{{Short description|Actor, author and social commentator based in New Zealand}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2023}}{{Use New Zealand English|date=December 2024}}
[[File:Morgan Williams and Pinky Agnew.jpg|thumb|Dr Morgan Williams and Pinky Agnew]] '''Pinky Agnew''', MNZM (born 1955 in Port Chalmers) is an actor, author and social commentator based in Wellington in New Zealand. She has been a full-time performer and entertainer since 1990.<ref name=liveupdater>{{Cite web|url=http://www.liveupdater.com/speakers/livearticle.asp?ArtID=1182857582|title = Speakers New Zealand website}}</ref> In 2004 she appeared in the New Year's Honours list, becoming a member of the New Zealand Order of Merit (MNZM) for her services to entertainment.<ref>[http://www.dpmc.govt.nz/honours/lists/list.asp?id=25 The new year honours 2004] {{webarchive|date=6 January 2004|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040106193741/https://www.dpmc.govt.nz/honours/lists/list.asp?id=25}}</ref>
Agnew appears frequently on radio in New Zealand and has featured in television shows impersonating Jenny Shipley, who served as Prime Minister of New Zealand from 1997 to 1999.
Agnew has been a wedding celebrant since 1996 and has been part of several hundred weddings.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.thebigstep.co.nz/Listing/ID/50 |title=Pinky Agnew |website=www.thebigstep.co.nz |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081015095547/http://www.thebigstep.co.nz/Listing/ID/50 |archive-date=2008-10-15}}</ref> As well as weddings, she officiates at civil unions,<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.dia.govt.nz/web/civilunioncelebrants.nsf/search?readform&sname=agnew&view=i|title = Celebrants Online}}</ref> naming ceremonies, and funerals.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.celebranz.org.nz/celebrantsbyregion.php?region_id=4 |title=Regional Celebrant Listings - Celebrants Association of New Zealand |website=www.celebranz.org.nz |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081014092441/http://www.celebranz.org.nz/celebrantsbyregion.php?region_id=4 |archive-date=2008-10-14}}</ref>
==Plays== * Hens' Teeth Women's Comedy Company (1994–2002)<ref name=liveupdater/> * The Power Breakfast (1994–1998)<ref name=liveupdater/> * An Evening with Elvis-Anne<ref name=liveupdater/> * Pinky Pops In<ref name=celebspeak>{{cite web |url=http://www.celebspeakers.com/pinky-agnew/ |title=Pinky Agnew {{!}} Celebrity Speakers (NZ) |website=www.celebspeakers.com |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110708131242/http://www.celebspeakers.com/pinky-agnew/ |archive-date=2011-07-08}}</ref> * The Truth about Love (2003) - a musical comedy<ref name=celebspeak/> * The Candidates (2005) - a political comedy<ref name=celebspeak/> * Party Girls (2011) - an election year comedy<ref name=theatrereview>{{Cite web|url=http://www.theatreview.org.nz/reviews/review.php?id=4293|title = Sex Drive - Intimacy lacking in play about intimate matters}}</ref> * Sex Drive (2011) - a comedy about decisions in a women's life<ref name=theatrereview/> * Destination Beehive (2014) - an election year political comedy<ref name=beehivereview>{{Cite web|url=http://www.theatreview.org.nz/reviews/review.php?id=7343|title = DESTINATION BEEHIVE - the hottest ticket in town}}</ref>
Pinky was one of the cast of ''Grumpy Old Woman Live'', which toured all of New Zealand in March 2010 and again in a "mini tour" in September 2010.
==Books== * Heartsongs (Random House 2004) - a compilation of readings for weddings * Lifesongs (Random House 2006) - readings for life's milestones * Pinky's Poems (self published 2007) - collection of comic poems
==Television== * ''Love Mussel'' (2001) - about the unique properties of a New Zealand shellfish * ''McPhail Gadsby'' (1998) - a political satire
==Radio== * The Pink Report (current) - weekly social commentary on Newstalk ZB in Wellington<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.hrinz.org.nz/Site/events_national/conferences/2007/navigators.aspx |title=Conference Navigators |website=www.hrinz.org.nz |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090106044528/http://www.hrinz.org.nz/Site/events_national/conferences/2007/navigators.aspx |archive-date=2009-01-06}}</ref> * Nine To Noon with Kathryn Ryan (current) - monthly commentary with Te Radar on Radio New Zealand<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.radionz.co.nz/search?mode=results&queries_all_query=pinky+agnew|title = RNZ}}</ref>
==References== {{Reflist|30em}}
==External links== {{Commons category|Pinky Agnew}} * [http://www.pinkyagnew.com Official website]
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