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Rose Matafeo

Rose Matafeo (Born February 1992, Age 21) is a New Zealand based comedian and TV presenter and is currently a writer on the late night New Zealand comedy sketch show 'Jono and Ben at 10'

Life and Career:
Rose grew up in Auckland, New Zealand and attended Auckland Girls Grammar school where she was head girl. At the age of 15, Rose started doing stand up comedy through the platform of the 'Class Comedians' programme put on by the New Zealand Comedy Trust and later went on to win the 'Nailed It On The Night' award at the New Zealand International Comedy Festival in 2007.

Since graduating the 'Class Comedians' programme, Rose went on to become a host of popular comedy festival show 'Fanfiction Comedy' in 2011 as well as a success with her 3 solo stand up comedy shows in the New Zealand International Comedy festival 'Life Lessons I've Learnt From The 60's Based On Things I've Seen On Television'(2011), 'Scout's Honour'(2012) and 'The Rose Matafeo Variety Hour'(2013). Rose was nominated twice for the Billy T award, an award that recognises the potential of up-and-coming New Zealand comedians for both of her shows 'Scout's Honour' in 2012 and 'The Rose Matafeo Variety Hour' in 2013 , the year she won the award

Rose was a TV presenter and host of Ulive which ran on the TVNZ U channel from March 13, 2011 until August 31, 2013 when the channel came to an end. Upon TVNZU finishing, Rose took on a new role as a writer for Jono and Ben at 10, which is a satirical news and comedy sketch based show