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Kura Leigh Forrester (born 1985) is a New Zealand comedian, actor and writer. In 2019, she won the Billy T Award for best emerging comedian, for her show Kura Woulda Shoulda . She formerly appeared as core cast member Desdemona Schmidt on prime-time soap opera Shortland Street .
Pages in category "New Zealand Māori actors" This category contains only the following page. This list may not reflect recent changes. B. Albert Belz
The following is a list of the 16 original regular characters from the long-running TVNZ soap opera Shortland Street.Envisioned by the show's creator Caterina De Nave alongside Jason Daniel and Ken Catran, amongst others, the characters were meant to demonstrate workers in a busy domestic city, working in a private medical clinic.
Erik Thomson (born 1967) - actor; Grant Tilly (1937-2012) – actor; Joel Tobeck (born 1971) – actor, Tangle, The Doctor Blake Mysteries, Xena Warrior Princess, Hercules: The Legendary Journeys, Young Hercules, Sons of Anarchy, 1 & 2, Ash vs Evil Dead, One Lane Bridge; Selwyn Toogood (1916–2001) – actor and game show host; John Tui (born ...
One of his earliest starring roles was in the 1988 film Never Say Die, opposite Lisa Eilbacher. After this he played Dr. Hone Ropata on the television soap opera Shortland Street from 1992 to 1995. In 1994, he received attention for his role as the violently abusive Māori husband Jake "The Muss" Heke in Once Were Warriors , a film adaptation ...
In 2010, Koale starred in the award-winning short film Manurewa, which screened at both the Melbourne and Berlin film festivals; and subsequently won the Crystal Bear for best short in the youth section at Berlin. [5] Koale stars in the sci-fi thriller Dual alongside Karen Gillan and Aaron Paul, [6] which is filmed entirely in Tampere, Finland ...
Browne revealed that the actors all auditioned together, with Kipa-Williams, Peters and Fox-Reo starting the following week, while he started a couple of months after. [7] They established a close bond, with Kipa-Williams explaining "What's special for me is whānau, which is the Maori word for family. The cool thing about being on the show is ...
Ka Whawhai Tonu - Struggle Without End is a 2024 New Zealand historical drama film directed by Michael Jonathan, based on a screenplay by Tim Worrall. [2] [4] Presented in the Māori language, it tells the story of the siege of Ōrākau in 1864 during the New Zealand Wars from the perspective of two Māori teenagers.