Melanie Bracewell

Melanie Bracewell is a New Zealand comedian and scriptwriter.[2][3] In 2018 she won New Zealand's Billy T Award for best emerging comedian.[4]

Melanie Bracewell
Born19 July 1995
Beach Haven, Auckland, New Zealand
EmployerMediaWorks New Zealand
Height6 ft 1 in (185 cm)[1]
Comedy career
Medium
  • Stand-up
  • Television
  • Radio
  • Impressions
Years active2014–present
Websitemelaniebracewell.com

Biography

Bracewell grew up in Beach Haven in Auckland's North Shore, and is a niece of Test cricketers John Bracewell and Brendon Bracewell.[5] She became interested in comedy as a child, as a teenager she wrote a comedic blog, and later moved into stand-up comedy.[4][6] 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?.[6][7]

In 2019, Bracewell began writing for the TV show The Project in New Zealand.[6] She has also written for the series Wellington Paranormal.[8]

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.[3]

In 2018, Bracewell received the Billy T Award for the country's best emerging comedian.[9] The same year she won Breakthrough Comedian of the Year at the NZ Comedy Guild Awards.[10] 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.[2]

References
  1. Brookes, Emily (17 September 2020). "Comedian Melanie Bracewell gets up to '38 feet 4 inches' in bizarre Wikipedia editing stunt". Stuff. Retrieved 18 September 2020.
  2. "2019 NZ Comedy Guild Awards handed out | Scoop News". www.scoop.co.nz. Retrieved 7 April 2020.
  3. "Comedian Melanie Bracewell produces uncanny impression of Jacinda Ardern". NZ Herald. 31 March 2020. ISSN 1170-0777. Retrieved 7 April 2020.
  4. "Melanie Bracewell named New Zealand's top comedian with Billy T Award for 2018". Stuff. Retrieved 7 April 2020.
  5. Poor Uncle John, Melanie Bracewell, Twitter, 7 April 2020
  6. Dann, Jennifer (28 January 2019). "Melanie Bracewell on comedy: 'You keep dying over and over again'". NZ Herald. ISSN 1170-0777. Retrieved 7 April 2020.
  7. "Melanie Bracewell – Melodrama". Theatrepeople. 8 April 2019. Retrieved 7 April 2020.
  8. "Melanie Bracewell on cracking the Aussies and getting paranormal". Stuff. Retrieved 7 April 2020.
  9. "Billy T Award". NZ Comedy Festival. Retrieved 17 April 2020.
  10. "2018 Guild Awards". New Zealand Comedy Guild. Retrieved 17 September 2020.
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