Simone Nathan
A Nickelodeon Writing Program Fellow, Simone has built a career that spans the New Zealand and international comedy landscape. She is best known in NZ as the creator and star of Kid Sister, the wildly popular semi-autobiographical comedy produced for TVNZ.
Her international writing credits include serving as a Co-Producer and Staff Writer on HBO Max’s Our Flag Means Death, working on Comedy Central’s Inside Amy Schumer, and spending time in the writers’ room on Netflix’s Bloodline. She has also written on several shows in the UK, most recently an adaptation of The Rachel Incident, a New York Times bestselling novel by Caroline O’Donoghue, and the BBC’s critically acclaimed comedy We Might Regret This. She has also developed pilots and screenplays with Apple TV, Sony and Disney.
Simone received her MFA from NYU’s Graduate Dramatic Writing Program at Tisch School of the Arts, where she was awarded the Venable Herndon Award for Excellence in Screenwriting.
Simone is now back on home soil and actively developing new work for both local and international audiences.
Hair Colour
Brown
Location
Auckland | Tāmaki Makaurau
Age Range
30-35
Ethnicity
New Zealand European, Jewish
Height
164cm
Eye Colour
Hazel
Acting
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Television
2023 - Kid Sister: season 2 - Lulu (lead) - Director - Aidee Walker - Greenstone TV
2022 - Kid Sister: season 1 - Lulu (lead) - Director - Aidee Walker - Greenstone TV
Writing
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2025 - We Might Regret This: season 2 - Writer - BBC
2025 - The Rachel Incident - Writer - Element Pictures
2024 - Happiness - Writer - Greenstone Television
2024 - Dark City: The Cleaner - Writer - Netflix
2023 - Our Flag Means Death: season 2 - Staff Writer/Co-Producer - HBO
2022 - Kid Sister: season 1&2 - Creator/Writer - Greenstone Television
2022 - Our Flag Means Death: season 1 - Staff Writer - HBO
2017 - Bloodline: season 3 - Writer's Assistant
2016 - Inside Amy Schumer: season 3 - Writer's Assistant
2018 - 2019 - Writopia - Creative Writing Instructor
2017 - New Zealand Television Awards - Writer - NZTA Awards
2016 - Nickelodeon Writing Fellowship - Nickelodeon
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2016 - Master of Fine Arts, Dramatic Writing New Tisch School of the Arts York University
2014 - Bachelor of Arts, Cinema and Cultural Studies, Creative Writing, Trinity College, University of Melbourne
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2022 - Winner - 'Best Script: Comedy' for Kid Sister at the New Zealand Television Awards
2016 - Excellence in Graduate Screenwriting - NYU Tisch Venable Herndon Award
2014 - Outstanding Contribution to the Arts - Trinity College - University of Melbourne
Social Media
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3,420
TikTok followers:
34,100
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