Libbi Gorr
MC, Keynote Speaker & Comic Roasts
One of Australia’s most loved, award-winning radio and television broadcasters, humourist, writer, documentary maker and entertainer. Libbi is personable, intelligent and engaging, with a uniquely entertaining outlook on the world, which she weaves into her live acts as MC, facilitator, debater and keynote speaker.
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Libbi Gorr is a multi-award winning TV and radio broadcaster, podcaster, live performer, writer, and voice artist whose work is renowned for its wit, warmth, and humour. She captured Australian hearts with her comic creation Elle McFeast, the parody “supermodel” who debuted on radio in 1987 and went on to break new ground on television throughout the 1990s and early 2000s. Elle McFeast remains an iconic figure in Australian comedy and social commentary.
Libbi’s professional journey began in law, where she first made audiences laugh as Lady Macbeth under the direction of Barry Kosky and later with the celebrated Law Revue alongside Tom Gleisner, Magda Szubanski, Santo Cilauro, and Rob Sitch. During this period she performed with the cabaret group The Hot Bagels and worked part-time at ABC Sport, before graduating in Law and turning fully to comedy and media.
After creating Elle McFeast for Fox FM’s Kick to Kick, Libbi joined Andrew Denton’s Live and Sweaty, earning a Logie nomination for Best New Talent. She became Australia’s first female late-night sports comedy show host with McFeast Live Tonight, and her TV specials—including Sex, Guys and Videotape (Gold Medal, New York Festival of Television), Breasts (Logie Nomination) and My Big Bottom (Bronze Medal, New York Festival)—pioneered a bold, feminist comedy style that resonated nationally and internationally.
Libbi’s career has spanned multiple media platforms. She covered the 2009 bushfires for ABC Local Radio, was appointed to the AFLW Game Establishment Committee, and presented the high rating This Weekend Life on ABC Radio Melbourne and Victoria for over a decade, including during the COVID pandemic. She continues to create and host programs such as The Disrupt Radio Enterprise Breakfast, and her new podcast, Red Card for Mummy & Other Soccer Stories, explores life lessons through the lens of football.
An accomplished writer, Libbi has published two books, contributed to ABC TV programs including 7.30 and News Breakfast, and writes for Selector Magazine on food and wine. She is also one of Australia’s leading voice artists, with decades of experience in commercial, narrative, and performance work.
In 2022, Libbi was inducted as a trailblazer on the Victorian Honour Roll of Women for her outstanding contribution to arts and media. She continues to deliver keynote addresses, MC corporate and public events, and perform stand-up and one-person shows with her signature combination of intelligence, humour, and insight.
Topics
50 Shades of Different
Libbi’s keynote is compelling – 50 shades of Different – a profoundly insightful yet humour laden address about the power of embracing your differences, for it is these that set your aside from the pack and bring you success. Libbi draws from her own personal experiences entwined with the teachings of others from business and learning to leave audiences both gasping and laughing with the ignominies and stellar heights one can experience on a professional pathway.
Take out Messaging – Confidence, Motivation, Trust and Understanding of Intent and Impact.
Touchstone topics – Leadership, Resilience, Psychological Safety in the workplace; Considered risk, Managing Up.
The Elle McFeast Roast
A by Appointment special event: Elle McFeast joins your event to personally take charge of proceedings and allow professionally constructed mayhem to prevail with a meticulously researched ROAST format that will break through any corporate veil to create trust, camaraderie and a night to remember.
