Alice Snedden is a New Zealand stand-up comedian, television writer and actress. First working as a writer on New Zealand comedy shows such as ''

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'' and '' 7 Days'', Snedden created the serie
''Alice Snedden's Bad News''
a documentary-comedy series written by and starring herself. In 2021, she co-wrote the

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comedy series '' Starstruck'' alongside

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, who co-wrote and starred in the production.

Early life

Snedden grew up in Auckland, the youngest of five children in a Catholic family. Her father Patrick Snedden ran a publishing company, and since has had positions including the chairman of The Big Idea,

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and director of the

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. Snedden comes from an extended family of professional cricket players, including Warwick Snedden, Nessie Snedden, Colin Snedden,

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and

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. Snedden attended the

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, first studying physical education and politics before deciding to study law. Snedden graduated and was admitted to the bar, however has never practiced law. The night before she was admitted to the bar, Snedden performed her first stand-up comedy set.

Career

To save money for a trip to

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, Snedden got a job at

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. Comedian Eli Matthewson encouraged her to try out for the comedy improv show SNORT (which included a cast of Rose Matafeo and

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), which developed Snedden's love of comedy and improvisation. When Snedden travelled to the

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, she enrolled at the

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. After returning to New Zealand, Snedden met with producer Bronwynn Bakker in order to write for season two of the Rose Matafeo comedy show ''

''. Bakker was impressed by Snedden's pitches, and employed her for both ''Funny Girls'' and Bakker's other comedy programme ''

''. In 2016, Snedden became a columnist for

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and the ''

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''. During the same period, Snedden began to work for the panel show '' 7 Days'', first as a writer and later as a recurring panelist. Snedden was the head writer for episodes of ''Funny Girls'' and ''Jono and Ben'', and became the head writer for '' Golden Boy'' (2019). Snedden performed her first stand-up show, ''Alice Snedden: Self-Titled'', at the New Zealand International Comedy Festival in 2017, later bringing the show to the

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in 2018. Snedden was nominated for the 2018

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. In 2018, she became the host and writer o
''Alice Snedden's Bad News''
a documentary comedy series focusing on New Zealand political and social issues. Snedden co-wrote the

series '' Starstruck'' alongside Rose Matafeo, who she had hosted the podcast ''Boners of the Heart'' together with since 2016.

Personal life

During her 2019 show ''Absolute Monster'', Snedden discussed coming to terms with her bisexuality.

Filmography

Film

Television

References

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