Rose Matafeo wins top gong at Edinburgh Fringe Festival

August 26, 2018

New Zealand comedian Rose Matafeo has taken out the top prize at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival.

Ms Matafeo won the best comedy award for her stand-up and sketch show Horndog .

The 26-year-old is only the fifth woman to take the title, beating out nominees from America, Russia, India, Ireland and the United Kingdom.

Horndog is about a woman in her 20s looking for passionate relationships, rather than love.

The win came with prize-money of £10,000 - just over NZ$19,000.

Ms Matafeo took to Twitter and said she was "completely overwhelmed to win this award".

Ms Matafeo, who is a writer of the TV show Funny Girls, is a past winner of the prestigious Billy T Award.

At last year's NZ Comedy Festival, Matafeo's Sassy Best Friend, took out the Fred Award for the best New Zealand show at the festival.

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