Courtney Act (she/her)

Boy, Girl, Artist, Advocate. Courtney Act is more than just the sum of her parts.

In 2003, Courtney made it to 13th place on the first season of Australian Idol and then signed to Sony/BMG. In 2014 she was top three on Season 6 of the Emmy Award winning RuPaul’s Drag Race before releasing her debut EP, Kaleidoscope, and touring internationally with her original show, The Girl From Oz. In 2018, Courtney was crowned the winner of Celebrity Big Brother UK–educating viewers on queer issues such as gender fluidity and sexuality.

After her successful world tour Under the Covers, Courtney made television history as the host of the UK’s first bisexual dating show The Bi Life (E!). That Christmas she hosted her own variety TV special, The Courtney Act Show(Channel 4 UK and 10 Peach). She competed in Eurovision – Australia Decides and then danced her way into the hearts of the nation finishing runner up on Dancing With The Stars.

2020 saw her new live show FLUID debut at Darlinghurst Theatre in the Mardi Gras Festival. In 2021Courtney hosted her own series of One Plus One (ABC TV) and launched the podcast Brenda, Call Me(NOVA)with best friend Vanity, and Building Queertopia (BBC Sounds). 2021 concluded with the release of Caught In The Act: A Memoir, which went into reprint on the first day of sales and quickly became a bestseller. Courtney  has recenty appeared as a finalist in Dancing with the Stars: All Stars (Ch7), Elvira in Blithe Spirit with Sydney Theatre Company and launched “Courtney’s Closet” (Ch10).

A photograph of Courtney Act looking alluringly into the middle distance in flawless makeup and a black sequin blazer with nothing underneath

Anerkennung des Landes

Der Sydney WorldPride findet auf dem Land der Gadigal, Cammeraygal, Bidjigal, Darug und Dharawal statt, die die traditionellen Hüter des Sydney-Beckens sind.

Wir zollen den Ältesten der Vergangenheit und Gegenwart unseren Respekt. Es war immer und wird immer Aborigine-Land sein.

Die Aborigines und Torres-Strait-Insulaner kommen aus vielen verschiedenen Clans und Gemeinschaften in ganz Australien und werden 2023 zusammenkommen, um gemeinsam mit unserer weltweiten LGBTQIA+-Gemeinschaft zu feiern.