Education
After attending high school in Christchurch, Wilson completed a Bachelor of Arts at the University of Canterbury.
After attending high school in Christchurch, Wilson completed a Bachelor of Arts at the University of Canterbury.
She currently lives in Melbourne, Australia in the suburb of Sunshine, and is well known in Australia through her appearances on television and radio. In recent years she has been working from Melbourne, Australia. She has appeared to critical acclaim at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe.
Her 2006 show Up There, Cal Wilson sold out at the Melbourne International Comedy Festival.
In 2007, Wilson started as a co-host with Akmal Saleh on the drive time radio show, The Akmal Show with Cal Wilson (later called The Wrong Way Home with Akmal, Cal and Editor) which aired on Nova FM Sydney, Melbourne, Adelaide & Perth. Prior to taking the job, she had been a regular guest on the Triple M program, Get This.
In 2009, Wilson co-hosted Mornings on Nova 100 (Melbourne) alongside Dylan Lewis. However, in November 2009 Wilson resigned from Nova 100.
She co-founded the Court Jesters improv group in 1990 and was part of the New Zealand team that won the World Theatresports title in Los Angeles in 1994. She moved to stand-up comedy full-time and in 1997 was the inaugural winner (with Ewen Gilmour) of New Zealand"s most prestigious comedy award, the Billy T. She also regular appeared on TV3"s Pulp Comedy. In 2001, Wilson won the Best Newcomer Award at the Melbourne International Comedy Festival.
