Rena Owen

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AWARDS ONCE WERE WARRIORS 1994 Won Best Actress Montreal Film Festival 1994 Won Best Actress San Diego Film Festival 1995 Won Best Actress Oporto Film Festival 1995 Won Benny Award for Excellence in Film New Zealand 1995 Won Toast Masters Communicator of the Year Award NZ 1995 Won Best Actress Independent Spirit Awards - Cannes Film Festival, France COVERSTORY 1997 Nominated Best Actress in a Television Drama NZFTA DANCE ME TO MY SONG 1998 Nominated Best Supporting Actress Australia Film Institute SHORTLAND STREET 2011 Won Best Supporting Actress NZFTA 2011 Nominated Best Actress People's Choice Award EAST WEST 101 2011 Nominated Best Supporting Actress Monte Carlo TV Festival 2012 Nominated Best Supporting Actress AACTA TELEVISION 2002 ANGEL Dinza Warner Brother's USA 2001 LIVING FACE Wai Aroha Films Ltd NZ GIDEON'S CROSSING Tara Touchstone TV USA DARK KNIGHT Rock Wtch Palana Productions UK MEDIVAC Macy Liberty & Beyond AUS COVERSTORY Mairanga Gibson Group NZ HIGHTIDE Kara Straight Throw USA CALL UP Emily James Wallace Ltd NZ SAVAGE PLAY Takiora Pony Productions UK THE VISITATION Cheryl He Taonga Films NZ BETTY'S BUNCH Shirley South Pacific Features NZ NIGHTMARE TO A DREAM Cindy ITV UK SHARK IN THE PARK Ngaire Gibson Group NZ FILM 2004 FREEZERBURN Lee FB Productions USA Melissa Balin LEELA (Short) Mother Dakota Films USA Malik Booth 2003 STAR WARS III A Senator Jak Productions George Lucas PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE Maria POA Partners USA Lee Madsen NEMESIS GAME Emily Grey Method Films CANADA Jessie Warne SIDNEY Clarissa Dakota Films USA Malik Booth 2002 STAR WARS II Taun We (an alien) - Jak Productions George Lucas WICKED PRAYER - CROW IV Mary Wicked Prayer Productions Lance Mungia WATER GIANT Crazy Norma OgoPogo Productions USA John Anderson SOUL ASSASSIN Karina USA Lawrence Malkin ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE Showground Security Steven Speilberg AN ALL AMERICAN GIRL Soona Grosso Jacobson Com. USA Lloyd Kramer 1999 WHAT BECOMES OF THE BROKENHEARTED - Beth South Pacific Pictures NZ Ian Mune FAMILY TREE Nurse/Nun Family Tree Productions NZ Luke Mayes 1998 WHEN LOVE COMES Katie MF Films NZ Garth Maxwell HER ILIARD (Short) Lena Method Films NZ Jessie Warne I'LL MAKE YOU HAPPY Mickie Ample Films Athina Tsoulis DANCE ME TO MY SONG Rix Vertigo Productions Rolf de Heer NINE ACROSS (Short) Joey Method Films NZ Jessie Warne HINEKARO (Short) Hinekaro L'Arte Ltd NZ Christine Parker 1994 ONCE WERE WARRIORS Beth Communicado NZ Lee Tamahori RAPA NUI Hitirenga Windmill Films USA Kevin Reynolds VARIATIONS OF A THEME(Short) Nancy Te Manuka Film Trust NZ Don Selwyn ROIMATA (Short) Girlie Te Manuka Film Trust NZ Riwia Brown THEATRE VOICES FROM PRISON CB Royal Shakespeare Co. UK Ann Mitchell CO EXISTANCES Susie Elephant Theatre Co. UK H. Nunn THE RIVER THAT RAN Toni Clean Break London Tour Ann Mitchell OUTSIDE IN Sandy Edinburgh Festival/London Tour Hilary Beaton HARURU MAI Pearl NZ International Festival of the Arts Colin McColl WEST Slyvia Ocean Productions NZ Roger Morton FINE DANCING Hina Netpac Productions USA Vilsoni Hereniko THE HUNGRY CITY Riri Watershed Theatre, Auckland Michael Hurst WHATUNGARONGARO Ruby NZ Tour/ Adelaide Fest. AUS J An derson/R. Potiki IWITAIA Pene Depot Theatre, Wellington Rangimoana Taylor OUTSIDE IN Di Theatre Workshop NZ Bernie Harfleet THE FEDS Various Bandana Theatre Company Simon Marler KVETCH Donna Ocean Productions NZ Roger Morton TE HOKINA Girlie Te Ohu Whakaari NZ Apirana Taylor DADDY'S GIRL Rose Te Ohu Whakaari NZ Riwia Brown LAND OF TRASH Rahui Calico Touring Co. NZ Jenny Wake NO ORDINARY SUN Various Te Rakau Hua Co. NZ Jim Moriarty OUTSIDE IN Sandy Edinburgh Festival / London Hilary Beaton VOICES FROM PRISON CB Royal Shakespeare Co. UK Ann Mitchell CO EXISTENCES Susie Elephant Theater Co. UK H. Nunn THE RIVER THAT RAN AWAY Toni Clean Break/London Tour UK Ann Mitchell OTHER THEATRE BARE Director AATC San Francisco USA TE HARA Director Theatre Marae Season NZ IN THE WILDERNESS Director Te Rakau Hua Co. NZ TE WHANAU A TUANUI JONES Director National Tour NZ THE RIVER THAT RAN AWAY Writer, Produced & Published UK DADDY'S GIRL Writer, Produced & Published NZ INTERNATIONAL 2004 Sundance Native Fellow 2000-04 Independant Producers Conference. Mentor IFP West, Project Involve. 2002-03 Guest Lecturer UCLA 2002 Keynote Speaker, Berkeley University Graduation Ceremony 2001 Jury Santa Barbara FilmFestival USA 2000 Chairman of the Jury Manilla Film Festival Phillippines Jury Montreal Film Festival Canada 1998 Jury USA Film Festival, Dallas Texas Cannes Film Festival Competition; Dance Me to my Song. 1995 Jury Hawaii International filmFestival. 1993 Transatlantic Playwrights Conference Australia 1992 South Pacific Arts Festival Writer/Actor 1991 PlayMarket National Playwright Conference RELEVANT SKILLS ACCENTS; SINGING - MEZZO SOPRANO; VOICE OVERS; DRAMATURGY; SCRIPT EDITOR; PHOTOGRAPHIC MODELING; MOST SPORTS; YOGA; RADIO DRAMA; STATE REGISTERED NURSE.