Tandi Wright
Born (1966-05-04) 4 May 1966[1]
Zambia
NationalityNew Zealand
OccupationActress
Years active1995–present

Tandi Wright (born 4 May 1966) is a New Zealand actress. She first gained recognition for portraying Nurse Caroline Buxton on the long running New Zealand soap opera Shortland Street.

She is best known for her roles as Fenn Partington on Seven Periods with Mr Gormsby and Catherine Duvall on Nothing Trivial.

She played a recurring role in 800 Words portraying the character Laura Turner.

Life

Wright was born in Zambia to New Zealander parents Vernon Wright and Dinah Priestley. She grew up in Wellington and attended Wellington High School and Victoria University of Wellington. She graduated from Toi Whakaari: New Zealand Drama School with a Diploma in Acting in 1994.[2] Her father Vernon Wright, is a former journalist for "The Listener" who now lives in Zambia, and her mother Dinah is a writer and actress in Wellington. Wright has two sisters, Nicky (DOC policy advisor) and Justine (film editor), and two step sisters, Stephanie (information architect) and Victoria (teacher). Her husband Michael Beran is also an actor and they live in Auckland with their daughter, Olive.

Career

From 1995 to 2000, she appeared as Nurse Caroline Buxton in Shortland Street. Other roles include Power Rangers: S.P.D., Crash Palace, Out of the Blue, Seven Periods with Mr Gormsby, The Lost Children, Black Sheep and Legend of the Seeker.

In 2010, she played the role of Callie Ross, the wife of the main character, in This Is Not My Life. Her next major role followed in 2011–2014, as Dr Catherine Duvall on the TVNZ drama Nothing Trivial. She starred 2014 in the drama thriller series The Returned as Claire Winship.[3]

Wright is vice president of the performers trade union Equity New Zealand.[4]

Filmography

Television

Year Title Role Notes
1996The Enid Blyton Adventure SeriesIngridEpisode: "Ship of Adventure"
1995–2000Shortland StreetCaroline BuxtonMain role
2000Street LegalDetective Senior Sergeant Angela WatsonMain role
2000Xena: Warrior PrincessSarah / SonataEpisode: "Who's Gurkhan?"
2001Crash PalacePenny WattsMain role
2001–2002Being EveAlannah LushMain role
2003Willy NillyJoyMain role
2004Serial KillersSallyMain role
2005Power Rangers S.P.D.Isinia CrugerMain role
2005–2008Seven Periods with Mr GormsbyFenn PartingtonMain role
2006The Lost ChildrenCharlotte MelvilleMain role
2006Maddigan's QuestTimon's MotherEpisode: "Hillfolk"
2009–2010Legend of the SeekerMord'Sith / Alina3 episodes
2010Outrageous FortuneMandyEpisode: "Let The Door Be Lock'd"
2010This Is Not My LifeCallie RossMain role
2011–2014Nothing TrivialCatherine DuvallMain role
2015The ReturnedClaire WinshipMain role
2015–2018800 WordsLaura TurnerRecurring role
2021CreamerieLaneMain role

Film

Year Title Role Notes
1984Irisunknown
1992Absent Without LeaveTom's Fiancée
2002This Is Not a Love StoryStudio Art Dept
2003Sylvia2nd Woman at Ted Hughes' Lecture
2004Raising WaylonTina Stanfil
2004Not Only But AlwaysJulie Andrews
2006Black SheepDoctor Rush
2006Out of the BlueJulie-Anne Bryson
2009Piece of My HeartChloe Morton
2012Kiwi FlyerKaren
2013Jack the Giant SlayerQueen
2020Love and MonstersJoel's Mother
2022PearlRuth

References

  1. ↑ Tandi Wright – Go moviez
  2. ↑ "Graduate". www.toiwhakaari.ac.nz. Retrieved 9 August 2021.
  3. ↑ The Returned: Claire Winship
  4. ↑ "Equity New Zealand BoardTe Poari - Equity New Zealand". Retrieved 3 November 2022.
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