Nakkiah Lui on public shaming and her doomsday comedy: ‘Prepping for the worst is something I’ve inherited’

The star of new ABC series Preppers muses on turning hate mail into humour and finding ‘a great white ally’ in her partner and co-writer Gabriel Dowrick

At some point the line between work and life blurred, then dissolved entirely, which was probably inevitable when Nakkiah Lui and her partner, Gabriel Dowrick, decided to make a TV show together.

The couple met in 2014 on ABC’s Black Comedy, Lui’s first television writing gig, which Dowrick edited. “I like to think he fell in love with me on the screen because of my sense of humour,” Lui says. A moment passes before a peal of laughter tumbles through the phone. “He’s just looking into the distance right now.”

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