Emma Holland

Holland grew up in both Bandung, Indonesia and Canberra, Australia.^[2][3] She graduated in 2016 from the Australian National University with a degree in art.^[4]

In 2018, Holland was a runner-up in the Raw Comedy National Grand Final.^[2][5] The next year, Holland debuted her first solo show, Dolly Doctor Strangelove, at the Canberra Comedy Festival.^[4] In 2020, Holland performed in Canberra with her show Fine Art.^[6]

She presented her stand-up show Dreamer in the Mist at the 2022 Melbourne International Comedy Festival (MICF),^[2] and in 2023, Holland's show Save The Orangutans was nominated for outstanding show at the festival.^[7] Holland performed her solo show Here Comes Mr. Forehead at the 2024 MICF,^[8][9] as well as Emma's Debutante with Frankie McNair.^[10][11] She also travelled to and performed at Edinburgh Fringe in 2024, with a show about growing up in Indonesia.^[12][13][14]

Holland has also appeared on and written for various television shows, including The Cheap Seats (where she has often been a fill-in co-host), Have You Been Paying Attention?, 7 Days, and Thank God You're Here.^{[15][2][16][17][18]} Her show Fine Art was also commissioned for television in 2024 by the ABC as part of its Fresh Blood 3 initiative.^[19] In 2025, she appeared as a contestant on and was the winner of the fourth season of Taskmaster Australia.

As of 2025^[update], Holland is represented by Jubilee Street Management.^[3]

In 2025, Holland released her debut stand-up special Here Comes Mr. Forehead.^{[20][21][22][23]}

Don't Touch My Trinkets, a five-city Australian comedy festival stand-up tour began in February 2025.^[24] In 2025 she appeared as a contestant on Claire Hooper's House of Games.^[25]

• Official website
• Emma Holland at IMDb