Melanie Bracewell is a New Zealand comedian, actress, and scriptwriter. In 2018, Bracewell won New Zealand's Billy T Award.
Bracewell became interested in comedy as a child. As a teenager she wrote a comedic blog and later moved into stand-up comedy. Bracewell 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 in New Zealand. Bracewell has also written for the series Wellington Paranormal.
In 2020, Bracewell received international coverage when videos and photos of her impersonating Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern went viral. Ardern responded with: "You do my makeup better than I do." Bracewell and Ardern later met up and posted a TikTok video while Bracewell was dressed as Ardern.
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. The same year she won Breakthrough Comedian of the Year at the NZ Comedy Guild Awards. 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.
In 2020, Bracewell starred as Karen in The Eggplant, a New Zealand teen drama crime-comedy series released to TVNZ OnDemand and YouTube.
