Occupation Actress Spouse Michael Beran Role Television actress | Name Tandi Wright Years active 1995–present Children Olive Beran | |
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Parents Dinah Priestley, Vernon Wright Siblings Justine Wright, Nicky Wright Movies and TV shows The Returned, Nothing Trivial, This Is Not My Life, Black Sheep, Kiwi Flyer Similar People Jonathan King, Robert Sarkies, Justine Wright | ||
Tandi Wright speaks out against the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement (TPPA)
Tandi Wright (born 13 May 1970 in Zambia) is a television and film actress from New Zealand. She first gained recognition for portraying Nurse Caroline Buxton on the long running New Zealand soap opera Shortland Street.
Contents
- Tandi Wright speaks out against the Trans Pacific Partnership Agreement TPPA
- INSIDE THE REHEARSAL ROOM WITH BEULAH KOALE AND TANDI WRIGHT
- Early life
- Career
- Filmography
- References
She is best known for her roles as Fenn Pennington on Seven Periods with Mr Gormsby and Catherine Duvall on Nothing Trivial.
She is currently a series regular on 800 Words portraying the recurring character Laura Turner.
INSIDE THE REHEARSAL ROOM WITH BEULAH KOALE AND TANDI WRIGHT
Early life
Wright was born in Zambia to New Zealander parents Vernon Wright and Dinah Priestley. She grew up in Wellington and attended Wellington High School and Victoria University of Wellington. Her father Vernon Wright, is a former journalist for "The Listener" who now lives in Zambia, and her mother Dinah is a writer and actress in Wellington. Wright has two sisters, Nicky (DOC policy advisor) and Justine (film editor), and two half sisters, Stephanie (information architect) and Victoria (teacher). Her husband Michael Beran is also an actor and they live in Auckland with their daughter, Olive.
Career
From 1995–2000 she appeared as Nurse Caroline Buxton in Shortland Street. Other roles include Power Rangers: S.P.D., Crash Palace, Out of the Blue, Seven Periods with Mr Gormsby, The Lost Children, Black Sheep and Legend of the Seeker.
In 2010, she played the role of Callie Ross, the wife of the main character, in This Is Not My Life. Her next major role followed in 2011–2014, as Dr Catherine Duvall on the TVNZ drama Nothing Trivial. She starred 2014 in the drama thriller series The Returned as Claire Winship.
Filmography
Actress
-
Help, I'm Alien Pregnant (Short) (post-production) as
Dr. Bronwyn
2021
Creamerie (TV Series) as
Lane
- Pilot (2021) - Lane
2022
Pearl as
Ruth
2021
Alibi (TV Series) as
Detective Robin Carter
- Reveal (2021) - Detective Robin Carter
- Nigel (2021) - Detective Robin Carter
- Father Sebastian (2021) - Detective Robin Carter
- Natalie (2021) - Detective Robin Carter
- Malika (2021) - Detective Robin Carter
- Xavier (2021) - Detective Robin Carter
- Caleb (2021) - Detective Robin Carter
2020
The Wilds (TV Series) as
Maryann Rilke
- Day Twelve (2020) - Maryann Rilke
- Day Six (2020) - Maryann Rilke
- Day One (2020) - Maryann Rilke
2020
The Meek (Short) as
Jodi
2020
Love and Monsters as
Joel's Mother
2020
The Sounds (TV Mini Series) as
Kath Hines
- Make Amends (2020) - Kath Hines
- Help (2020) - Kath Hines
- Not for Sale (2020) - Kath Hines
- Playing the Odds (2020) - Kath Hines
- Not Tom (2020) - Kath Hines
- Find the Money (2020) - Kath Hines
- Open Water (2020) - Kath Hines
2019
Daffodils as
Eileen
2018
The Brokenwood Mysteries (TV Series) as
Lulu
- The Dark Angel (2018) - Lulu
2015
800 Words (TV Series) as
Laura Turner
- Episode #3.13 (2018) - Laura Turner
- Episode #3.12 (2018) - Laura Turner
- Episode #3.9 (2018) - Laura Turner
- Episode #1.7 (2015) - Laura Turner
- Episode #1.4 (2015) - Laura Turner
- Episode #1.3 (2015) - Laura Turner
2016
Hyde & Seek (TV Mini Series) as
Jenna Finch
- Episode #1.8 (2016) - Jenna Finch
- Episode #1.2 (2016) - Jenna Finch
2016
The Rehearsal as
Naomi Lancaster
2015
The Returned (TV Series) as
Claire Winship
- Peter (2015) - Claire Winship
- Helen (2015) - Claire Winship
- Claire (2015) - Claire Winship
- Rowan (2015) - Claire Winship
- Lucy (2015) - Claire Winship
- Tony and Adam (2015) - Claire Winship
- Victor (2015) - Claire Winship
- Julie (2015) - Claire Winship
- Simon (2015) - Claire Winship
- Camille (2015) - Claire Winship
2011
Nothing Trivial (TV Series) as
Catherine Duvall
- Complete This Lyric: Should I Stay or Should I Go? (2014) - Catherine Duvall
- Will You, Brian, Take Emma to Be Your Wife? (2013) - Catherine Duvall
- In Happy Days the Fonz Dated Which Set of Sisters? (2013) - Catherine Duvall
- What Is the Answer to Life, the Universe and Everything? (2013) - Catherine Duvall
- What Is the Meaning of 'Primum Non Nocere'? (2013) - Catherine Duvall
- In Maori Mythology, Who Are the Sky Father and Earth Mother? (2013) - Catherine Duvall
- Which Male Animal Pretends There's a Lion Around to Keep the Ladies Interested? (2013) - Catherine Duvall
- What Is Hyperbole? (2013) - Catherine Duvall
- 'She Can Ruin Your Faith with Her Casual Lies' Is from Which Song? (2013) - Catherine Duvall
- Which Disney Princess Sings 'A Dream Is a Wish Your Heart Makes'? (2013) - Catherine Duvall
- Around 100 New Zealanders Do What Every Day? (2013) - Catherine Duvall
- Who Said 'As Long as You Know Men Are Like Children, You Know Everything?' (2013) - Catherine Duvall
- Carrots Improve Your Eyesight, True or False? (2013) - Catherine Duvall
- In Kramer vs. Kramer, Who Played the Divorcing Couple? (2013) - Catherine Duvall
- Who Is the Patron Saint of Motherhood? (2012) - Catherine Duvall
- How Did the Emperor Tamarin Get Its Name? (2012) - Catherine Duvall
- Who Was Mad, Bad, and Dangerous? (2012) - Catherine Duvall
- Leopards Changing Their Spots Is in Which Book of the Bible? (2012) - Catherine Duvall
- "All the News That's Fit to Print" Is the Motto of Which Newspaper? (2011) - Catherine Duvall
- Who Said "A Happy Family Is But an Earlier Heaven"? (2011) - Catherine Duvall
- Who had the Hit Single 'Look Back in Anger' in 1996? (2011) - Catherine Duvall
- Who Said "Risk! Risk Anything"? (2011) - Catherine Duvall
- Who Said "I'm Extraordinarily Patient Provided I Get My Own Way in the End"? (2011) - Catherine Duvall
- What Is a Pyrrhic Victory? (2011) - Catherine Duvall
- What Is the Expression 'Seize the Day' in Latin? (2011) - Catherine Duvall
- Which Street in LA Is Known as Bad Boy Drive? (2011) - Catherine Duvall
- Who Wrote 'The Art of War'? (2011) - Catherine Duvall
- What Is a Petard? (2011) - Catherine Duvall
- Who Performed the 1987 Hit Song 'Time of My Life'? (2011) - Catherine Duvall
- What Colour is a Bichon Frise? (2011) - Catherine Duvall
- Who Was the Lady Love of John Wayne Bobbitt? (2011) - Catherine Duvall
2013
Jack the Giant Slayer as
Queen
2012
Derby Dogs as
Karen
2011
Bliss (TV Movie) as
Lily Trowell
2011
Pop-Up (TV Series) as
Various (voice)
2010
This Is Not My Life (TV Series) as
Callie Ross
2010
Outrageous Fortune (TV Series) as
Mandy
- Let the Door Be Lock'd (2010) - Mandy
2009
Legend of the Seeker (TV Series) as
Alina / Mord 'Sith
- Unbroken (2010) - Alina
- Reckoning (2009) - Alina
- Mirror (2009) - Mord 'Sith
2009
Piece of My Heart (TV Movie) as
Chloe Morton
2006
Doves of War (TV Series) as
Rowan Matich
- Episode #1.1 (2006) - Rowan Matich
- Episode #1.2 (2006) - Rowan Matich
2006
The Lost Children (TV Series) as
Charlotte Melville
2006
Out of the Blue as
Julie-Anne Bryson
2006
Black Sheep as
Doctor Rush
2005
Seven Periods with Mr Gormsby (TV Series) as
Fenn Partington
- For Whom the Bell Tolls (2006) - Fenn Partington
- An Inspector Calls (2006) - Fenn Partington
- Camp Tepapawai (2006) - Fenn Partington
- Dancing with the Staff (2006) - Fenn Partington
- The Slave Trade (2006) - Fenn Partington
- Crime and Punishment (2006) - Fenn Partington
- Heads Will Roll (2006) - Fenn Partington
- The ERO Parade (2005) - Fenn Partington
- Coon Tunes (2005) - Fenn Partington
- The Retarded Boy (2005) - Fenn Partington
- Open Day (2005) - Fenn Partington
- Human Relationships (2005) - Fenn Partington
- Comrade Gormsby (2005) - Fenn Partington
- The Appalling Mr Gormsby (2005) - Fenn Partington
2006
Maddigan's Quest (TV Series) as
Timon's Mother
- Hillfolk (2006) - Timon's Mother
2005
Power Rangers S.P.D. (TV Series) as
Isinia Cruger / Aisynia Cruger
- Endings: Part 2 (2005) - Isinia Cruger (voice)
- Endings: Part 1 (2005) - Isinia Cruger (voice)
- Badge (2005) - Isinia Cruger (voice)
- Dismissed (2005) - Isinia Cruger (uncredited)
- Shadow: Part 2 (2005) - Aisynia Cruger (voice, uncredited)
- Shadow: Part 1 (2005) - Aisynia Cruger (voice, uncredited)
2004
Serial Killers (TV Series) as
Sally
- The Virgin Birth (2004) - Sally
- Steering the Waka (2004) - Sally
- Product Placement (2004) - Sally
- I Am the Resurrection (2004) - Sally
- Big Hairy Balls (2004) - Sally
- Control, Alt, Delete (2004) - Sally
- On the Origin of Species (2004) - Sally
2004
Not Only But Always (TV Movie) as
Julie Andrews
2004
Mercy Peak (TV Series) as
Candy
- Honour Thy Father (2004) - Candy
2004
Raising Waylon (TV Special) as
Tina Stanfill
2003
Sylvia as
2nd Woman at Ted Hughes' Lecture
2001
Being Eve (TV Series) as
Alannah Lush
- Being at War (2002) - Alannah Lush
- Being True (2002) - Alannah Lush
- Being Tested (2002) - Alannah Lush
- Being Obsessed (2002) - Alannah Lush
- Being Upstaged (2002) - Alannah Lush
- Being Reborn (2002) - Alannah Lush
- Being a Winner (2002) - Alannah Lush
- Being Grown Up (2002) - Alannah Lush
- Being Individual (2002) - Alannah Lush
- Being Alien (2002) - Alannah Lush
- Being Famous (2002) - Alannah Lush
- Being History (2002) - Alannah Lush
- Being Heartbroken (2002) - Alannah Lush
- Being Just Mates (2001) - Alannah Lush
- Being Scared (2001) - Alannah Lush
- Being Betrayed (2001) - Alannah Lush
- Being Kissed (2001) - Alannah Lush
- Being Bad (2001) - Alannah Lush
- Being Beautiful (2001) - Alannah Lush
- Being Popular (2001) - Alannah Lush
- Being in Love (2001) - Alannah Lush
2001
Crash Palace (TV Series) as
Penny Watts
- Strange Relations (2002) - Penny Watts
- Proposal (2002) - Penny Watts
- Moving On (2002) - Penny Watts
- The Things We Do For Love (2002) - Penny Watts
- Consequence (2002) - Penny Watts
- Truth (2002) - Penny Watts
- The Old and the New (2002) - Penny Watts
- Invitation (2002) - Penny Watts
- Water Under the Bridge (2002) - Penny Watts
- Vanished (2002) - Penny Watts
- Flirt (2002) - Penny Watts
- Compromising Positions (2002) - Penny Watts
- Money (2002) - Penny Watts
- Rampage (2002) - Penny Watts
- Breakaway (2002) - Penny Watts
- Body and Soul (2002) - Penny Watts
- The Bush (2002) - Penny Watts
- Who's That Girl? (2002) - Penny Watts
- Desperate Measures (2002) - Penny Watts
- Secrets (2002) - Penny Watts
- Trouble (2002) - Penny Watts
- Happy Anniversary (2001) - Penny Watts
- Ipso Facto (2001) - Penny Watts
- The Bag (2001) - Penny Watts
2002
This Is Not a Love Story as
Studio Art Dept
2001
Willy Nilly (TV Series) as
Joy
2000
Xena: Warrior Princess (TV Series) as
Sonata / Sarah
- Who's Gurkhan? (2000) - Sonata / Sarah
2000
Street Legal (TV Series) as
Detective Senior Sergeant Angela Watson (2003)
1996
Shortland Street (TV Series) as
Nurse Caroline Buxton
1996
Permanent Wave (Short) as
Karen
1992
Absent Without Leave as
Tom's Fiancée
1984
Iris (TV Movie)
Miscellaneous
-
Head South (intimacy coordinator) (post-production)
-
The Return (Short) (intimacy coordinator) (post-production)
-
Went Up the Hill (intimacy coordinator) (post-production)
2023
Choose Love (intimacy coordinator)
2023
No Escape (TV Series) (intimacy coordinator - 1 episode)
- No Escape (2023) - (intimacy coordinator)
2023
The Tank (intimacy co-ordinator)
2022
Princess of Chaos (TV Movie) (intimacy coordinator)
2021
Mystic (TV Series) (intimacy coordinator - 5 episodes)
- The Spoils (2022) - (intimacy coordinator)
- The Conspiracy (2022) - (intimacy coordinator)
- The Downfall (2022) - (intimacy coordinator)
- The Double-Cross (2022) - (intimacy coordinator)
- The Betrayal (2021) - (intimacy coordinator)
2022
Nude Tuesday (intimacy coordinator)
2022
X (intimacy coordinator)
2021
One Of Us Is Lying (TV Series) (intimacy coordinator - 6 episodes)
- One of Us Is Dancing! (2021) - (intimacy coordinator)
- One of Us Is Famous (2021) - (intimacy coordinator)
- One of Us Is Cracking (2021) - (intimacy coordinator)
- One of Us Is Not Like the Others (2021) - (intimacy coordinator)
- One of Us Is Grieving (2021) - (intimacy coordinator)
- Pilot (2021) - (intimacy coordinator)
2021
The Justice of Bunny King (intimacy coordinator)
2021
The Brokenwood Mysteries (TV Series) (intimacy coordinator - 1 episode)
- The Witches of Brokenwood (2021) - (intimacy coordinator)
2021
Six Angry Women (Documentary) (intimacy coordinator)
2020
One Lane Bridge (TV Series) (intimacy coordinator - 1 episode)
- Arrival (2020) - (intimacy coordinator)
2020
In Passing (intimacy coordinator)
Soundtrack
2022
Pearl (performer: "Müde Bin Ich, Geh Zur Ruh")
Self
2010
Campbell Live (TV Series) as
Self
- The Hobbit Debate/Quake-proofing Christchurch (2010) - Self
2002
2050: What If NZ.. (Documentary) as
Dorothy Park
Archive Footage
2023
Sunday (TV Series) as
Self
- Episode dated 30 July 2023 (2023) - Self
2002
Before Stardom (TV Movie) as
Self
2000
Look Who's Famous Now 2 (TV Movie documentary)
References
Tandi Wright Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA