Films

Te taha kiriata

 

As Darcy in Vermilion

 

“Ward-Lealand’s performance. Layered, assured and fascinating, it’s also sensual”  

 

NZ HERALD

 

FEATURE FILMS

PROJECTS
 

2023| Intimacy Coordinator for Ash Echo Lake Entertainment; Director Steven Ellison

Intimacy Coordinator for Grafted Fluroback; Director Sasha Rainbow

 

2022| Intimacy Coordinator for The Convert (feature film) Director: Lee Tamahori 

Acting Coach on The Convert

Accent Coach on The Convert

 

2020| Janine in Dead. Director: Hayden J. Weal. Producers: Rob Malloch, 

Nicole van Heerdon & Hayden J. Weal


2018|
Darcy in Vermilion. Director: Dorthe Scheffmann. MF Films

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2002| Ulla Peet in Fracture. Director: Larry Parr. Kahukura Productions (voted most popular film at St Tropez Film Festival)

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1998|
Mel in I’ll Make You Happy. Director: Athina Tsoulis. Ample Films


1997|
Evelyn in The Ugly. Director: Scott Reynolds. Essential Films


1993|
Acting coach to Melanie Lynskey in Heavenly Creatures. Wingnut Films


1992|
Dorothea Brook in Desperate Remedies

Directors: Peter Wells and Stuart Main. James Wallace Productions (Official Selection in Cannes Film Festival 1993)

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1991|
Mireille/Sarah in The Footstep Man. Director: Leon Narbey. John Maynard Productions

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1985|
Teresa in Dangerous Orphans. Director: John Laing. Cinepro

 

SHORT FILMS

PROJECTS
 

2023| Mary in Good People directed by Fernando Hart; Producer Alva Casey 

Intimacy Coordinator for School Night

 

2021| Director of Disrupt. Written by Aroha Awarau. Te Koru Media. Selected for NZIFF/Whānau Marama & Hawaii Film Festival. Wairoa Festival (Winner, Tinirau Award), Puerto Rico Film Festival (Winner, Best International Short Film), Show Me Shorts Festival,  Down Under Festival (Berlin), Native Spirit Festival (London), Beverly Hills Film Festival, Rotorua Indigenous Film Festival, Polish International Film Festival, Reel Recovery Film Festival (Los Angeles), Greenwich Village Film Festival, Hong Kong International Film Festival (Best Female Director Award)

 

2020| Fern in Tea Leaves. Director: Jake Mokomoko. Ten Canaries Films

Valerie in Margot. Director: Henry Donald

Detective Sergeant Williams in Maryam. Director: Maza White


1999|
Mother in The Painted Lady. Director: Belinda Schmid. Second Cine. Best Short Film in NZ Film Awards 2000


1996|
Frances in The Proposal. Director: Simon Bennett. South Pacific Pictures


1995|
Woman in The Bar. Director: Dorthe Scheffmann. This Is It Productions


1994|
Jane in I’m So Lonesome I Could Cry. Director: Michael Hurst. Frame Up Films (watch on NZ On Screen)


1993|
Lauren in A Game With No Rules. Director: Scott Reynolds Zee Films (watch on NZ On Screen)


1990|
Linda in Linda’s Body. Directors: Harry Sinclair and Don McGlashan. Front Lawn Films (watch on NZ On Screen)

Best Short Film in NZ Film and TV Awards 1990

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1985|
Raewyn in Danny and Raewyn. Director: Gregor Nicholas. Hibiscus Films (watch on NZ On Screen)

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