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Rose Matafeo

Rose Matafeo

Actor, writer, director and producer · Born February 25, 1992 (34) · Auckland, New Zealand

BAFTA Award nominee

Rose Matafeo is a New Zealand comedian and actress, based in the UK. She is the creator and star of the BBC/HBO Max romcom series Starstruck.

Biography from TMDB.

Born
February 25, 1992 (34)
From
Auckland, New Zealand
Works as
Actor, writer, director and producer
Titles
8 on MovieCove · 18 credits in all
TMDB popularity, last 156 days to Oct 27Down 14% in 30 days

What are Rose Matafeo's films like?

Across their 6 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Self and Bonds.

What they feel like to watch

their average across 4 films
ToneFeelDemandtheir average · filled zone: the category

Light 3 · Serious 1 · Dark 0

A split, not a type: Grounded 3 · Stylized 0 · Heightened 1

Gentle 3 · Charged 1 · Intense 0

Steady 4 · Shifting 0 · Whiplash 0

Straight-faced 0 · Some laughs 1 · Funny 3

Slow burn 2 · Even-paced 2 · Relentless 0

Casual 4 · Engaged 0 · Full focus 0

Resolved 4 · Open-ended 0 · Ambiguous 0

Roles they play

2 analyzed roles

Moods and endings

endings are an aggregate; no title is named

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Joyful
4
Romantic
2
Absurd
2
Contemplative
2
Hopeful
1
Other
3

How their films end

  • Happy2
  • Bittersweet3
  • Cyclical1

AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.

Where can I watch Rose Matafeo's films?

As of October 24, 2026, all 8 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on HBO Max (3).

Subscription and free streaming for Rose Matafeo's titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.

Filmography

18 credits, 8 with a MovieCove page; 30 appearances as themselves are hidden until asked for.

  • New Zealand Spy (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2026)

    Show 6 episodes · as Sue Nightingale

  • Small Town Scandal (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2026)

    Show 8 episodes · as Carol

  • Demi Adejuyigbe: Is Going to Do One (1) Backflip (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2025)

    Thanks

  • Rose Matafeo: On and on and On(2024)

    Executive Producer · Writer · as Self

    Midcredits score: 45th percentile of all films
  • Moana 2(2024)

    as Loto (voice)

    Midcredits score: 61st percentile of all films
  • Starstruck(2021)

    Show 18 episodes · Director · Creator · Producer · Writer · as Jessie

    Midcredits score: 72nd percentile of all shows
  • Baby Done(2020)

    as Zoe

    Midcredits score: 42nd percentile of all films
  • Rose Matafeo: Horndog(2020)

    Executive Producer · Writer · as Self

    Midcredits score: 68th percentile of all films
  • Dave Gorman: Terms and Conditions Apply (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2019)

    Show 2 episodes · Actor

  • Golden Boy (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2019)

    Show 1 episode · Director · as Ruth

  • Dead Pixels(2019)

    Show 3 episodes · as Daisy

    Midcredits score: 66th percentile of all shows
  • Upfront: The Queens of Comedy (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2018)

    Actor

  • The Breaker Upperers(2018)

    as Check Out Chick

    Midcredits score: 41st percentile of all films
  • Squinters (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2018)

    Show 6 episodes · as Talia

  • Climaxed (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2017)

    Show 1 episode · as Hannah

  • Funny Girls (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2015)

    Show 18 episodes · as Various

  • W1A(2014)

    Show 2 episodes · as Chloe

    Midcredits score: 85th percentile of all shows
  • Comedy Blaps (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2011)

    Show 3 episodes · as Rose

Career shape

Star power in the 88th percentile of 239,109 people with a billed film role, over a full career of 18 titles from 2011 to 2026; peak year 2024.

Film career

MilestoneNomination
20112026

Peak 2024 · steadily prominent in film for years. Film roles by billing, audience size and rating; 25+ votes. A show carries a single first-air date, so shows are not on the curve.

By role

only this rolewith another role
Acting15 of 18: 13 only acting, 2 with another role · typical Midcredits score64thDirecting2 of 18: 0 only directing, 2 with another roleWriting3 of 18: 0 only writing, 3 with another roleProducing2 of 18: 0 only producing, 2 with another roleOther crew2 of 18: 1 only other crew, 1 with another role

18 titles, 4 with more than one role — acting and writing overlap on 1 of them.

By decade

2010s10 · 10 acting · 1 crew2020s8 · 5 acting · 4 crew

Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it. The ring is the typical Midcredits score (the median percentile) of the role's titles that are on MovieCove, shown from 5 scored.

Awards

Nominated for a BAFTA Award in 2022, Female Performance in a Comedy Programme.

Major bodies only: the Oscars, Primetime Emmys, Golden Globes, BAFTAs and Screen Actors Guild Awards are named; Cannes, Venice, the Berlinale, Sundance, the directors', writers' and producers' guilds, the Grammys, Critics Choice and the Independent Spirit Awards count as other major bodies. Festival and regional prizes are not counted. Source: IMDb.

How do Rose Matafeo's films land?

Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 45th percentile, the median of all 5; across a limited sample of 4 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 52nd percentile for acclaim.

Acclaim · how much people like their films

52ndpercentile
Typical film, the median of 4

Approval · how many liked their films

51stpercentile
Typical film, the median of 4

Reach · how many have seen their films

63rdpercentile
Typical film, the median of 4

Midcredits score across 8 titles, by percentile

  • 75th and up1
  • 50th to 74th4
  • 25th to 49th3

Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.

Who does Rose Matafeo work with?

People who share at least 2 of Rose Matafeo's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Jon Thoday shares the most, 3.

Directors

Actors

Producers

Mixed roles