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Jennifer Ward-Lealand

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Jennifer Ward-Lealand
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Since training at Auckland's Theatre Corporate, Jennifer has worked extensively in theatre, film, television, musical and radio for over 40 years. She is also a trained Intimacy Coordinator for stage and screen.

Jennifer was a founding board member of the Watershed Theatre and a co-founder of the drama school, The Actors' Program. She is President of Equity New Zealand (since 2008), Patron of Q Theatre, Theatre New Zealand and Te Manu Tioriori Trust and serves as a trust board member of the Actors Benevolent Fund.

In the 2007 New Year's Honours List, she was named an Officer of the New Zealand Order of Merit (ONZM) for services to theatre and the community.

In 2018 she was named SPADA Industry Champion and in 2019 New Year's Honours List, she was named a Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit (CNZM) for services to theatre, film and television and presented with a Woman of Influence Award (for arts and culture) Most recently, Jennifer was honoured as the Kiwibank New Zealander of the Year 2020.
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      • 1 win & 6 nominations total

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    Jennifer Ward-Lealand in Vermilion (2018)
    Vermilion
    6.8
    • Darcy
    • 2018
    My Life Is Murder (2019)
    My Life Is Murder
    7.5
    TV Series
    • Eva Borges
    The Brokenwood Mysteries (2014)
    The Brokenwood Mysteries
    7.9
    TV Series
    • Patricia Wells
    Full Frontal (1993)
    Full Frontal
    7.6
    TV Series
    • Various Characters

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    • Antonia Prebble and Madeleine Sami in Double Parked (2023)
      Double Parked
      6.5
      TV Series
      • Shelley
      • 2023–2024
    • Adrienne Wilkinson in We Have Many Skills (2023)
      We Have Many Skills
      8.1
      TV Series
      • The Unexpected
      • 2024
    • My Life Is Murder (2019)
      My Life Is Murder
      7.5
      TV Series
      • Eva Borges
      • 2022
    • Sui Generis (2017)
      Sui Generis
      7.3
      TV Series
      • Vanessa
      • 2022
    • Mirabai Pease in Joint Venture (2021)
      Joint Venture
      TV Mini Series
      • Gillian
      • 2021
    • The Brokenwood Mysteries (2014)
      The Brokenwood Mysteries
      7.9
      TV Series
      • Patricia Wells
      • 2021
    • Creamerie (2021)
      Creamerie
      6.8
      TV Series
      • Choir member (uncredited)
      • 2021
    • Maryam (2021)
      Maryam
      Short
      • DS Williams
      • 2021
    • Thomas Sainsbury, Hayden J. Weal, and Tomai Ihaia in Dead (2020)
      Dead
      5.5
      • Janine Marbeck
      • 2020
    • The Seagull
      TV Mini Series
      • Arkadina
      • 2020
    • Mark Hadlow, Te Ohorere Reneti, and Erroll Anderson in Colonial Combat (2019)
      Colonial Combat
      TV Series
      • Catherine
      • 2019
    • The Ring Inz (2017)
      The Ring Inz
      8.2
      TV Series
      • Astrid
      • 2018
    • Jennifer Ward-Lealand in Vermilion (2018)
      Vermilion
      6.8
      • Darcy
      • 2018
    • Rose Matafeo and Laura Daniel in Funny Girls (2015)
      Funny Girls
      7.1
      TV Series
      • 2018
    • Kura Forrester in The Adventures of Suzy Boon (2014)
      The Adventures of Suzy Boon
      8.3
      TV Series
      • Warden Touro
      • 2018

    Writer



    • Full Frontal (1993)
      Full Frontal
      7.6
      TV Series
      • writer
      • 1993

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      • The Front Lawn
    • Height
      • 5′ 11″ (1.80 m)
    • Spouse
      • Michael HurstJanuary 31, 1988 - present (2 children)
    • Other works
      Album: "Falling in Love Again" (2006)
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      • 58 Interviews
      • 83 Articles
      • 20 Pictorials
      • 21 Magazine Cover Photos

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      Received Rising Star Award, New Zealand Entertainment Awards, 1992
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      • Te Atamira

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