Amanda Billing
{{Short description|New Zealand actress}}
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Amanda Billing (born 12 April 1976 in New Zealand) is a New Zealand actress best known for her role as Doctor Sarah Potts on New Zealand soap opera Shortland Street.{{Cite web|url=https://www.nzonscreen.com/person/amanda-billing|title=Amanda Billing {{!}} NZ On Screen|last=Screen|first=NZ On|website=www.nzonscreen.com|language=en|access-date=2019-07-06}}{{Cite news|url=https://www.nzherald.co.nz/entertainment/news/article.cfm?c_id=1501119&objectid=11947449|title=Former Shortland Street star Amanda Billing to play Lady Macbeth|last=Dennett|first=Kelly|newspaper=The New Zealand Herald|date=2017-11-25|access-date=2019-07-06|language=en-NZ|issn=1170-0777}}
Biography
Billing grew up in Masterton, and spent her university years in Christchurch. After graduating with a Bachelor of Arts with 1st Class Honours in Geography from the University of Canterbury, she trained at the Christchurch College of Education and became a high school teacher.{{Cite web|url=http://tvnz.co.nz/view/page/460288|title=Amanda Billing {{!}} SHORTLAND STREET {{!}} TV2 {{!}} tvnz.co.nz|website=tvnz.co.nz|access-date=2019-07-06}}{{Cite news|url=https://www.nzherald.co.nz/wairarapa-times-age/news/article.cfm?c_id=1503414&objectid=10914537|title=Masterton's very own Shortland Street star|newspaper=The New Zealand Herald|date=2004-09-24|access-date=2019-07-06|language=en-NZ|issn=1170-0777}}
Billing was involved in drama throughout her teaching years and has acted in a few amateur stage productions including Cloud Nine and The Country Wife. She has worked at several schools throughout Auckland teaching Geography, English and Social Studies, most recently at Rangitoto College.{{Cite web|url=https://www.nowtolove.co.nz/celebrity/celeb-news/amanda-billings-acting-secret-20552|title=Amanda Billing's acting secret|website=Now To Love|language=en|access-date=2019-07-06}}
Credits
=Television=
- Shortland Street - (Sarah Potts) - Core Cast 2004–2014, Guest 2023 South Pacific Pictures{{Cite news|url=https://www.nzherald.co.nz/entertainment/news/article.cfm?c_id=1501119&objectid=11852955|title=25 Years of Shortland Street: Amanda Billing|last=Screen|first=Nicky Harrop for New Zealand on|newspaper=The New Zealand Herald|date=2017-05-12|access-date=2019-07-06|language=en-NZ|issn=1170-0777}}{{Cite news|url=https://www.nzherald.co.nz/spy/news/article.cfm?c_id=1503840&objectid=12215522|title=The Bad Seed's star-studded line-up|newspaper=The New Zealand Herald|date=2019-03-23|access-date=2019-07-06|language=en-NZ|issn=1170-0777}}
- Find Me a Māori Bride - (Crystal Leslie) - Main Cast (2015–present)
- Newsworthy - (Herself) - Guest Cast (2015)
- [http://tvnz.co.nz/the-cul-de-sac/6453460 The Cul de Sac] - (Rose's mother) (2015)
- The Brokenwood Mysteries - (Brenda White) (2016)
- Power Rangers Ninja Steel - (Principal Hastings) (2017–2018)
- Kid Sister - (Keren) (2022-2023){{Cite web |last=Brooks |first=Sam |date=2022-05-26 |title=Review: Kid Sister aims for greatness, and ends up somewhere pretty close |url=https://thespinoff.co.nz/tv/26-05-2022/review-kid-sister-aims-for-greatness-and-gets-pretty-close |access-date=2022-06-14 |website=The Spinoff}}
- Under the Vines - (Yvonne) (2024-)
=Theatre=
- Dust Pilgrim - Multiple Characters - 2018 - Red Leap Theatre (dir. Julie Nolan)
- Boys Will Be Boys - 'Astrid' - 2016 - Silo Theatre (dir. Sophie Roberts)
- The Book of Everything - 'Mother' - 2016 - Silo Theatre (dir. Sophie Roberts)
- Cabaret - 'Sally Bowles' - 2010 - Auckland Theatre Company (dir. Michael Hurst)
- The Threepenny Opera - 'Polly Peachum' - 2008 - Silo Theatre and The Large Group (dir. Michael Hurst)
- Cloud Nine - 'Edward' (Act I), 'Victoria' (Act II) - 2004 - Silo Theatre (dir. Edwin Wright)
- As You Like It - 'Rosalind' - 2003/2004 - Legacy Theatre Co. (dir. Tim Flavell)
- Home Ground - 'Margaret' - 2003 - Auckland Performing Arts Centre (dir. Carla Martel)
- The Country Wife - 'The Country Wife' - 2003 - Silo Theatre (dir. Heath Jones)
=Voice Work=
- George FM - various - 2002–2003
- Power Rangers Cosmic Fury - Bajillia Naire - 2023
=Other=
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References
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External links
- {{IMDb name | id=1751245 | name=Amanda Billing}}
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Category:20th-century New Zealand actresses
Category:21st-century New Zealand actresses
Category:New Zealand television actresses
Category:New Zealand stage actresses
Category:People from Masterton