Michelle Langstone
{{short description|New Zealand actress}}
{{Use British English|date=March 2013}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2023}}
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| birth_place = New Zealand
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| occupation = Actress
| years_active = 2000 – present
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Michelle Langstone (born 30 January 1979) is a New Zealand actress, writer, and author who has been in many films and television series over the years in both New Zealand, and in Australia. She starred as Dr. Katherine "Kat" Manx in the television series Power Rangers S.P.D., and later appeared as Master Guin in Power Rangers Jungle Fury. She also featured as Livia in 2008 action fiction series Legend of The Seeker.{{Cite web| title = Get to know: Michelle Langstone| work = TVNZ Ondemand| accessdate = 2015-07-09| url = http://tvnz.co.nz/shortland-street/get-know-michelle-langstone-4410632}}{{Cite web| title = Oz-NZ TV co-pro rounds out cast| author = Don Groves| work = if.com.au| date = 2015-02-03| accessdate = 2015-07-09| url = http://if.com.au/2015/03/01/article/Oz-NZ-TV-co-pro-rounds-out-cast/OSZAHVPBIH.html}}{{Cite web| title = Michele Hewitson interview: Siobhan Marshall| author = Michele Hewitson| work =The New Zealand Herald | date = 2015-05-23| accessdate = 2015-07-09| url = http://www.nzherald.co.nz/entertainment/news/article.cfm?c_id=1501119&objectid=11453240}}
Her debut book, the memoir Times Like These: On Grief, Hope, and Remarkable Love, was published by Allen and Unwin in May 2021.{{Cite web |date=2021-05-29 |title=Book Review: Times Like These: On grief, hope and remarkable love, by Michelle Langstone |url=https://www.stuff.co.nz/entertainment/books/300317029/book-review-times-like-these-on-grief-hope-and-remarkable-love-by-michelle-langstone |access-date=2023-06-21 |website=Stuff |language=en}}{{Cite web |title=Times Like These: On grief, hope & remarkable love by Michelle Langstone |url=https://www.anzliterature.com/anzl-review/times-like-these-by-michelle-langstone/ |access-date=2023-06-21 |website=Academy of New Zealand Literature |language=en-NZ}}
Filmography
=Film=
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| Year
! Title ! Role ! class="unsortable" | Notes |
|---|
| 2001
|{{sortname|The|Waiting Place|nolink=1}} |Amber | |
| 2003
|For Good |Lisa | |
| 2007
|{{sortname|The|Final Winter}} |Mia | |
| 2009
|Natalee | |
| 2009
|Julie | |
| 2010
|Lisa | |
| 2014
|Realiti |Selma |Post-production |
=Television=
| class="wikitable sortable" |
| Year
! Title ! Role ! class="unsortable" | Notes |
|---|
| 2000
|Susan Morris |TV series |
| 2000
|Lana |Episode: "Who's Gurkhan?" |
| 2001
|Miss Renee |Episodes: "Being Beautiful", "Being Bad" |
| 2001
|Melissa Swann |TV series |
| 2002
|{{Ill|Superfire (film)|it|3=Inferno di fuoco (film 2002)|lt=Superfire}} |Tracy Torrock |TV film |
| 2003
|{{sortname|The|Strip|The Strip (NZ TV series)}} |Tre |Regular role (18 episodes) |
| 2005
|Dr. Katherine 'Kat' Manx / Kat Ranger |Main role (38 episodes) |
| 2006
|Fiona "Fee" Lauren Webb |Recurring role (28 episodes) |
| 2008
|Master Guinn |Episodes: "Ghost of a Chance: Parts 1 & 2", "Now the Final Fury" |
| 2009
|Livia |Episode: "Sanctuary" |
| 2009
|Svetlana |Episode: "All Eyez on Me" |
| 2001
|Sarah |Episodes: "1.9", "1.10" |
| 2011–2013
|{{sortname|The|Almighty Johnsons}} |Michele Brock |Regular role (21 episodes) |
| 2013
|Sarah Bennett |Recurring role (10 episodes) |
| 2015–2018
|Fiona |Regular role (40 episodes) |
| 2019
|Bianca Figgs |Recurring role (8 episodes) |
| 2020–2021
|Charlotte McCrae |Regular role (11 episodes) |
| 2023
|Julianne/ Bonnie |Episode: "Going to the Dogs" |
| 2024
|Celebrity Treasure Island 2024 |Herself |TVNZ |
Writing
Langstone has regularly contributed articles, travel stories, and essays to New Zealand publications such as The Spinoff, the New Zealand Herald, and North & South.{{Cite web |last=Langstone |first=Michelle |date=2021-12-25 |title=Michelle Langstone |url=https://thespinoff.co.nz/authors/michelle-langstone |access-date=2023-06-21 |website=The Spinoff |language=en}}{{Cite web |date=2023-06-21 |title=Endless views and blue skies: Michelle Langstone's summer getaway |url=https://www.nzherald.co.nz/travel/go-nz-michelle-langstones-nelson-summer-getaway/KT46BQEPGTD2LRBQTZPDOIHNXM/ |access-date=2023-06-21 |website=The New Zealand Herald |language=en-NZ}}{{Cite web |last=Langstone |first=Michelle |date=2021-07-25 |title=The anger and anxiety of the fertility game |url=https://northandsouth.co.nz/2021/07/25/ivf-process-fertility/ |access-date=2023-06-21 |website=North & South Magazine |language=en-NZ}}
She won a 2020 Voyager Media Award for Best Interview or Profile{{Cite web |title=NZME. - Voyager Media Awards 2020 Winners |url=https://www.nzme.co.nz/news/voyager-media-awards-2020-winners/ |access-date=2023-06-21 |website=www.nzme.co.nz}} and a 2021 Voyager Media Award for Best First Person Essay.{{Cite web |last=Green |first=Paula |date=2021-06-29 |title=Poetry Shelf celebrates: Michelle Langstone's Times Like These |url=https://nzpoetryshelf.com/2021/06/30/poetry-shelf-celebrates-michelle-langstons-times-like-these/ |access-date=2023-06-21 |website=NZ Poetry Shelf |language=en}}
Her debut memoir Times Like These: On Grief, Hope, and Remarkable Love was released to critical acclaim. Kete reviewer Ruth Spencer wrote: "The practicalities and incremental tragedies of death are made newly poignant by the depth of Langstone’s perception. Readers who have experienced deep grief will be hit hard and early by moments that utterly destroy composure."{{Cite web |title=Times Like These: On grief, hope and remarkable love |url=https://www.ketebooks.co.nz/reviews-archive/review-times-like-these |access-date=2023-06-21 |website=Kete Books |language=en-NZ}}
At Newsroom, Madison Hamill wrote: "As you might expect from a talented actress, she has great skill in observing the little things people do that reveal the heart of who they are".{{Cite web |date=2021-07-08 |title=Book of the Week: Being Michelle Langstone |url=https://www.newsroom.co.nz/page/book-of-the-week-being-michelle-langstone |access-date=2023-06-21 |website=Newsroom |language=en-AU}}
References
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External links
- {{IMDb name|id=0486716|name=Michelle Langstone}}
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Category:New Zealand film actresses
Category:New Zealand television actresses
Category:New Zealand soap opera actresses
Category:20th-century New Zealand actresses
Category:21st-century New Zealand actresses
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