A young woman found dead in the middle of a popular park in Carlton North was an aspiring young comedian who was on her way home from a show in the city when she was attacked.

On the night of her death, Eurydice Dixon, 22, had performed a comedy gig at the Highlander Bar in Melbourne's CBD and left the venue shortly after 10.30pm.

Eurydice Dixon.

Some time after 11pm on Tuesday, police allege she was attacked by a man she did not know and never made it home.

Her body was found by a passer-by on a soccer pitch in the middle of Princes Park, opposite Melbourne General Cemetery, about 2.40am on Wednesday.