National TV ad for Lupi Olive Oil
The accent brief: “ambiguous accent… not quite kiwi…not quite Italian…a bit Brit… ex-pat”
New Zealand Accent Reel
This page is under construction. Samples to be updated shortly. In the meantime, check out a couple of my showreels, past work highlights and recent actor training below.
Highlights
Past work highlights include National TV VO for Lupi Olive Oil (see above) My Tax Radio campaign (NZ), Sparx (NIHI/University of Auckland/Prime Minister’s Youth Mental Health Project) game for Stickmen Media. International work including Spotify ad ‘drops’ for major artists, ads for CASIO, Unicef.
Actor Training
2010 Bachelor of Arts with Honours in Theatre & Film Studies (50% practical component making theatre and film)
2021 - Current NZ Actors’ Equity US Accent Program - a 12 week program training with dialect coaches including Jacqui Drew (dialect coach for Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon 2, The Wilds, Bridge to Terebithia) and Perry Piercy (dialect coach for TVNZ-BBC co-production The Luminaries)
2010 - Current Multiple ongoing Equity/Guild workshops with tutors including Miranda Harcourt, Sara Wiseman, Liz Mullane, Rachel Bullock, Robert Sarkies, Danny Mulheron, Sima Urale, Cameron Rhodes, Tandi Wright, Caroline Bell-Booth, Daniel Edmonds, Simon Burke. Participated in Equity NZ Casting Hothouse 2020 with American casting director Jami Rudofsky
2018 - Current Regular Improvised Theatre (including improvised musical theatre) performance and training - Impulse Theatre & Court Theatre