Alix Bushnell

{{Short description|New Zealand actress}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2019}}

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|name = Alix Bushnell

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|birth_date = {{birth year and age|1983}}

|birth_place = {{flagicon|New Zealand}} New Zealand

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|occupation = Actress, Drama teacher

|yearsactive = 1994; 2009  – present

|website =

  • [https://www.twitter.com/alixlexi Alix Bushnell] on Twitter

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Alix Bushnell is a New Zealand actress, best known for her role as "Britta McMann" on the television series, Go Girls.

Early life

Her first celebrity crush was Leonardo DiCaprio when she was fourteen, and her favourite school subjects were English and Music. She has an interest in 16th century costume and culture.

Bushnell enjoys walking her dog, going to the gym, hanging out with friends and reading.{{cite news | title =11 questions with Alix Bushnell | publisher =Kimberly Crossman | year =2010 | url =http://www.kimberleycrossman.com/content/alix-bushnell |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20111028134850/http://www.kimberleycrossman.com/content/alix-bushnell |archivedate=28 October 2011}}

Bushnell has one son.{{cite web|url=http://www.womensweekly.co.nz/latest/celebrity/go-girls-star-alix-bushnells-family-drama-16024|title=Go Girls star Alix Bushnell's family drama|publisher=New Zealand Woman's Weekly|date=4 August 2015|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170312062756/http://www.womensweekly.co.nz/latest/celebrity/go-girls-star-alix-bushnells-family-drama-16024|archivedate=12 March 2017}}

Career

Despite a role in the 1994 film, Bread and Roses, Bushnell's early focus was on her musical career; her musical abilities had been recognized by her mother at the age of eight, and Bushnell studied piano and classical singing until her early twenties, when she began to feel stifled by the rigid structure of classical music, and consequently turned her creative focus to acting.{{cite news | title =She's going for it | publisher =Stuff.co.nz | date =2011-06-02 | url =http://www.stuff.co.nz/sunday-news/entertainment/4622407/Shes-going-for-it/}}

Bushnell auditioned and gained a place at the prestigious New Zealand Drama School: Toi Whakaari. She won the role of Britta McMann, five months before graduating.{{cite news | title =Alix Bushnell | publisher =NZ on Screen | url =http://www.nzonscreen.com/person/alix-bushnell}}

Filmography

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|+Film and Television

Year

! Title

! Role

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1994

|Bread and Roses

|Beverley

|

2000-2001

|The Lord of the Rings (film series)

|Rohan Refugee

|

2009–2012

|Go Girls

|Britta McMann

|52+ episodes

2010

|Matariki

|Lisa

|

2010

|This Is Not My Life

|Stewardess

|Episode: "1.9"

2012

|White Lies

|

|

Awards

Go Girls won best NZ drama at the 2012 New Zealand Television Awards.

Alix Bushnell nominated for Aotearoa Film & Television Awards-Finalist Best Supporting Actress in a Feature Film 2011

Best on the Box Award 2010

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Category:Living people

Category:1983 births

Category:New Zealand television actresses

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