Rachel House

{{Short description|New Zealand actress and director (born 1971)}}

{{Infobox actor

| name = Rachel House

| honorific_suffix = {{post-nominals|country=NZL|ONZM|size=100%}}

| image = Rachel House by Gage Skidmore.jpg

| alt = Close-up of a smiling, black-haired woman at a microphone.

| caption = House at the 2017 San Diego Comic-Con

| birth_name = Rachel Jessica Te Ao Maarama House

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=y|1971|10|20}}

| birth_place = Auckland, New Zealand

| death_date =

| death_place =

| occupation = {{hlist|Actress|director}}

| years_active = 1992–present

| known_for =

| notable_works = {{unbulleted list|Whale Rider|Boy|White Lies|Hunt for the Wilderpeople|Moana|Thor: Ragnarok|Soul}}

A Minecraft Movie

}}

Rachel Jessica Te Ao Maarama House {{post-nominals|country=NZL|ONZM}} (born 20 October 1971) is a New Zealand actress and director. She is best known for her roles in the films of Taika Waititi. She has received numerous accolades including an Arts Laureate, NZ Order of Merit, "Mana Wahine" from WIFT NZ and Te Waipuna a Rangi (Matariki Awards) for her contributions as an actor and director.

Early life

House was born 20 October 1971 in Auckland and raised in Kamo, Whangārei by her adoptive Scottish parents John and Sheila House.{{cite news |title=Today in History: October 20 |url=https://www.thepost.co.nz/world-news/350094314/today-history-october-20 |website=thepost.co.nz |publisher=The Post |access-date=18 November 2023 |date=19 October 2023}}{{Cite web|date=26 September 2015|title=Rachel House|url=http://www.thearts.co.nz/artists/rachel-house|access-date=26 July 2016|website=Arts Foundation}} Her Māori iwi (tribal) affiliations are Ngāti Mutunga, Te Ātiawa and Ngāi Tahu.{{Cite web |title=Full Length Trailer for 'The Mountain' Released |url=https://www.nzfilm.co.nz/news/full-length-trailer-mountain-released |access-date=2024-02-27 |website=New Zealand Film Commission |language=en}}

Career

= Acting =

House attended the New Zealand national drama school, Toi Whakaari, graduating in 1992. She went into stage work with the Pacific Underground Theatre and the Auckland Theatre Company.

She has acted in several major productions that have toured nationally and internationally, including Hone Kouka's Waiora, Carol Anne Duffy's The Worlds Wife and the UK/New Zealand co-production of Beauty and the Beast.

In 1998 House made her screen debut in the short film Queenie and Pete.{{Cite web |last=Screen |first=NZ On |title=Rachel House {{!}} NZ On Screen |url=https://www.nzonscreen.com/profile/rachel-house |access-date=2024-03-19 |website=www.nzonscreen.com |language=en}} In 2002 she appeared in the award-winning feature film Whale Rider. In 2005 she became a series regular on Maddigan's Quest alongside a young Rose McIver.

In 2008 House appeared in Taika Waititi's first feature film, Eagle vs Shark. She has gone on to become a regular collaborator with Waititi, appearing in his second film, Boy, in 2010, and providing acting coach for the young actors on set.{{Cite web |title=Rachel House |url=https://bigscreensymposium.com/teams/rachel-house/ |access-date=2024-03-19 |website=Big Screen Symposium |language=en-US}} In 2016 she appeared in Waititi's third film, Hunt for the Wilderpeople, and again provided acting coaching for the young lead Julian Dennison.{{Cite news |last=Christian |first=Dionne |date=11 June 2016 |title=Hunt for the Wilderpeople's Rachel House on her new project |url=http://www.nzherald.co.nz/entertainment/news/article.cfm?c_id=1501119&objectid=11654284 |access-date=26 July 2016 |newspaper=New Zealand Herald |language=en-NZ |issn=1170-0777}}

House voiced Gramma Tala in the 2016 Disney animated film Moana. In 2017, she played Grandmaster's bodyguard Topaz in Thor: Ragnarok. In 2019, she was one of the leading roles in Bellbird, a film that received several awards at several international film festivals. In 2020, she voiced Terry in the Pixar animated film Soul.

She plays one of the main roles in the Australian 2023 comedy drama series Bay of Fires, and in 2024 will reprise her role in the second season of the award-winning Netflix series Heartbreak High.{{Cite web |date=29 January 2024 |title=Term Two Begins at Hartley High as 'Heartbreak High' Season 2 Premieres April 11 on Netflix |url=https://about.netflix.com/en/news/term-two-begins-at-hartley-high-as-heartbreak-high-season-2-premieres-april}} In response to her work in Australia, Bridget McManus of the Sydney Morning Herald wrote, "with her commanding presence and unmistakable New Zealand accent, Rachel House is a serial scene-stealer on Australian television and film."{{Cite news |last=McManus |first=Bridget |date=2023-07-14 |title='I would call me a wanker': Meet the Kiwi stealing the shows |url=https://www.smh.com.au/culture/tv-and-radio/i-would-call-me-a-wanker-meet-the-kiwi-stealing-every-scene-on-australian-tv-20230712-p5dnoo.html |access-date=2024-03-19 |website=The Sydney Morning Herald |language=en}}

In television, House became a series regular in the Netflix reboot series Heartbreak High as Principal Stacy "Woodsy" Woods in 2022. The same year, House also appeared in the Apple TV+ series Foundation 2 and ABC series Bay of Fires. In 2023, House portrayed the pirate Mary Read in season 2 of the HBO Max comedy Our Flag Means Death.

As a voice actor, she is known for her roles as "Gramma Tala" in Disney's Moana (2016) and "Terry" in Pixar's Soul (2020). In 2023 she voiced "Grandma Coco" in the Māori language version of Pixar's Coco (2017). She has starred in numerous animated series for television, including Sherwood, The Lion Guard, Amphibia, Pinecone and Pony, What If…?, Kiff and Koala Man.

As an acting coach, House has worked alongside Jane Campion for Top of the Lake and The Power of the Dog (2021); and with Taika Waititi on Boy (2010), Hunt for the Wilderpeople (2016), Jojo Rabbit (2019) and Next Goal Wins (2023).

House was named as part of the cast for Stan Australia series Sunny Nights.{{Cite web |last=Knox |first=David |date=2024-07-11 |title=Production begins on new Stan comedy-drama Sunny Nights {{!}} TV Tonight |url=https://tvtonight.com.au/2024/07/production-begins-on-new-stan-comedy-drama-sunny-nights.html |access-date=2024-07-11 |website=tvtonight.com.au |language=en-AU}}

= Directing =

House has directed numerous theatrical performances, short films and a feature film released in 2024.

After graduating from drama school in 1992, House went on to direct theatrical performances, including Have Car, Will Travel by Mitch Tawhi Thomas in 2001 for which she won several awards.

In 2008, House studied directing at the Prague Film School in the Czech Republic. While there she made two short films, Bravo and New Skirt.

In 2010, she directed Kylie Meehan's short film The Winter Boy, produced by Hineani Melbourne for the New Zealand Film Commission's Premiere Shorts.

In 2012, House directed the Māori-language version of Shakespeare's Troilus and Cressida, Toroihi rāua ko Kahira, adapted by Te Haumihiata Mason and set in a classical Māori and a pre-colonial Māori world. It was performed as part of an international series at London's Globe Theatre. Other theatre directing work includes the award-winning production of Hinepau, which House also co-adapted from Gavin Bishop's original book and toured both nationally and internationally, Neil La Bute's The Mercy Seat and Hui by longtime collaborator Mitch Tawhi Thomas that premiered at the Auckland Arts Festival in 2013.

In 2016, House directed Auckland-based theatre company Silo Theatre's production of Medea,{{Cite press release |date=28 April 2016 |title=This is Medea, But Not as We Know It |website=Scoop News |url=https://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/CU1604/S00345/this-is-medea-but-not-as-we-know-it.htm |access-date=2024-03-19}} a contemporary retelling of the Euripides myth created by Australian theatre-makers Kate Mulvany and Anne-Louise Sarks.

House has co-directed with Tweedie Waititi of Matewa Media for the Māori language versions of Disney animated films The Lion King (2004) and Moana (2016).{{Cite news |date=2024-03-19 |title=Disney to produce te reo Māori versions of The Lion King, Frozen |url=https://www.nzherald.co.nz/kahu/disney-to-produce-te-reo-maori-versions-of-the-lion-king-frozen/LE2LVUV57FTZ6DFWB723KBYYVA/ |access-date=2024-03-19 |website=The New Zealand Herald |language=en-NZ}}

In 2024, House's first feature film as a director premiered in Taranaki, Aotearoa New Zealand. The Mountain is "a heartfelt drama about three children on a mission to find healing under the watchful eye of Taranaki Mounga (Mountain) and discover friendship in the spirit of adventure".{{Cite web |title=Production Completed On Rachel House's Debut Feature The Mountain |url=https://www.nzfilm.co.nz/news/production-completed-rachel-house-s-debut-feature-mountain |access-date=2024-03-19 |website=New Zealand Film Commission |language=en}}{{Cite web |last=Screen |first=NZ On |title=The Mountain {{!}} Film {{!}} NZ On Screen |url=https://www.nzonscreen.com/title/the-mountain-2024 |access-date=2024-02-27 |website=www.nzonscreen.com |language=en}}

Recognition

In 1995, House won the "Most Promising Female Newcomer of the Year" Chapman Tripp Theatre Award for her one-woman show Nga Pou Wahine by Briar Grace-Smith. In 2000 she won Most Outstanding Performance for her role in Witi Ihimaera's critically acclaimed play Woman Far Walking (as Tiriti, a 160-year-old woman){{Cite web |url=http://tadb.otago.ac.nz/Theatre1/Extras/More.php?Param=more9|title=Theatre Aotearoa|website=tadb.otago.ac.nz|access-date=2020-02-27}} and in 2003, Best Supporting Actress in Henrik Ibsen's An Enemy of the People.

House won the 2001 Director of the Year award at both the Chapman Tripp Theatre Awards and the New Zealand Listener Awards for her direction of Mitch Tawhi Thomas' play Have Car Will Travel.

She attended the Prague Film School in 2008 and was awarded Best Director and Best Film Audience Award for her two short films made while studying there.{{Where|date=July 2024}}

In 2012, she received the New Zealand Arts Foundation's Laureate Award, which is given as an investment in excellence across a range of art forms for an artist with prominence and outstanding potential for future growth. In the same year, she won Production of the Year and Director of the Year at the Chapman Tripp Theatre Awards, for her direction of Toroihi rāua ko Kahira.

In 2016, House received the WIFT (Women in Film and Television) NZ Mana Wāhine Award for her prolific contribution to theatre and film, both in front of and behind the camera.{{Cite web|url=http://www.wiftnz.org.nz/news/2016/5/13/wift-nz-mana-wahine-awards-for-2016.aspx|title=WIFT NZ Mana Wahine Awards for 2016|website=www.wiftnz.org.nz|access-date=30 July 2016}}

In the 2017 Queen's Birthday Honours, House was appointed an Officer of the New Zealand Order of Merit for services to the performing arts.{{cite web | url=https://www.dpmc.govt.nz/honours/lists/qb2017-list | title=Queen's Birthday honours list 2017 |date=5 June 2017 | publisher=Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet | access-date=5 June 2017}}

In 2018, House was a joint winner with Professor Derek Lardelli of the Te Waipuna-ā-Rangi Award for Arts and Entertainment at the Matariki Awards,{{Cite web |title=Rachel House and Professor Derek Lardelli joint winners of Te Waipuna-ā-Rangi Award |url=https://www.teaonews.co.nz/2018/07/14/rachel-house-and-professor-derek-lardelli-joint-winners-of-te-waipuna-a-rangi-award/ |access-date=2024-03-19 |website=Te Ao Māori News |language=en}} held by Whakaata Māori (formerly Māori TV).

Filmography

= Film =

class="wikitable plainrowheaders sortable"
scope="col" \| Year ! scope="col" \| Title ! scope="col" \| Role ! scope="col" class="unsortable" \| Notes
2002 \| Whale Rider \| Shilo \|
2004 \| Fracture \| Taxi driver \|
2006 \| Perfect Creature \| Forensic woman \|
2007 \| Eagle vs Shark \| Nancy \|
2010 \| Boy \| Aunty Gracey \| Also acting coach[https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1560139/fullcredits/?ref_=tt_cl_sm “Boy (2010) - Full Cast & Crew”]. IMDb. Retrieved 16 May 2024.
2013 \| White Lies \| Maraea \|
rowspan=2\|2014 \| Everything We Loved \| TV reporter (voice) \|
The Dark Horse \| Vagrant woman \|
rowspan=4\|2016 \| Hunt for the Wilderpeople \| Paula Hall \| Director's intern and dialogue coach
The Rehearsal \| Rewia \|
Cradle \| System (voice) \| Short film{{IMDb title\|5832060\|Cradle}} Retrieved 16 May 2024.
Moana \| Gramma Tala (voice) \| English and Māori-language dubbings
2017 \| Thor: Ragnarok \| Topaz \|
rowspan=2\|2019 \| Bellbird \| Connie \| {{cite news\|first1=Francesca \|last1=Rudkin \|title=New rural dramedy Bellbird, a 'Joy to Watch' [Film Review]\|url=https://www.nzherald.co.nz/entertainment/movie-review-new-rural-dramedy-bellbird-a-joy-to-watch/HHVV4N2J4CVNJL3HLVOG5QNKJQ/\|date=2019-11-07 \|access-date=2023-11-30\|website=The New Zealand Herald}}
Jojo Rabbit \| American Soldier \| Deleted scene; also acting coach[https://collider.com/jojo-rabbit-deleted-scene-rachel-house/ "Clever" 'Jojo Rabbit' Deleted Scene Detailed by Rachel House]
rowspan=4\|2020 \| Ellie & Abbie (& Ellie's Dead Aunt) \| Patty \|
Penguin Bloom \| Gaye \|
Soul \| Terry (voice) \|
Baby Done \| Principal Mullins \|
rowspan=4\|2021 \| Cousins \| Missy
Rhys Darby: Mystic Time Bird \| The Shaman (voice) \| Recorded voice role[https://letterboxd.com/film/rhys-darby-mystic-time-bird/ “Rhys Darby: Mystic Time Bird (2021).”] Letterboxd.com. Retrieved 16 May 2024.
Millie Lies Low \| Marlene \| [https://www.nzfilm.co.nz/films/millie-lies-low "Millie Lies Low"]. New Zealand Film Commission. Retrieved 8 June 2024.
Back to the Outback \| Jacinta (voice) \|
rowspan=4\|2023 \| The Portable Door \| Nienke Van Spee \|
Next Goal Wins \| Ruth \|
The Moon Is Upside Down \| Tuffy \| {{cite web \|title=The Moon is Upside Down \|url=https://www.nzfilm.co.nz/films/moon-upside-down \|publisher=New Zealand Film Commission \|access-date=9 July 2024 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240517213414/https://www.nzfilm.co.nz/films/moon-upside-down \|archive-date=17 May 2024 \|url-status=live}}
Coco \| Mamá Coco (voice) \| Māori-language dubbing{{Cite web \|title=Coco Reo Māori \|url=https://www.matewamedia.nz/coco-reo-maori \|access-date=2024-10-15 \|website=Matewa Media \|language=en-NZ}}
rowspan=2\|2024 \| Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire \| Hampton \|
Moana 2 \| Gramma Tala (voice) \|
rowspan="2" \| 2025 \| A Minecraft Movie \| Malgosha (voice) \| {{cite web\|url=https://www.gamespot.com/articles/new-minecraft-movie-trailer-reveals-its-villain-free-in-game-jetpack-coming-for-some-ticket-buyers/1100-6529760/\|title=New Minecraft Movie Trailer Reveals Its Villain, Free In-Game Jetpack Coming For Some Ticket Buyers\|publisher=GameSpot\|first=Eddie\|last=Makuch\|date=2025-02-27\|access-date=2025-02-27}}
Kangaroo \| Jesse \| Post-production

class="wikitable plainrowheaders sortable"

scope="col" | Year

! scope="col" | Title

! scope="col" | Role

! scope="col" class="unsortable" | Notes

2002

| Whale Rider

| Shilo

2004

| Fracture

| Taxi driver

2006

| Perfect Creature

| Forensic woman

2007

| Eagle vs Shark

| Nancy

2010

| Boy

| Aunty Gracey

| Also acting coach[https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1560139/fullcredits/?ref_=tt_cl_sm “Boy (2010) - Full Cast & Crew”]. IMDb. Retrieved 16 May 2024.

2013

| White Lies

| Maraea

rowspan=2|2014

| Everything We Loved

| TV reporter (voice)

The Dark Horse

| Vagrant woman

rowspan=4|2016

| Hunt for the Wilderpeople

| Paula Hall

| Director's intern and dialogue coach

The Rehearsal

| Rewia

Cradle

| System (voice)

| Short film{{IMDb title|5832060|Cradle}} Retrieved 16 May 2024.

Moana

| Gramma Tala (voice)

| English and Māori-language dubbings

2017

| Thor: Ragnarok

| Topaz

rowspan=2|2019

| Bellbird

| Connie

| {{cite news|first1=Francesca |last1=Rudkin |title=New rural dramedy Bellbird, a 'Joy to Watch' [Film Review]|url=https://www.nzherald.co.nz/entertainment/movie-review-new-rural-dramedy-bellbird-a-joy-to-watch/HHVV4N2J4CVNJL3HLVOG5QNKJQ/|date=2019-11-07 |access-date=2023-11-30|website=The New Zealand Herald}}

Jojo Rabbit

| American Soldier

| Deleted scene; also acting coach[https://collider.com/jojo-rabbit-deleted-scene-rachel-house/ "Clever" 'Jojo Rabbit' Deleted Scene Detailed by Rachel House]

rowspan=4|2020

| Ellie & Abbie (& Ellie's Dead Aunt)

| Patty

Penguin Bloom

| Gaye

Soul

| Terry (voice)

Baby Done

| Principal Mullins

rowspan=4|2021

| Cousins

| Missy

Rhys Darby: Mystic Time Bird

| The Shaman (voice)

| Recorded voice role[https://letterboxd.com/film/rhys-darby-mystic-time-bird/ “Rhys Darby: Mystic Time Bird (2021).”] Letterboxd.com. Retrieved 16 May 2024.

Millie Lies Low

| Marlene

| [https://www.nzfilm.co.nz/films/millie-lies-low "Millie Lies Low"]. New Zealand Film Commission. Retrieved 8 June 2024.

Back to the Outback

| Jacinta (voice)

rowspan=4|2023

| The Portable Door

| Nienke Van Spee

Next Goal Wins

| Ruth

The Moon Is Upside Down

| Tuffy

| {{cite web |title=The Moon is Upside Down |url=https://www.nzfilm.co.nz/films/moon-upside-down |publisher=New Zealand Film Commission |access-date=9 July 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240517213414/https://www.nzfilm.co.nz/films/moon-upside-down |archive-date=17 May 2024 |url-status=live}}

Coco

| Mamá Coco (voice)

| Māori-language dubbing{{Cite web |title=Coco Reo Māori |url=https://www.matewamedia.nz/coco-reo-maori |access-date=2024-10-15 |website=Matewa Media |language=en-NZ}}

rowspan=2|2024

| Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire

| Hampton

Moana 2

| Gramma Tala (voice)

rowspan="2" | 2025

| A Minecraft Movie

| Malgosha (voice)

| {{cite web|url=https://www.gamespot.com/articles/new-minecraft-movie-trailer-reveals-its-villain-free-in-game-jetpack-coming-for-some-ticket-buyers/1100-6529760/|title=New Minecraft Movie Trailer Reveals Its Villain, Free In-Game Jetpack Coming For Some Ticket Buyers|publisher=GameSpot|first=Eddie|last=Makuch|date=2025-02-27|access-date=2025-02-27}}

Kangaroo

| Jesse

| Post-production

= Director =

class="wikitable plainrowheaders sortable"
scope="col" \| Year ! scope="col" \| Title ! scope="col" class="unsortable" \| Notes
rowspan="2" \| 2008 \| Bravo \| Short film
New Skirt \| Short film
2010 \| The Winter Boy \| Short film
2024 \| The Mountain \|

class="wikitable plainrowheaders sortable"

scope="col" | Year

! scope="col" | Title

! scope="col" class="unsortable" | Notes

rowspan="2" | 2008

| Bravo

| Short film

New Skirt

| Short film

2010

| The Winter Boy

| Short film

2024

| The Mountain

= Television =

class="wikitable sortable"

!Year

!Title

!Role

!Notes

1996

|Queenie and Pete

|Queenie

rowspan=2|1998

|Duggan

|Warder

|Introductory episode 2: "Sins of the Fathers"

Tiger Country

|Faenza

|Television movie

1999–2000

|The Life and Times of Te Tutu

|Hine

|Core cast

rowspan=2|2002

|Mataku

|Rachel

|Season 1; episode 3: "Going to War"

Revelations – The Initial Journey

|Ocelot

2005

|Ask Your Auntie

|Panelist

2006

|Maddigan's Quest

|Goneril

|Core cast. 8 episodes

2011

|Super City

|Roimata

|Season 1; 2 episodes

2013

|The Blue Rose

|Tina

|3 episodes

2014

|Hope and Wire

|Joycie Waru

|Miniseries; 3 episodes

2014–2016

|Soul Mates

|Mum

|Seasons 1 & 2; 10 episodes

2015

|Find Me a Māori Bride

|Kuini

|Season 1; episode 2

2016

|Wolf Creek

|Ruth

|Season 1; episode 2 & 6: "Kutyukutyu" and "Wolf Creek"

2018

|Wrecked

|Martha

|Season 3; 7 episodes

2018, 2020

|The New Legends of Monkey

|Monica / Demon Queen Hakuru

|Season 1 & 2; 7 episodes

rowspan=5|2019

|Sherwood

|Tui

|7 episodes

Get Krack!n

|Sybill Rigg

|Season 2; episode 5

Over and Out

|Barbar

|Miniseries; episode 4

Aroha Bridge

|Whaea Bubbles

|Season 3; 6 episodes

The Lion Guard

|Mama Binturong (voice)

|Season 3; 6 episodes

2020

| Stateless

| Harriet

| Miniseries; 6 episodes

2020–2021

| 100% Wolf: Legend of the Moonstone

| Ms. Afeaki (voice)

| 11 episodes

2021

| Cowboy Bebop

| Mao

| Main cast. 3 episodes

2021, 2023

| Creamerie

| Doc Garvey

| Seasons 1 & 2; 8 episodes

2021–2024

| What If...?

| Topaz (voice)

| Seasons 1–3; 3 episodes

2022

| Amphibia

| Parisia (voice)

| Season 3; episode 12: "Olm Town Road"

2022–2023

| Pinecone & Pony

| Gladys (voice)

| Recurring role. Seasons 1 & 2; 7 episodes

2022–2024

| Heartbreak High

| Woodsy

| Recurring role. Seasons 1 & 2; 13 episodes

rowspan=6 | 2023

| Koala Man

| Janine / Louise (voice)

| Main role. 6 episodes

Bay of Fires

| Airini

| Season 1; 5 episodes

Foundation{{Cite web |title=Global hit Apple Original series "Foundation" unveils new cast and first look at season two |url=https://www.apple.com/tv-pr/news/2022/02/global-hit-apple-original-series-foundation-unveils-new-cast-and-first-look-at-season-two/ |access-date=2023-08-29 |website=Apple TV+ Press |language=en-US}}

| Tellem Bond

| Season 2; 5 episodes

Our Flag Means Death {{Cite web |last=Vickers-Green |first=Laura |date=2023-10-05 |title=Our Flag Means Death Season 2 Cast: Meet The New Characters |url=https://www.denofgeek.com/tv/our-flag-means-death-season-2-cast-new-characters/ |access-date=2023-10-10 |website=Den of Geek |language=en-US}}

| Mary Read

| Season 2; episode 4: "Fun and Games"

Kiff

| Mary Buns (voice)

| 4 episodes

100% Wolf: Book of Hath

| Ms. Afeaki (voice)

| 17 episodes

rowspan=2 | 2024

| Time Bandits

| Fianna

| 10 episodes

The Legend of Vox Machina {{Cite web |title=Full Cast of Vox Machina Season 3 & Characters Guide: Every Actor & Who They Voice (Photos) |URL=https://thedirect.com/article/the-legend-of-vox-machina-season-3-cast-characters-voice-actors/ |access-date=2024-04-10 |website=The Direct | language=en-US}}

| Dohla (voice)

| Season 3; episodes 3 & 5: "Vexations" and "The Frigid Doom"

| Sunny Nights

| Mony

| 7 episodes. Post-production

Theatre

= Actor =

class="wikitable"

!Year

!Title

!Role

!Notes

rowspan=3|1994

|Tales of the Pacific

|Various

|Pacific Underground Theatre

By Degrees

|Donna

|Auckland Theatre Company

Savage Hearts – Manawa Taua

|Various

|Theatre at Large

rowspan=4|1995

|Risky Risque

|Baby

|BATS Theatre

Nga Pou Wahine

|Various

|New Zealand Tour

The Maids

|Claire

Five Angels

|Carol / Api

|Centrepoint Theatre

rowspan=3|1996

|Waiora

|America

|New Zealand International Festival of the Arts

Waitapu

|Jackie

|New Zealand and Canadian Tour

King Lear

|Cordelia / Various

|Theatre at Large

rowspan=3|1997

|Waiora

|America

|New Zealand and UK Tour

Alice in Wonderland

|rowspan=3|Various

|Bruce Mason Centre

Nga Pou Wahine

|New Zealand and Sydney – Australia Tour

1998

|Beauty and the Beast

|New Zealand International Festival of the Arts

rowspan=2|2000

|Serial Killers

|Simone

|Circa Theatre

rowspan=2|Woman Far Walking

|rowspan=2|Tiriti

|New Zealand International Festival of the Arts

2001

|New Zealand and Hawaiian Tour

rowspan=3|2002

|The World's Wife

|Various

|New Zealand International Festival of the Arts

The Bellbird

|Tapairu

|Auckland Theatre Company

South Pacific

|Bloody Mary

|Court Theatre

rowspan=3|2003

|Cherish

|Maeve

|rowspan=2|Circa Theatre

An Enemy of the People

The World's Wife

|rowspan=2|Various

|New Zealand Tour

2010

|The Vagina Monologues

|The Basement Theatre

2013

|White Rabbit, Red Rabbit

|Nassim

|Silo Theatre

= Director =

class="wikitable"

!Year

!Title

!Notes

2001

|rowspan=2|Have Car Will Travel

|Taki Rua

2002

|rowspan=2|Silo Theatre

rowspan=2|2005

|The Mercy Seat

rowspan=2|Hinepau

|Capital E National Theatre for Children

2006

|Australian Tour

2006–2007

|Frangipani Perfume

|New Zealand; Brisbane, Australia; Cambridge, UK

2007

|Wild Dogs Under My Skirt

|Auckland Festival

2009

|Flintlock Musket

|STAMP at THE EDGE

2010

|The Vagina Monologues

|The Basement Theatre{{cite web | url=https://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/CU1007/S00358/the-vagina-monologues.htm | title=The Vagina Monologues | Scoop News }}

2012

|The Māori Troilus and Cressida

|Globe Theatre

rowspan=2|2013

|Hui

|Auckland Arts Festival and Silo Theatre

Don Ioane

|rowspan=2|Pacific Institute of Performing Arts

2014

|MISS.Understood

2016

|Medea

|Silo Theatre

Awards

class="wikitable"

!Year

!Award

!Category

!Work

!Result

1995

|rowspan=3|Chapman Tripp Theatre Award

|Most Promising Female Newcomer

|Nga Pou Wahine

|{{won}}

1996

|Best Supporting Actress

|King Lear

|{{nom}}

rowspan=2|2001

|Director of the Year

|rowspan=2|Have Car Will Travel

|{{won}}

New Zealand Listener Award

|Best Director

|{{won}}

2002

|rowspan=2|Chapman Tripp Theatre Award

|Outstanding Performance

|Woman Far Walking

|{{won}}

2003

|Best Supporting Actress

|An Enemy of the People

|{{won}}

rowspan=2|2008

|Prague Film School

|Best Director

|Bravo

|{{won}}

Prague Film School Audience Award

|Best Film

|New Skirt

|{{won}}

2010

|Winnipeg Aboriginal Film Festival

|Best Supporting Actress

|Boy

|{{won}}

rowspan=2|2012

|Chapman Tripp Theatre Award

|Director of the Year

|The Māori Troilus and Cressida

|{{won}}

New Zealand Arts Foundation Laureate Award

|{{won}}

2016

|WIFT NZ Mana Wāhine Award

|{{won}}

2018

|Te Waipuna-ā-Rangi Award for Arts and Entertainment

|Entertainer of the Year

|{{won}}

References

External links

{{IMDb name|1344302}}
"[https://web.archive.org/web/20130217180555/https://www.thearts.co.nz/artist_page.php%26aid%3D137%26type%3Dbio Rachel House]", The Arts Foundation. Retrieved 22 June 2013.

Category:1971 births

Category:20th-century New Zealand actresses

Category:21st-century New Zealand actresses

Category:Actresses from Auckland

Category:Living people

Category:New Zealand adoptees

Category:New Zealand film actresses

Category:New Zealand film directors

Category:New Zealand Māori actresses

Category:New Zealand people of Scottish descent

Category:New Zealand television actresses

Category:Ngāi Tahu people

Category:Ngāti Mutunga people

Category:Officers of the New Zealand Order of Merit

Category:People from the Northland Region

Category:Toi Whakaari alumni

Category:New Zealand women film directors