AWARDS RECEIVED

2022| Best Female Director Award for Disrupt Hong Kong International Short Film Festival

2020| Centennial Award for International Women’s Day

Zonta Club of Auckland

2020| E Tū Unionist of the Year (with Marianne Bishop)

2020| Kiwibank 2020 New Zealander of the Year

2019| Westpac Women of Influence Award, Arts & Culture

2019| Award of Excellence: Actress. Accolade Global Film Competition

2019| Best Actress (Feature) for Vermilion. Los Angeles Film Awards

2019| Appointment as Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit “for services to film, theatre and television”

2018| SPADA/Data Book Industry Champion

2018| VAC Scroll of Honour. Variety Artists Club of New Zealand

2014| Nominated as Funniest Person on TV in NZ TV Guide Best on the Box Awards

2014| Recipient of NZ Film Commission Professional Development Award

2007| #5 in The Year’s 25 Most Fascinating Women Sunday Herald

2007| Appointment as Officer of the New Zealand Order of Merit “for services to the theatre and the community”

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

2005| Best New Zealand Actress Metro Readers’ Poll

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

1998| Best Theatrical Performance New Zealand Entertainment Awards

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

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

1992| Rising Star Award New Zealand Entertainment Awards

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

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