Jaquie Brown is an award-winning writer, author, TV host and actor. A household name in New Zealand for over 20 years, Brown has been a host on institutions like music channel C4, current affairs show Campbell Live and Three's primetime news and entertainment show The Project.

Brown has also co-created and starred in her own comedy series The Jaquie Brown Diaries, winning Best Comedy at the NZ Film and Television Awards and the prestigious Success in Television Award at the Women in Film and Television Awards (WIFT NZ). As a screenwriter, Brown co-wrote the Cannes Palme d'Or-nominated short film Nothing Special.

She is also the author of I'm Not Fat, I'm Pregnant! She lives in Auckland with her husband and two children.