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SHOW REEL
I’m so happily and gratefully in love with penning and performing stories. In fact, I believe that a good show starts with a good script.
I still have my first printing book. The core characters emerge as shakily formed and at times unreadable vowels. Eventually, they evolve into words that culminate in meaning. Abundant foxes leap spectacularly over dogs. The end.
Well, not quite. There’s a bit of an epilogue. I went on to become the first person in my primary school to nab my pen license. Left-handed.
My keen interest in the page has always matched my passion for the stage and, later, the screen. I made my acting debut in a school nativity play at the age of 6. It was so profound that my name got left off of the programme, which like my first printing book I still have.
But my powerful six sense told me to keep going. I started combining my creative endeavours and staging one woman shows in the living room. They too were attended by one woman – my Mum.
These days I’m still doing what I love. Now I’m lucky enough to call it my career.
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PORTFOLIO
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ACTING
I love pretending to be other people. I also appreciate being me. That’s performing and presenting in a wee nutshell, I think! Plus just being a human. I’ve been so lucky in my life to date, in that I have had choices. But don’t we all? I believe that you choose your choices. As an actor, life has taught me that you’re lucky to get a single one. So I live my life in a state of gratitude. I’m so thankful for the chances that I’ve had to work on stage, screen, radio and documentaries. Shall I be quiet? I think so. I usually am. Career wise. I can get pretty loud at your local. Variety is so varietal. So, in a shell of nuts, I begin my day by belting my boobs off. Musical theatre is no mean feat first thing. Then I pour the heart of my bottom into what I love. Which is whoever took the time to read this. (And my Mum, Dad and mates).
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CURRENT ACTING RESUME
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HEIGHT X.
5’2.5” | 158.75cm
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TELEVISION
2021
Don't Let Me Go | Dive Bar Patron
Amazon TV Show
2021
Head High | Feature Role (Camera Crew)
South Pacific Pictures Ltd
2021
Jazz Band (Cowboy Bebop) | Extra – live-action remake of the beloved ’90s anime Cowboy Bebop,
the largest production of its genre to be filmed in New Zealand to date.
New Zealand Film Commission for Netflix
2021
Head High | Café Punter, College Student, Pub Patron and Rugby Supporter x 2 (four out of eight episodes)
South Pacific Pictures Ltd
2020
New Zealand Today | Myself: Interview with NZ entertainer Guy Williams
MediaWorks New Zealand
2014 – 2015
Shortland Street | Featured Extra
South Pacific Pictures Ltd
2012
1 News | Reporter (work experience)
Television New Zealand (TVNZ)
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DOCUMENTARY
2017 – 2018
Lady London (London) | Myself
Short Documentary | Director Maya Radhika Lakhenpaul
2010
Building Tomorrow’s ICT Foundations Today | Presenter
Association of Local Government Information Management (ALGIM)
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MUSICAL THEATRE
2013
It’s Now or Webber | Singer
Jane Keller Studio
2012
The Buddy Holly Story | Maria Elena (female lead)
Manawatu Theatre Society
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THEATRE
2021
Gavin Butler Stand Up Comedy | Myself: standup comedian ( x 2 seperate shows January and February)
LA BABY PRODUCTIONS (T/A Shoot for the stars Telemarketing Limited)
2017
The Line Up – Fundraiser (London) | Lead
Director Thomas MacAskill
2016 – 2017
The Phantom Of The Opera (London) | FOH Supervisor
Really Useful Group
2012
Enron | Gayle Davenport
Stagecraft
2007
Hedda Gabler | Hedda Gabler
Massey University
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RADIO
2019 - 2020
West End to Woodville – radio show | Presenter
Radio Woodville
2011 – 2012
Weekly community news presentation| Presenter
The Breeze Manawatu
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TRAINING
2005 – 2007
Bachelor of Communication (Communication Management and Expressive Arts)
Massey University
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AWARDS
2018
Farmerette of the Festival – The Plaza Fashion in the Field | Sires Produce Day
Awapuni Racing Centre
2012
Nomination Best Supporting Performance in a Musical | The Buddy Holly Story
Globe Theatre Awards
2008
Massey Scholar (Top Student)
Massey University
2008
Dean’s List
Massey University
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SKILLS
Accents
American | Australian | English – RP | Irish | New Zealand (native) | Puerto Rican
Singing
Soprano
Other
Public Speaking | Writing (Communication + Creative)