Alice Snedden

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Alice Snedden
Born1987/1988 [1]
Auckland, New Zealand [2]
Occupation(s)Comedian, writer, actress
Years active2016–present
Relatives Warwick Snedden (grandfather)
Martin Snedden (uncle)
Michael Snedden (cousin)
Nessie Snedden (great-grandfather)
Colin Snedden (great-uncle)

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 Funny Girls , Jono and Ben and 7 Days , Snedden created the series Alice Snedden's Bad News, a documentary-comedy series written by and starring herself. In 2021, she co-wrote the BBC comedy series Starstruck alongside Rose Matafeo, who co-wrote and starred in the production.

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Early life

Snedden grew up in Auckland, [2] the youngest of five children in a Catholic family. [3] [4] Her father Patrick Snedden ran a publishing company, [4] [2] and since has had positions including the chairman of The Big Idea, Housing New Zealand Corporation, Auckland District Health Board and director of the Ports of Auckland. [5] [6] Snedden comes from an extended family of professional cricket players, [7] including Warwick Snedden, Nessie Snedden, Colin Snedden, Martin Snedden and Michael Snedden. Snedden attended the University of Otago, first studying physical education and politics before deciding to study law. [1] Snedden graduated and was admitted to the bar, however has never practiced law. [1] The night before she was admitted to the bar, Snedden performed her first stand-up comedy set. [1]

Career

To save money for a trip to New York, Snedden got a job at The Basement Theatre in Auckland. [1] Comedian Eli Matthewson encouraged her to try out for the comedy improv show SNORT (which included a cast of Rose Matafeo and Laura Daniel), which developed Snedden's love of comedy and improvisation. [1] When Snedden travelled to the United States, she enrolled at the Upright Citizens Brigade. [1]

After returning to New Zealand, Snedden met with producer Bronwynn Bakker in order to write for season two of the Rose Matafeo comedy show Funny Girls . [1] Bakker was impressed by Snedden's pitches, and employed her for both Funny Girls and Bakker's other comedy programme Jono and Ben . [1] In 2016, Snedden became a columnist for Stuff and the Sunday Star-Times . [1] 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, [8] 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, [9] later bringing the show to the Edinburgh Festival Fringe in 2018. [10] Snedden was nominated for the 2018 Billy T Award. [11]

In 2018, she became the host and writer of Alice Snedden's Bad News, a documentary comedy series focusing on New Zealand political and social issues. [12]

Snedden co-wrote the BBC series Starstruck alongside Rose Matafeo, [13] who she had hosted the podcast Boners of the Heart together with since 2016. [14] [12]

Personal life

During her 2019 show Absolute Monster, Snedden discussed coming to terms with her bisexuality. [15]

Filmography

Film

YearTitleRole
2020 Baby Done Antenatal Teacher

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes
2016 Funny Girls VariousActor (1 episode). Head writer (1 episode)
2016–2020 7 Days Self - Team member12 episodes. Writer (51 episodes)
2016Stake OutParking Warden1 episode
2017 Jono and Ben Head writer (3 episodes), writer
2018 The Project Self - Whip Around Reporter1 episode
2019 Golden Boy Head writer (8 episodes)
2018-2022Alice Snedden's Bad NewsSelfCreator and host (20 episodes)
2020EducatorsMidwife5 episodes
2020 Frankie Boyle's New World Order Writer (2 episodes)
2021 Starstruck Amelia2 episodes. Writer (12 episodes)
2021 Have You Been Paying Attention? SelfNew Zealand version

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  6. ↑ "Episode 3: Healthcare Inequity - Alice Snedden's Bad News". Radio New Zealand . 17 August 2020. Retrieved 6 March 2022.
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  11. ↑ Brooks, Sam (13 October 2017). "The 2018 Billy T nominees are here, and they're pretty damn great". The Spinoff . Retrieved 6 March 2022.
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  14. ↑ "Rose Matafeo and Alice Snedden share their biggest Boners of the Heart". The Spinoff . 22 July 2016. Retrieved 6 March 2022.
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