Faustina Agolley

Faustina Agolley is a TV Host, Actor, TV Producer, music journalist, writer and DJ. As a Host, her work includes Australia's top-rating entertainment program, The Voice (2012), where she bridged the gap between television viewers and online as the program's social media reporter. Prior to The Voice, Faustina hosted Australia's flagship music program, Video Hits (1986). Faustina travelled the world to interview music's biggest entertainers including Alicia Keys, Kanye West, Adele, Bruno Mars, Rihanna, Calvin Harris, Dave Grohl, Calvin Harris and Pharrell Williams. Faustina also hosted Network Ten's live national coverage of the New Year's Eve Fireworks from Sydney's Harbour Bridge and shared her opinions on politics and current affairs as a guest panellist on ABC1's live political show Q&A (2008). After coming out, Faustina was invited to co-host Sydney's Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras on SBS. She made her feature film debut opposite Portia de Rossi and Lucy Fry in comedy, Now Add Honey (2015). In 2017 she made her theatre debut at Sydney Theatre Company and Melbourne Theatre Company in Florian Zeller's Moliere-Award winning play The Father opposite theatre luminary, John Bell. As a DJ, Faustina was personally chosen by Harpo to open for Oprah Winfrey's 'An Evening With Oprah' arena tour across Australia and New Zealand. The Oprah Tour Mixtape made its premiere on VICE's Thump. "Work out the crowd and play" is her motto, which has seen her spin electro, opening for the Scissor Sisters, Hip hop at Snoop Dogg's Pool Party, genre mash-up five-hour sets for The Voice Wrap Party, Armani Exchange at Vogue's Fashion Night Out, Spotify, Audi, Cotton On in Santa Monica, Los Angeles to house and soul music at Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week. Faustina's written work on LGBTI issues has been published in the Huffington Post and Sunday Life (Daily Life). Faustina is a graduate of Media and Communications, Geography and Social Sciences at The University of Melbourne and RMIT University.