Interview: May 29

The one and only Magda Szubanski is the guest on Interview this week.

Keen to see if Mr. Denton pronounces her name right, as so few do. It’s “Shu-beinski.”

Responsible for creating some of Australia’s most memorable TV characters, Magda Szubanski is a national treasure.

For the first time, Andrew sits down with the comic actor, author and activist. She reveals the story behind the birth of Kath & Kim’s Sharon Strzelecki, the source of chain smoking Lynne Postlethwaite’s words of wisdom and how her tendency to collapse into uncontrollable giggles has cost television producers a fortune.

Magda also gets extremely personal as she discusses her late father’s experiences as a Polish resistance assassin in World War II, her very public weight battle and why she thinks homophobia prevented her from pursuing a career in Hollywood after the mammoth success of Babe.

She looks back on her contribution to the same-sex marriage campaign and, in an emotional moment, pays tribute to her mother, who passed away shortly before the vote was passed.

8:45pm Tuesday on Seven.