Biography

First professional television work was in the late nineteen seventies in Melbourne, Australia on "Prisoner", (Cell Block H" in the UK), as Officer Knox followed by guest roles on "The Sullivans", "Cop Shop", Skyways" and young adult series for The ABC.

Her return to New Zealand in 1982 saw her begin her NZ screen career as Dean Parker's co-conspirator girlfriend in an episode of "Mortimer's Patch" for the New Zealand Broadcasting Corporation in the dramatized autobiographic story of Dean Parker and his involvement in the disruption of the broadcasting of the 1981 Rugby tour which divided the country and was the beginning of the backlash against colonization and ensuing disregard for the Treaty of Waitangi.

She was then cast in "Marching Girls" for Television New Zealand

"Plainclothes" South Pacific Pictures

"Brokenwood". South Pacific Pictures. Ep2, Series 2. "Smelly Nelly"

"Shortland Street" several characters over several years, the most recent as Damo's mother, Naomi in 2018
- IMDb mini biography by: Brenda Kendall

Also wrote dialogue for 49 episodes of the NZ television serial "Shortland Street" amongst other South Pacific Pictures drama series and did stand-up comedy beginning at "Sweetwaters" Rock Festival. Due to the dearth of live comedy in Auckland and indeed NZ, she immediately began producing and featuring in comedy shows in Auckland the first of which was "Just Joking", at Blondies Cafe in Auckland and other venues. This led to the involving of audience members in joke spots which led to the establishment of "Funny Business" and "Fanny Business" the female answer to the male dominated comedy scene in Auckland. Fanny Business evolved into "A Girl's Gotta Eat" which packed out Auckland's pub and rock Venue "The Gluepot", (The Ponsonby Club Hotel) in Ponsonby once a month.