Rose Matafeo

Rose Matafeo
Born 25 February 1992
Auckland, New Zealand
Occupation Comedian, TV presenter
Years active 2007–present

Rose Matafeo is a New Zealand based comedian and TV presenter. She is currently a writer on the late night New Zealand comedy sketch show Jono and Ben at Ten.

Life and career

Matafeo grew up in Auckland, New Zealand and attended Auckland Girls Grammar school, where she was head girl. She has two brothers.[1]

At the age of 15, Matafeo started doing stand-up comedy through the platform of the "Class Comedians" programme put on by the New Zealand Comedy Trust, and went on to win the "Nailed It on the Night" award at the New Zealand International Comedy Festival in 2007. She's been a regular at the festival since.[2]

Since graduating from the "Class Comedians" programme, Matafeo went on to win best newcomer at the 2010 New Zealand International Comedy Festival.[2] She became a host of the popular comedy festival show "Fanfiction Comedy" [3] in 2012. She has had success with her solo stand-up comedy shows at the festival: 'Life Lessons I've Learnt from the 60s Based on Things I've Seen on Television' (2011), 'Scout's Honour' (2012) and 'The Rose Matafeo Variety Hour' (2013). Matafeo was nominated twice for the Billy T Award, an award which recognises the potential of up-and-coming New Zealand comedians, for her shows 'Scout's Honour' in 2012 and 'The Rose Matafeo Variety Hour' in 2013.[1][4] She won the award in 2013.[5] Her 2014 show at the festival was titled 'Pizza Party'.[6]

Matafeo was a TV presenter and host of U live, which ran on the TVNZ U channel from 13 March 2011 until 31 August 2013, when the channel came to an end. Upon TVNZ U finishing, she took on a new role as a writer for Jono and Ben at Ten, a satirical news and comedy sketch based show.[7]

Matafeo lists comedians and writers Taika Waititi and Tina Fey as well as actress Lena Dunham as her influences.[8] She is a self-confessed Burt Bacharach fan, and lists him among the likes of Michael Jackson and the Bee Gees as being one of her favourite artists when she was younger. She even named her cat Burt Bachacat after the artist.[9]

Matafeo's boyfriend is English comedian James Acaster. She previously dated comedian Guy Williams.[9][10]

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Michelle Robinson (13 April 2014). "Rose Matafeo - the thorn within". Stuff.co.nz.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Biography at Johnson&Laird".
  3. ↑ Rebecca Barry Hill (16 April 2012). "Why making it as a comedian goes beyond a joke". The New Zealand Herald.
  4. ↑ "The Billy T Award Nominees announced for 2013". 18 October 2012.
  5. ↑ Jessica Beresford (20 May 2013). "Rose Matafeo takes out Billy T award". TVNZ One News.
  6. ↑ "Rose Matafeo - Pizza Party". Retrieved 31 October 2014.
  7. ↑ "Comedian leaves TVNZ U for Jono and Ben at 10". The New Zealand Herald. 13 July 2013.
  8. ↑ Emma Clifton (9 May 2013). "Getting the last laugh". Yahoo NZ.
  9. ↑ 9.0 9.1 Charles Anderson (2 June 2013). "The tale of a cat named Burt Bachacat". Stuff.co.nz.
  10. ↑ Emma Rawson (27 February 2014). "Meet funny girl Rose Matafeo". New Zealand Women's Weekly.

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