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Kayte Ferguson - Actor, Writer, Director

Height: 168cm
Degree: BA Performing Arts: Acting,

Toi Whakakāri, NZ Drama School, 2000.
Location: Aotearoa, New Zealand
Willing to travel

ACTING
 
Film
Languages

English

Basic Te Reo Māori

 

(SF)    Morepork                       Lead              'Woman',                 Dir. Miles Murphy

(FF)    Billy: Te Movie                Support        'Mother'                  Dir. Ian Mune
(FF)    Fatal Contact Birdflu     Support        'Tamara Jones'       Dir.  Richard Pearce           
(FF)    River Queen                   Support        'Tangamoko',          Dir. Vincent Ward    

(FF)    The Locals                      Support         'Anna'                      Dir. Greg Page         
(FF)    
Johnny Lingo                 Lead               'Mahana'               Dir. Steve Ramirez

(SF)    Needles and Glass        Support         'Woman'                Dir. Miranda Harcourt

(SF)    Poroporoaki                   Lead               'Takatowai'            Dir. Geoff Clendon

(SF)    Sweet Singers                Support          'Kate'                     Dir. Ian Mune

Skills

Sing - Alto, Soprano

Dance

Drivers Licence

 

Television

Nothing Trivial Series 1&3             Recurring Guest       'Rosanna'                            Dir. Various                               South Pacific Productions
Billy                                                   Support                      'Ngaire'                               Dir. Peter Burger                      Comedia Pictures
Diplomatic Immunity                     Core Cast                   'Suga'                                  Dir. Various                                South Pacific Productions
Ask Your Aunties Season 3&4       Recurring                   Panelist                              Dir. Various                               Greenstone Pictures

Mataku: The Tree                            Lead                           'Renee'                                Dir.Michael Bennet                  Four Winds Productions.

Serial Killers                                     Core Cast                   'Simone'                             Dir. Mike Smith                         Landtry Productions

Taonga: Treasures of our Past      Lead                           'Te Rangi Topeora'            Dir. John Callum                        Greenstone Pictures

Good Hands: Lima Leilei                Core Cast                  'Moana'                              Dir. Justine Simei-Barton         Lima Leilei Productions

Spin Doctors Season 1-4                Core Cast                  'Hineroa'                            Dir. Tony Holden                       Comedia Pictures

Mataku: The Blue Line                    Guest                         'Katarina'                           Dir. Vanessa Rare                     South Pacific Productions

Theatre
 

Frangipani Perfume: Cambridge Festival               Naike             Dir. Rachel House                                         Cambridge, UK

Frangipani Perfume: Indigenous Festival               Naike             Dir. Rachel House                                         Brisbane, Australia

The Bach                                                                      Simone          Dir. Danny Mulheron                                   Circa Theatre Collective
The Bach                                                                      Simone          Dir. Danny Mulheron                                   Auckland Theatre Company: Lab Series   
The Bellbird                                                                 Aoraki            Dir. Oliver Driver                                           Auckland Theatre Company
Space Without Boundaries                                       Various          Dir. Nina Nawalowalo                                  Indecent Flesh Collective

Into the Woods                                                           Cinderella      Dir. Miranda Harcourt                                 Toi Whakaari: NZ Drama School

DIRECTING

2014   (Web-stories)    TAUTOKO Video Project - Suicide Prevention Campaign for Lifeline Aotearoa,       Bouncemedia Productions

 

2013   (Radio)  'Back Your Mates, Back Yourself, Back Your Whanau' Featuring Piri Weepu,                        Lifeline Aotearoa

 

2012   (TVC)     'Daddy's Gone'     Suicide Prevention Campaign for Lifeline Aotearoa                                    Bouncemedia Productions

 

 

 

            (TVC)     'Our Men'              Suicide Prevention Campaign for Lifeline Aotearoa                                    Bouncemedia Productions          

 

            

 

            (TVC)     'In NZ'                    Suicide Prevention Campaign for Lifeline Aotearoa                                    Bouncemedia Productions

 

 

 

            (TVC)     'If Only'                  Suicide Prevention Campaign for Lifeline Aotearoa                                    Bouncemedia Productions

 

                          

 

            (TVC)    'Māori Wardens'   Suicide Prevention Campaign for Lifeline Aotearoa                                     Bouncemedia Productions

 

 

           

            (TVC)    'Whānau'                Suicide Prevention Campaign for Lifeline Aotearoa                                    Bouncemedia Productions

 

 

WRITING

2013  (Radio)  Piri Weepu - "Back Your Mates, Back Yourself, Back Your Whanau"                                         Lifeline Aotearoa

 

2012   (TVC)     'Daddy's Gone'     Suicide Prevention Campaign for Lifeline Aotearoa                                    Bouncemedia Productions

            (TVC)     'Our Men'              Suicide Prevention Campaign for Lifeline Aotearoa                                    Bouncemedia Productions          

            (TVC)     'In NZ'                    Suicide Prevention Campaign for Lifeline Aotearoa                                    Bouncemedia Productions

            (TVC)     'If Only'                  Suicide Prevention Campaign for Lifeline Aotearoa                                    Bouncemedia Productions

            (TVC)    'Māori Wardens'    Suicide Prevention Campaign for Lifeline Aotearoa                                    Bouncemedia Productions

            (TVC)    'Whānau'                Suicide Prevention Campaign for Lifeline Aotearoa                                    Bouncemedia Productions

 

2008  (TV)    Mana Wahine Party - Political Satire - Māori Television Election Series

 
Training

Toi Whakaari: NZ Drama School - Bachelor of Performing Arts, Major in Acting, 2000
 

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