Tandi Wright
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Tandi Wright
Tandi was born in Zambia to New Zealand parents Vernon Wright and Dinah Priestley. She grew up in Wellington (New Zealand) and attended Wellington High School and Victoria University of Wellington. In 1994 he graduated from Toi Whakaari: New Zealand Drama School with a degree in acting. Her father, Vernon Wright, is a former journalist for "The Listener" living in Zambia, and her mother Dinah is a writer and actress in Wellington. Wright has two sisters, Nikki (a political advisor to the DOC) and Justine (a film editor).
From 1995 to 2000, she appeared as nurse Caroline Buxton inShortland Street (1992).Other television roles includeCrash Palace (2001),Power Rangers S.P.D. (2005),Seven Periods with Mr Gormsby (2005),The Lost Children (2006),Nothing Trivial (2011),The Returned (2015)andCreamerie (2021).
As for films, it is worth mentioningBlack Sheep (2006),Out of the Blue (2006),Jack the Giant Slayer (2013),The Rehearsal (2016),the adventure comedyLove and Monsters (2020)or the critically and public acclaimed horror filmPearl (2022)directed byTi West,where she plays the role ofMia Goth's mother.
Tandi was born in Zambia to New Zealand parents Vernon Wright and Dinah Priestley. She grew up in Wellington (New Zealand) and attended Wellington High School and Victoria University of Wellington. In 1994 he graduated from Toi Whakaari: New Zealand Drama School with a degree in acting. Her father, Vernon Wright, is a former journalist for "The Listener" living in Zambia, and her mother Dinah is a writer and actress in Wellington. Wright has two sisters, Nikki (a political advisor to the DOC) and Justine (a film editor).
From 1995 to 2000, she appeared as nurse Caroline Buxton inShortland Street (1992).Other television roles includeCrash Palace (2001),Power Rangers S.P.D. (2005),Seven Periods with Mr Gormsby (2005),The Lost Children (2006),Nothing Trivial (2011),The Returned (2015)andCreamerie (2021).
As for films, it is worth mentioningBlack Sheep (2006),Out of the Blue (2006),Jack the Giant Slayer (2013),The Rehearsal (2016),the adventure comedyLove and Monsters (2020)or the critically and public acclaimed horror filmPearl (2022)directed byTi West,where she plays the role ofMia Goth's mother.
