- Born
- Birth nameChelsie Florence Preston Crayford
- Height5′ 7½″ (1.71 m)
- In her 30 years as an actress, Chelsie Preston Crayford has appeared in many productions and won numerous awards, including a Logie for her portrayal of Tilly Devine in UNDERBELLY: RAZOR, and an AACTA for The Code. Most recently she has appeared in THE LUMINARIES, SAVAGE, BABY DONE, PANTHERS, Netflix's global hit THE ROYAL TREATMENT and NUDE TUESDAY.
As a filmmaker, her first short HERE NOW debuted in competition at the 2013 NZIFF, and her second short FALLING UP won Best NZ Short at NZIFF in 2018 and went to film festivals all over the world. Chelsie was a 2018 participant in Script-to-Screen's FilmUp programme under the mentorship of filmmaker So Yong Kim, and attended MIFF Accelerator where Falling Up screened in competition. Her third short IMPOSTER premiered at SF Shorts where she won the Emerging Director Award.
- IMDb mini biography by: Mosaic
- ParentsJonathan Crayford
- RelativesEd Preston(Grandparent)Tui Preston(Grandparent)
- At age 13, after a performance of her play An Unforgiving Harvest at the Sound Stage Theater in Wellington, Sir Ian McKellan pulled Chelsie aside to praise her on her performance. It was an inspiration to Chelsie and motivated her to make the decision to make acting her career.
- Daughter of Film Maker Gaylene Preston.
- Won a 2015 Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts Award in the Best Guest or Supporting Actress in a Television Drama category for Episode #1.1 (2014).
- Take yourself seriously and have friends who don't.
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