---
name: "Melanie Bracewell"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/melanie-bracewell"
fi1m_id: "melanie-bracewell"
imdb_id: "nm7292200"
tmdb_id: 2397928
wikidata_id: "Q89708238"
roles: ["Writer"]
born: "19 July 1995"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "writer"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-10-13T22:03:07.154721+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Melanie Bracewell

## Identity

Melanie Bracewell

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/melanie-bracewell
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** melanie-bracewell
- **IMDb ID:** nm7292200
- **TMDB ID:** 2397928
- **Wikidata ID:** Q89708238
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melanie_Bracewell, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q89708238, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm7292200/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/2397928

Writer. Born 19 July 1995 in Beach Haven, Auckland, New Zealand.

## Details

- **Work:** Writer
- **Born:** 19 July 1995, Beach Haven, Auckland, New Zealand
- **Also known as:** Mel Bracewell
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melanie_Bracewell, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q89708238, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm7292200/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/2397928

## Streaming the US now

- **Apple TV:** [*Time Bandits*](https://film.one/tv/time-bandits-2024.md) (62)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## 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.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com, melaniebracewell.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Time Bandits* (2024), Fi1m 62, Writer, Executive Story Editor — [page](https://film.one/tv/time-bandits-2024.md)

## Complete filmography (14)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Urzila* (2026), series, Actor
- *40th Melbourne International Comedy Festival Gala* (2026), as Melanie Bracewell
- *Melanie Bracewell: A Little Treat* (2026), as Executive Producer
- *Time Bandits* (2024), series, Executive Story Editor, Writer — Fi1m 62, [page](https://film.one/tv/time-bandits-2024.md)
- *Melanie Bracewell: Forget Me Not* (2024), Executive Producer, Writer
- *Best Foods Comedy Gala* (2023), series, as Host
- *Aunty Donna's Coffee Cafe* (2023), series, as Melanie Bracewell
- *Bird's Eye View* (2022), series, Writer
- *Goodbye A.I.* (2021), series, as (voice)
- *Patriot Brains* (2021), series, as Contestant
- *The Eggplant* (2020), series, as Karen
- *Mean Mums* (2019), series, Story
- *Wellington Paranormal* (2018), series, as Romantic Goth, Fatberg Victim · Writer
- *Thank God You're Here* (2006), series, Actor

## Gallery

- ![Melanie Bracewell](https://film.one/media/person/6883499/gallery-12fb84922d6d.jpg) Melanie Bracewell — Kevin Payravi, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/63/Melanie_Bracewell_at_the_2024_Edinburgh_Festival_Fringe_2.jpg/1280px-Melanie_Bracewell_at_the_2024_Edinburgh_Festival_Fringe_2.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Melanie Bracewell](https://film.one/media/person/6883499/gallery-958963f49227.jpg) Melanie Bracewell — Image via TMDB

## Awards

### Other awards — 1 won

- Billy T Award 2018: Billy T Award (won)

*From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.*

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