Diana Nguyen

About Diana

Diana Nguyen is an actor, comedian, and a dancer influencer on LinkedIn with over 78,000 followers — and she is not a professional dancer. She is the #JoyFool dancer who has spoken at conferences around the world, including her first TED Talk in 2020 called Joy is my Caffeine. In 2021 she was named the Overall Asian Australian Leadership Most Influential Person of the year. As a stand-up comedian, she has performed at comedy festivals across Australia including the Melbourne International Comedy Festival, Edinburgh, and Los Angeles, with shows including Phi and Me (4.5 stars, Herald Sun), Chasing Keanu Reeves (4 stars, TimeOut), Naked (4.95 stars, Australia Times), and Dirty Diana (4 stars, Be Melbourne).

Diana has appeared as a guest panellist on The Project, Q&A, Friday Front Bar, and Fox Footy. Her acting credits include How to Stay Married, Fat Pizza, Please Like Me, Jack Irish, and Underbelly. She is the co-creator of the first Vietnamese-Australian family comedy web series, Phi and Me TV — five episodes celebrating Vietnamese refugee migration to Australia — which won awards for best writing (New Zealand), best ensemble (Utah Webfest), and best supporting actress (Sicily Webfest). The Age named it one of the top five shows to watch in June 2019. The series is in TV development with Screen Australia, produced by Northern Pictures.

Diana's writing credits include the Phi and Me web series, a 2022 world premiere co-adaptation for Melbourne Theatre Company of Alice Pung's book Laurinda, and a celebrated short story in Alice Pung's Growing Up Asian in Australia. She suits events that want a comedian with a multicultural perspective, genuine warmth, and creative credentials that extend well beyond the stage.