Alice Snedden

Alice Josephine 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.

Snedden grew up in Auckland, the youngest of five children in a Catholic family. Her father Patrick Snedden ran a publishing company, and she comes from an extended family of professional cricket players. Snedden attended the University of Otago, first studying physical education and politics before deciding to study law. She graduated and was admitted to the bar, however has never practised law; the night before she was admitted to the bar, Snedden performed her first stand-up comedy set. To save money for a trip to New York, she got a job at The Basement Theatre in Auckland, where comedian Eli Matthewson encouraged her to try out for the comedy improv show SNORT.

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, and was employed for both Funny Girls and Jono and Ben. In 2016, she became a columnist for Stuff and the Sunday Star-Times. She 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 Edinburgh Festival Fringe in 2018, and was nominated for the 2018 Billy T Award. 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.