Biography
Melanie Bracewell is a New Zealand comedian, actress and scriptwriter. Born on 19 July 1995 in Beach Haven, Auckland, she began performing stand-up in 2014 and won the Billy T Award in 2018.
She wrote for all four seasons of the series Wellington Paranormal (2018–2022), in which she also appeared as Romantic Goth and Fatberg Victim, and won Best Comedy Script at the New Zealand Television Awards in 2021. Bracewell served as series writer and executive story editor on Time Bandits (2024).
Since 2021 she has co-hosted the Australian comedy series The Cheap Seats. She is a niece of former Test cricketers John Bracewell and Brendon Bracewell.
