Melanie Bracewell
Melanie Bracewell is a New Zealand comedian and scriptwriter. In 2018 she won New Zealand's Billy T Award for best emerging comedian.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. 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?.
In 2019, Bracewell began writing for the TV show The Project. She has also written for the series Wellington Paranormal.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.
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 ' 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.
