Melanie Zanetti

Melanie Zanetti
Zanetti at SacAnime in 2024
Alma mater	University of Southern Queensland
Years active	2013–present
Television	Bluey
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Melanie Zanetti is an Australian actress and known for her roles in the Edgar Allan Poe film Raven's Hollow, for her role in the Gabriel's Inferno film series, and as the voice of Chilli Heeler in the Peabody Award-winning ^[1] television series Bluey . ^[2]

Early life

Zanetti grew up with five siblings. ^[3]

Career

She graduated from the University of Southern Queensland in 2007 with a Bachelor of Theatre Arts. ^[4] After graduation, she started working on a touring theatre show and then moved to voice-over, film, and television. ^[4]

She appeared on stage for the Queensland Theatre Company in several plays, including as Eliza Doolittle in Pygmalion (2011), as Juliet in Romeo and Juliet (2012), as Catherine Earnshaw/Cathy Linton in a stage adaptaion of Wuthering Heights (2014), as Laura/Eliza Wishart in Kate Mulvany's adaptation of the novel Jasper Jones (2018), and as Lea in the premiere of Joanna Murray-Smith's L'Appartement (2019). ^[5] The performance in Pygmalion and earned her Matilda Awards. ^[6]

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role
2013	Battle of the Damned	Jude
2020	Gabriel's Inferno: Part One	Julia Mitchell
2020	Gabriel's Inferno: Part Two	Julia Mitchell
2020	Love and Monsters	Mav1s and Kala
2020	Gabriel's Inferno: Part Three	Julia Mitchell
2021	Gabriel's Rapture: Part One	Julia Mitchell
2022	Gabriel's Rapture: Part Two	Julia Mitchell
2022	Gabriel's Rapture: Part Three	Julia Mitchell
2022	Raven's Hollow [7]	Charlotte Ingram
2023	Gabriel's Redemption: Part One	Julia Mitchell
2023	Gabriel's Redemption: Part Two	Julia Mitchell
2023	Head Count [8]	Jo
2023	Gabriel's Redemption: Part Three	Julia Mitchell

Television

Year	Title	Role
2018	Hot Valley Nights	Zowie Brooks
2018	Tidelands	Young Genoveva
2018	The Bureau of Magical Things	Orla
2018–present	Bluey	Chilli Heeler
2020	The End	Edie Henley
2021	Young Rock	Stephanie

Video games

Year	Title	Role
2023	Bluey: The Videogame [9]	Chilli Heeler

References

1. "Bluey". The Peabody Awards. Retrieved 24 December 2024.
2. McManus, Bridget (20 November 2021). "'People were losing their minds': Hollywood loves Bluey, says Melanie Zanetti". The Sydney Morning Herald . Retrieved 13 September 2023.
3. "'Bluey' actress Melanie Zanetti shares her inspiration for Chilli and how she feels about the praise for fun dad Bandit". Yahoo Life. 28 November 2022. Retrieved 13 September 2023.
4. "Bluey's mum teaching new generation of stars". University of Southern Queensland. 6 September 2023. Retrieved 28 September 2023.
5. "Melanie Zanetti". AusStage . Retrieved 27 March 2024.
6. "Archives: 2010s". Matilda Awards . Retrieved 27 March 2024.
7. Gray, Peter (29 September 2022). "Interview: Melanie Zanetti on Raven's Hollow, exploring psychological horror and the increased prominence of strong female roles". The AU Review. Retrieved 13 September 2023.
8. "'Head Count' official trailer". Youtube. 18 August 2023. Retrieved 6 October 2023.
9. "Announcing Bluey: The Videogame!".

Further reading

• Melanie Zanetti (15 March 2021). "A Year Without Booking Was the Best Thing That Ever Happened to Melanie Zanetti". Backstage . Retrieved 27 March 2024.

External links

• Melanie Zanetti at IMDb
• Melanie Zanetti on Instagram