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Olivia Tennet 
Tennet posing in front of a statue of Hercules at one of the Capitoline Museums.Born 4 January 1991
Auckland, New ZealandOccupation Actress Years active 1999–Present Olivia Tennet (born 4 January 1991)[1] is a New Zealand actress and dancer. She has been active as an actress since 1999 and is mostly known for her role as Tuesday Warner on the New Zealand medical drama Shortland Street.
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Career
Tennet began taking dance lessons at four years old. She says that she followed her older sister into dance and eventually stumbled into acting.[2] She made her first major television appearance in the fourth season of Xena: Warrior Princess as the runaway Princess Alesia in the episode "If The Shoe Fits...".
Eventually, Tennet made her way into films. She went on to win the "Best Juvenile Performer" award at the Nokia New Zealand Film and TV Awards in 2000, for her role as Nicole Mitchell in Kids World. She also appeared in Peter Jackson's film adaptation of J. R. R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers as Freda, a young girl of Rohan. She then won "Best Actress" at the Drifting Clouds Short Film Festival for her outstanding performance in the short film Watermark, beating the other adult nominees.[3] The film won "Best Film" at the same awards.
Following this, Tennet became part of the core cast for Maddigan's Quest (2006) as the bratty circus performer Lilith. She would then gain her biggest television role to date as Tuesday Warner on Shortland Street, becoming part of the core cast for the 2007 and 2008 seasons. After her time on that show ended, she portrayed the role of teenage genius Dr. K on Power Rangers RPM, the seventeenth season of the Power Rangers series which premiered in March 2009.
Around this time, Tennet competed in the "Sheilah Winn Shakespeare Competition" with classmate Phoebe Mason (Epsom Girls Grammar School Drama Leader 2008) and did quite well, winning four of fifteen awards. The 5 minute performance included various scenes from Macbeth. Tennet and Mason won a trip to the Globe Theatre in London, July 2009.
Since her appearance on Power Rangers RPM, Tennet has participated in various television shows and theatrical productions. She played the role of nurse Lynne in an Auckland Theatre Company production of Stepping Out in June 2010, followed by the role of the Siren Queen for the Wet Hot Beauties' water ballet show titled Sirens for the Auckland Fringe Festival in February 2011. She also helped choreograph the show.[4]
Later on, Tennet made a television appearance in an episode of The Almighty Johnsons as Delphine in March 2011. She also took the stage as Emilia in Peach Theatre Company's production of Othello in July 2011. She then took on the role of Dorothy in a major theatrical production of The Wizard of Oz based on the 1987 musical produced by the Royal Shakespeare Company at the Civic Theatre in September 2011, earning positive reviews for her portrayal of the character.[5]
Her latest television appearance has been on the miniseries Underbelly NZ: Land of the Long Green Cloud as Julie Theilman, a courier working for Terry Clark of the Mr. Asia drug syndicate.
Personal Life
Tennet's older brother Anton is also an actor based in Melbourne, Australia. As of April 2011, she has been in a relationship with fellow New Zealand actor Milo Cawthorne, with whom she has worked with several times in the past.[6]
Filmography
Film Year Title Role Notes 1999 Xena: Warrior Princess Princess Alesia Episode: "If the Shoe Fits..." 2001 Ozzie Karen 2001 Kids World Nicole Mitchell 2002 Watermark Megan Short film 2002 The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers Freda 2005 Boogeyman Terrified Girl 2006 Maddigan's Quest Lilith 13 episodes 2007-2008 Shortland Street Tuesday Warner 54 episodes 2009 Power Rangers R.P.M. Dr. K 32 episodes 2011 The Almighty Johnsons Delphine Episode: "Goddesses, Axl, Come In All Forms" 2011 Underbelly NZ: Land of the Long Green Cloud Julie Theilman 3 episodes Theatre Year Title Role Notes 2002 A Midsummer Night's Dream Puck 2005 Les Misérables Éponine 2006 Romeo and Juliet Juliet 2007 Cabaret Sally Bowles 2008 For Today Sophie 2008 Children of the Poor Albany 2008 A Midsummer Night's Dream Hermia 2009 Autobahn 2009 Twelfth Night Viola 2010 Stepping Out Lynne Production with the Auckland Theatre Company. 2011 Othello Emilia Production with the Peach Theatre Company. 2011 The Wizard of Oz Dorothy Gale Production with the Peach Theatre Company. References
- ^ IMDb Bio
- ^ Whittaker, Emma. "Wizard of Oz dream comes true". The Auckland Central Leader. http://www.stuff.co.nz/auckland/local-news/central-leader/5592913/Wizard-of-Oz-dream-comes-true. Retrieved 18 September 2011.
- ^ "NZ short film makes its mark". The New Zealand Herald. 3 March 2003. http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=3198695. Retrieved 25 July 2009.
- ^ Wenley, James. "Review: Water Ballet "Sirens"". Theatre Scenes. Theatre Scenes. http://www.theatrescenes.co.nz/review-water-ballet-sirens-auckland-fringe/. Retrieved 18 September 2011.
- ^ Smythe, Nik. "A timeless classic well wrought". Theatreview. Theatreview. http://www.theatreview.org.nz/reviews/review.php?id=4171. Retrieved 18 September 2011.
- ^ "Olivia Tennet - Actor in Othello". Peach Theatre Company. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=36Fs-Gk_Pyo.
External links
Categories:- 1991 births
- Living people
- New Zealand television actors
- New Zealand film actors
- New Zealand stage actors
- New Zealand child actors
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