Vanessa Rare

Vanessa Rare is a New Zealand film and television actress, film screenwriter and director.[1][2] She is New Zealand Maori and belongs to Ngāti Pu, Ngāti Porou, Pukenga and Ngāpuhi iwi.[1]

Vanessa Rare

Career

Rare's screen debut was as Rata in the 1990 comedy film Ruby and Rata. She has acted in a number of movies, as well as holding an extended role on the soap opera Shortland Street as Te Hana Hudson from 2001 to 2005.[3]

In the 1990s Rare studied literature and television and film studies at the University of Auckland and began to write and direct television series and short films.[3][4]

Recognition

In 2003 Rare was nominated for Best Script, Single Episode of a Drama Series or Serial for Mataku at the New Zealand Television Awards. In 2014 she was nominated for Best Supporting Actress for The Z-Nail Gang at the New Zealand Film Awards.[5]

Filmography
Year Title Role Genre Notes
1990 Ruby and Rata Rata Feature film [3]
1991 Te Rua Helen Marangai Feature film [3][6]
1997 Koa means "Joy" Director and screenwriter Short film [4]
2001 - 2005 Shortland Street Te Hana Hudson Television series
2002 - 2005 Mataku Screenwriter Television series [7]
2003 Pikowae Director and screenwriter Short film [2]
2014 The Z-Nail Gang Aunty Feature film [3]
2020 The Sounds Pania Cottle Series

References
  1. "Vanessa Rare | New Zealand Film Commission". www.nzfilm.co.nz. Retrieved 2018-05-12.
  2. "Pikowae | New Zealand Film Commission". www.nzfilm.co.nz. Retrieved 2018-05-12.
  3. "Vanessa Rare | NZ On Screen". www.nzonscreen.com. NZ On Screen. Retrieved 2018-05-12.CS1 maint: others (link)
  4. New Zealand Film Commission. "Pikowae - Press Kit" (PDF). Retrieved 13 May 2018.
  5. "Vanessa Rare | NZ On Screen". www.nzonscreen.com. NZ On Screen. Retrieved 2018-05-12.CS1 maint: others (link)
  6. "Te Rua | Film | NZ On Screen". www.nzonscreen.com. NZ On Screen. Retrieved 2018-05-12.CS1 maint: others (link)
  7. "Mataku". South Pacific Pictures. Retrieved 2018-05-12.


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