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Jennifer Ward-Lealand‌

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Jennifer Ward-Lealand

Jennifer Ward-Lealand

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Popularity

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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jennifer Cecily Ward-Lealand CNZM (born 8 November 1962) is a New Zealand actor and director whose screen credits includes the in 1993 movie Desperate Remedies as well as appearances in The Footstep Man, the soap Shortland Street and Australian comedy series Full Frontal. Ward-Lealand was born in Wellington, New Zealand to Philippa "Pippa" Mary (née Ward) and Conrad Ainsley Lealand. She has an older sister, Diana Mary Ward-Pickering and a half brother Simcha Lindt. She is married to actor Michael Hurst of Hercules: The Legendary Journeys fame. They have two sons, born in 1997, and 1999. Her first ongoing television role was as Jan in Close to Home (1978–1980). After leaving school she spent a year touring New Zealand in a community theatre group, performing clown shows and Chekhov. In 1982 Ward-Lealand completed a year-long diploma in acting from Auckland's then influential Theatre Corporate. In between the theatre work that followed, Ward-Lealand appeared in short-lived TV drama Seekers, before her breakthrough television role in "Danny and Raewyn", an episode from the About Face series. Filmed largely in an Auckland flat so cramped the cameraman sometimes had to sit on the stove, this tale of working class relationship breakdown would win Ward-Lealand a GOFTA Best Actress Award. The same year Ward-Lealand made her big screen debut as nightclub singer Costello – and sang three songs – in Wellington crime thriller Dangerous Orphans. From 1989 to 1990 she appeared with Harry Sinclair and Don McGlashan in theatre/musical group The Front Lawn, winning a number of awards and accolades, and acting in Front Lawn film Linda's Body. In 1993 she appeared in the first series of TV skit comedy show, Full Frontal. As an actress, singer and director of theatre, Ward-Lealand has a number of credits and accolades, and acted in New Zealand plays The Bach, Via Satellite, and The Sex Fiend. In 2007, she toured her acclaimed Marlene Dietrich cabaret show, Falling in Love Again (also the name of her first solo CD) in New Zealand and Australia. She later toured with the same show in 2018. Jennifer Ward-Lealand is fluent in Te Reo Māori, the native language of New Zealand. Ward-Lealand, who herself is not Māori, started learning the language after not being able to respond to a traditional mihi or welcome speech. Ward-Lealand has also been an advocate for improving actors' working conditions and pay.

Movie Credits

The Ugly

The Ugly‌
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calendar 1997

Desperate Remedies

Desperate Remedies‌
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calendar 1993

Fracture

Fracture‌
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calendar 2004

Dangerous Orphans

Dangerous Orphans‌
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calendar 1985

I'll Make You Happy

I'll Make You Happy‌
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calendar 1999

The Bar

The Bar‌
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The Footstep Man

The Footstep Man‌
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calendar 1992

I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry

I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry‌
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calendar 1994

Vermilion

Vermilion‌
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calendar 2018

A Game With No Rules

A Game With No Rules‌
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calendar 1994

Chekhov's The Seagull

Chekhov's The Seagull‌
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calendar 2020

Dead

Dead‌
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calendar 2020

Love Mussel

Love Mussel‌
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calendar 2001

Tv Credits

Dirty Laundry

Dirty Laundry‌
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calendar 2016

Terry Teo

Terry Teo‌
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calendar 2016

The Almighty Johnsons

The Almighty Johnsons‌
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calendar 2011

Duggan

Duggan‌
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calendar 1997

The Jaquie Brown Diaries

The Jaquie Brown Diaries‌
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calendar 2008

Sunny Skies

Sunny Skies‌
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calendar 2013

Close to Home

Close to Home‌
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calendar

My Life Is Murder

My Life Is Murder‌
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calendar 2019

Xena: Warrior Princess

Xena: Warrior Princess‌
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calendar 1995

Auckward Love

Auckward Love‌
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calendar 2015

Hercules: The Legendary Journeys

Hercules: The Legendary Journeys‌
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calendar 1995

Auckland Daze

Auckland Daze‌
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calendar 2011