid Stakes Marcy Wells Playhouse Melbourne with Melbourne Theatre Company 2000 Secret Bridesmaids' Business Angela Dixon Malthouse Theatre, Playhouse, Adelaide 2001 Dear Sun Joy Hester Melbourne Theatre Company 2004 Blithe Spirit Ruth Melbourne Theatre Company & Sydney Theatre Company 2005 Country Energy Comedy Festival Comedian The Butter Factory Theatre, Wodonga 2005 Things We Do For Love Nikki Wickstead Arts Centre Melbourne with Melbourne Theatre Company 2005 Garden Ho Melbourne International Comedy Festival & Dublin Festival 2006 The Female of the Species Tess Thornton Melbourne Theatre Company 2006 Full Blown Rose Herself Dublin Fringe Festival, Glasgow Millers International Comedy Festival 2009 Master of the Revels Southbank Theatre with Melbourne Theatre Company 2010 Cubec Reading- You Won't Be Seeing Rainbows Anymore - 5 Melbourne Theatre Company 2010 Furiously Fertile Jen Hit Productions 2012 Happy Endings Liliana Southbank Theatre with Melbourne Theatre Company 2012 Red Silk Anne Sexton Red Silk Productions 2013 Gym and Tonic Herself Melbourne Town Hall for Melbourne International Comedy Festival & national tour 2013 Day One, A Hotel, Evening Stella Heath Ledger Theatre, Perth with Black Swan Theatre Company 2015 Blithe Spirit Heath Ledger Theatre, Perth with Black Swan Theatre Company 2016–17 Signifying Nothing Karen Fox The Blue Room Theatre, Perth, The Studio, Adelaide with Hammond Fleet Productions
As director YearTitleRoleNotes 2016 These Things Happen Director Hammond Fleet Productions 2016 This is Not a Love Song Director Hammond Fleet Productions
General references
References
External links
Roz Hammond's website