Biography
Rose Matafeo is a New Zealand comedian, actress and writer. She was born on 25 February 1992 in Auckland and began performing stand-up comedy at the age of 15.
She created, wrote and starred in the BBC and HBO Max series Starstruck (2021–2023). Her other screen credits include voicing Loto in the animated film Moana 2 (2024), appearing in The Breaker Upperers (2018) and Dead Pixels (2019), and playing Jessie in Starstruck. She has also appeared on panel shows including Taskmaster.
In 2018 Matafeo won the Edinburgh Comedy Award for Best Show for her stand-up performance Horndog. She received a BAFTA nomination for her work on Starstruck.
