# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/van-badham
# Generated: 2026-08-12T20:41:18.259Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/van-badham"
name: "Van Badham"
slug: "van-badham"
description: "Vanessa Badham is an Australian writer and activist. A playwright and novelist, she writes dramas and comedies. She is a regular columnist for the Guardian Australia website."
tagline: "Australian writer and social commentator"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Van_Badham_at_Bust_the_Budget_Melbourne_march.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "female"
country:
  name: "Australia"
  isoCode: "AU"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1974-11-29"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           42.34
  momentum:             0
  historical:           7.284594666666666
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60.00000000000001
  profileCompleteness:  80
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "X"
    url:       "https://x.com/vanbadham"
    handle:    "vanbadham"
  - platform:  "FACEBOOK"
    url:       "https://www.facebook.com/ThatVanBadham"
    handle:    "ThatVanBadham"
sources:
  - url: "https://guw.wikiquote.org/wiki/Van_Badham"
    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%81%D8%A7%D9%86_%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%AF%D9%85"
    title: "فان بادم"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://bn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A6%AD%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%AF%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%A8_%E0%A6%AC%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%AF%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%A1%E0%A6%B9%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%AE"
    title: "ভ্যান ব্যাডহাম"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Van_Badham"
    title: "Van Badham"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ff.wikipedia.org/wiki/Van_Badham"
    title: "Van Badham"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Van_Badham"
    title: "Van Badham"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ml.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B4%B5%E0%B4%BE%E0%B5%BB_%E0%B4%AC%E0%B4%A6%E0%B4%BE%E0%B4%82"
    title: "വാൻ ബദാം"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://te.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B0%B5%E0%B0%BE%E0%B0%A8%E0%B1%8D_%E0%B0%AC%E0%B0%BE%E0%B0%A7%E0%B0%AE%E0%B1%8D"
    title: "వాన్ బాధమ్"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Van_Badham"
    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7913138"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump