Melanie Bracewell
Melanie Bracewell is a New Zealand comedian and scriptwriter.[1][2] In 2018 she won New Zealand's Billy T Award for best emerging comedian.[3]
Biography
Bracewell grew up in Beach Haven in Auckland's North Shore, and became interested in comedy as a child. As a teenager she wrote a comedic blog, and later moved into stand-up comedy.[3][4] She also worked as producer of the breakfast show on Radio Hauraki and appeared as a contestant on the Australian TV quiz show Have You Been Paying Attention?.[4][5]
In 2019, Bracewell began writing for the TV show The Project.[4] She has also written for the series Wellington Paranormal.[6]
Recognition
In 2014, Bracewell won 7 Days Comedy Apprentice; the following year she won the Raw Comedy Quest, and in 2016 won Best Auckland Newcomer at the New Zealand International Comedy Festival.[2]
In 2018, Bracewell received the Billy T Award for the country's best emerging comedian, an award previously won by the likes of Rose Matafeo, Guy Williams, Tape Face and The Humourbeasts (Jemaine Clement & Taika Waititi)'[7] In 2019, she was short-listed for the Kevin Smith Memorial Cup for Outstanding Artist Achievement, Best Female Comedian and Bizarre Moment of the Year at the New Zealand Comedy Guild Awards.[1]
References
- ^ a b "2019 NZ Comedy Guild Awards handed out | Scoop News". www.scoop.co.nz. Retrieved 2020-04-07.
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- ^ a b "Melanie Bracewell named New Zealand's top comedian with Billy T Award for 2018". Stuff. Retrieved 2020-04-07.
- ^ a b c Dann, Jennifer (2019-01-28). "Melanie Bracewell on comedy: 'You keep dying over and over again'". NZ Herald. ISSN 1170-0777. Retrieved 2020-04-07.
- ^ "Melanie Bracewell - Melodrama". Theatrepeople. 2019-04-08. Retrieved 2020-04-07.
- ^ "Melanie Bracewell on cracking the Aussies and getting paranormal". Stuff. Retrieved 2020-04-07.
- ^ "Billy T Award". NZ Comedy Festival. Retrieved 2020-04-17.