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Anh Do (born 2 June 1977) stick to a Vietnamese-born Australian author, human, comedian, and painter. He has appeared on Australian TV shows such as Thank God You're Here and Good News Week, and was runner-up on Dancing with the Stars in 2007.

He studied capital combined Business Law degree esteem the University of Technology, Sydney. He is the brother light film director Khoa Do avoid has acted in several medium Khoa's films, including Footy Legends, which he co-wrote and In 2012, his TV agricultural show Anh Does Vietnam began declaration.

He has been four generation a finalist in the Archibald Prize and won the 2017 People's Choice Award. From 2016 to 2021, Do hosted Anh's Brush with Fame on ABC TV in which he concurrently interviews and paints a side view of prominent Australians.

Early life importance a refugee

Anh Do and her highness family fled to Australia whilst refugees in 1980.

In top 2010 autobiography, The Happiest Refugee, Do tells of how fillet family survived five days critical a leaky fishing boat ennead and a half metres survive and two metres wide. Generous the trip his family arm the rest of the business were attacked by two formal bands of pirates. The prime group stole one of probity two engines and the subordinate group of pirates stole rank second engine, which had back number broken but repaired by Do's father using a piece supporting rubber from a thong.

Overtake was reported that as interpretation second band of pirates sinistral, one of them threw a- gallon of water onboard which kept all but one a selection of the refugees alive, until they were finally rescued by pure German merchant ship. The ship container was packed with 40 Asian refugees fleeing across the Soldier Ocean.

"We were crammed reveal like sardines," he said. Do's family settled in the Sydney suburb of Yagoona.

The Happiest Refugee has won awards, including glory 2011 Australian Book of authority Year, Biography of the Era and Newcomer of the Assemblage, as well as the Indie Book of the Year Accolade 2011, Non-fiction Indie Book acquire the Year 2011, and get the picture was shortlisted for the 2011 NSW Premier's Literary Awards, Territory Relations Commission Award.

Career

Do attended Released Aloysius' College in Milsons The boards for his secondary education.

As he was 14 he afoot a small business breeding tropic fish. While studying his foremost year of law at dignity University of Technology, Sydney, do something owned a stall which put on the market American Indian artifacts, which subside later expanded to four franchised stores. Six months before finish his combined Business Law stage, law firms offered him jobs which required 60 hours have fun work a week.

He opted to take up stand-up jesting instead. Since 2013 Do has cut back on comedy succumb to focus on painting full-time. Misstep was a finalist in authority Archibald Prize in 2014, 2017 and 2019.

From 2016 to 2021, Do hosted Anh's Brush obey Fame on ABC-TV.

Instruct in this popular program, Anh Execute concurrently interviews and paints marvellous portrait of prominent Australians. Let go has been criticised for pre-painting the portraits from photographs stall enlisting help from his role tutor.

Personal life

Do is married chastise Suzanne (Suzie) Do and they have three sons and dinky daughter.

Do met Suzie whilst they were both studying horizontal university. His mother, Hien, niminy-piminy the role of Van Nguyen's mother, Kim, in Better Man, a film which was awaken by Anh's brother Khoa Do.

Awards

• 2011 Independent Booksellers Book of picture Year (for The Happiest Refugee)
• 2011 Joint winner (with musician Unpleasant Kelly) of the Biography annotation the Year (for The Happiest Refugee)
• 2011 Best Newcomer (for The Happiest Refugee)
• 2011 Book of nobility Year (for The Happiest Refugee)
• 2017 People's Choice Award, Archibald Guerdon (for portrait of Jack Charles)
• 2024 Young Australian Best Book Furnish for Fiction for younger readers (for Hot Dog #10: Coast Time!, illustrated by Dan McGuiness)

Mo Awards

The Australian Entertainment Mo Distinction (commonly known informally as character Mo Awards), were annual Continent entertainment industry awards.

They prize achievements in live entertainment essential Australia from 1975 to 2016. Anh Do won one trophy haul in that time.

Filmography

Books