Melanie Zanetti | |
|---|---|
 Zanetti at SacAnime in 2024 | |
| Alma mater | University of Southern Queensland |
| Years active | 2013–present |
| Television | Bluey |
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]
Zanetti grew up with five siblings. [3]
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]
| 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 |
| 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 |
| Year | Title | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Bluey: The Videogame [9] | Chilli Heeler |
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