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A P P O I N T M E N T S

President of New Zealand Actors Equity (since 2007)

Co-founder and artistic board member of The Actors' Program (since 2011)

Trust board member of Arts Regional Trust (since 2012)

Trust board member of Silo Theatre (since 2003)

Patron of Q Theatre (since 2011)

Patron of Youth Theatreworks (since 2010)

Patron of The Auckland Performing Arts Centre (since 2000)

Champion of the New Theatre Initiative (2004-2011)

Honourary Board Member of Women in Film and Television (1994-2009)

Governing Board of Women in Film and Television (2006)

Co-Founder of The Large Group (2002)

Founding Board Member of the Watershed Theatre (1989)

 

  

A W A R D S

2007: Sunday Herald
#5 in The Year's 25 Most Fascinating Women

2006: Capital Times
Most Outstanding Performer: Jennifer Ward-Lealand for Falling in Love Again

2005: Metro Readers' Poll
Best New Zealand Actress

2005: New Zealand Screen Awards
Finalist, Actress in a Supporting Role for Ulla Peet in Fracture

1998: New Zealand Entertainment Awards
Best Theatrical Performance

1993: International Festival of Fantasy Film (Sitges, Spain)
Best Actress Award for Dorothea in Desperate Remedies

1993: New Zealand Film and Television Awards
Finalist, Best Female Dramatic Performance (Film) for Marielle in The Footstep Man

1992: New Zealand Entertainment Awards
Rising Star Award

1987: GOFTA (Guild of Film and TV Arts)
Best Actress Award for Raewyn in Danny and Raewyn

1987: Manawatu Evening Standard
Best Actress Award for Eugenia in Breaking the Silence


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