Vanessa Rare
{{Short description|New Zealand actress, screenwriter and director}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Vanessa Rare
| nationality = New Zealander
| alma_mater = University of Auckland
| occupation = Actress, screenwriter, director
| years_active = 1990–present
}}
Vanessa Rare is a New Zealand film and television actress, screenwriter and director.{{Cite web|url=https://www.nzfilm.co.nz/talents/vanessa-rare|title=Vanessa Rare {{!}} New Zealand Film Commission|website=www.nzfilm.co.nz|language=en|access-date=2018-05-12}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.nzfilm.co.nz/films/pikowae|title=Pikowae {{!}} New Zealand Film Commission|website=www.nzfilm.co.nz|language=en|access-date=2018-05-12}} She is of Ngāti Pu, Ngāti Porou, Ngāti Pukenga and Ngāpuhi iwi descent.
Career
Rare's screen debut was as Rata in the 1990 comedy film Ruby and Rata. She has acted in a number of movies, as well as holding an extended role on the soap opera Shortland Street as Te Hana Hudson from 2001 to 2005.
In the 1990s Rare studied literature and television and film studies at the University of Auckland and began to write and direct television series and short films.{{Cite web|title=Vanessa Rare|url=https://www.nzonscreen.com/person/vanessa-rare|access-date=2018-05-12|website=NZ On Screen|language=en}}
Recognition
In 2003 Rare was nominated for Best Script, Single Episode of a Drama Series or Serial for Mataku at the New Zealand Television Awards. In 2014 she was nominated for Best Supporting Actress for The Z-Nail Gang at the New Zealand Film Awards.{{Cite web|others=NZ On Screen|title=Vanessa Rare – Awards|url=https://www.nzonscreen.com/person/vanessa-rare/awards|access-date=2018-05-12|website=NZ On Screen|language=en}}
Filmography
| class="wikitable"
|+ !Year !Title !Role !Genre !Notes |
| 1990
|Ruby and Rata |Rata |Feature film |
| 1991
|Te Rua |Helen Marangai |Feature film |{{Cite web|url=https://www.nzonscreen.com/title/te-rua-1991|title=Te Rua {{!}} Film {{!}} NZ On Screen|website=www.nzonscreen.com|language=en|others=NZ On Screen|access-date=2018-05-12}} |
| 1997
|Koa means "Joy" |Director and screenwriter |Short film |
| 2001–2005
|Shortland Street |Te Hana Hudson |Television series | |
| 2002–2005
|Mataku |Screenwriter |Television series |
| 2003
|Pikowae |Director and screenwriter |Short film |
| 2014
|The Z-Nail Gang |Aunty |Feature film |
| 2020
|Pania Cottle |Series | |
| 2023
|Mama Sass |Series 9 Episode 6 | |
| 2023
|Wiki Huia |Series |
References
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External links
- {{IMDb name|name=Vanessa Rare|id=nm0710982}}
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Category:Year of birth missing (living people)
Category:New Zealand television actresses
Category:New Zealand film actresses
Category:New Zealand film directors
Category:New Zealand screenwriters
Category:New Zealand women screenwriters
Category:University of Auckland alumni
Category:New Zealand soap opera actresses
Category:20th-century New Zealand actresses
Category:21st-century New Zealand actresses
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