About Janelle

Janelle is an accomplished comedian and a mediocre guitarist. Her unique blend of honest stand-up, cheeky songs and sometimes far too personal tales about all aspects of her own life have made her a favourite amongst Australian audiences

Janelle Koenig has been funny since – well – birth but her career in comedy started more than nine years ago when she was discovered at the inaugural Jeez Louise Funny Women’s Forum.

Since this auspicious event she’s gone on to work with some of the best in the business – Richard Stubbs, Carl Barron, Dave Hughes, Jo Stanley, Rachel Berger and…err…Warwick Capper – to name drop a few.

Janelle has appeared regularly on Nova100’s Bang Up Wednesday and was the humour columnist for the international ‘Diane’ magazine and ‘Mother and Baby’. With multiple appearances on Foxtel’s Comedy Channel, Channel 31’s Champagne Comedy, Instant TV and Theatre Games Live, Janelle capped it off in February 2008, when she was hand-picked by NBC as one of only two Melbournian comedians to represent Australia in Last Comic Standing in Miami, Florida.

In 2010, Janelle relocated permanently to Perth, Western Australia were she has become a core member of local impro group ‘The Big Hoo Haa’, and a popular headliner and MC on all of the local stages. She is also the resident MC at Girlz Night Out – Perth’s premier ladies’ comedy night.

You might have seen Janelle at…

  • 2011 Wild West Comedy Festival – Love Songs and Deviations (runner up for ‘Peoples Choice’ and ‘Mike – Excellence in Performance’ Awards)
  • 2011 Wild West Comedy Festival Gala – Perth WA
  • 2006 Show Us Your Roots, hosted by Carl Barron, Canberra
  • 2005 Call Girls, Melbourne Fringe Festival
  • 2005 Comedy Retail, Melbourne International Comedy Festival
  • 2005 Life After Dick, Melbourne International Comedy Festival
  • 2004 Janelle Koenig and Jon Levene are Not Drowning, Dating, Melbourne International Comedy Festival
  • 2004 The Brothers McKenzie – And Old Fashioned Scarytale, Melbourne International Comedy Festival
  • 2004 The Duck of Doom, Melbourne International Comedy Festival
  • 2003 Richard Stubbs Comperes Le Joke, Melbourne International Comedy Festival