Tandi Wright

Tandi Wright
Born	(1970-05-04) 4 May 1970 Zambia
Occupation	Actress
Years active	1995–present

Tandi Wright (born 13 May 1970 in Zambia) is a television and film actress from New Zealand. She first gained recognition for portraying Nurse Caroline Buxton on the long running New Zealand soap opera Shortland Street.

She is best known for her roles as Fenn Partington on Seven Periods with Mr Gormsby and Catherine Duvall on Nothing Trivial.

She played a recurring role in 800 Words portraying the character Laura Turner.

Life

Wright was born in Zambia to New Zealander parents Vernon Wright and Dinah Priestley. She grew up in Wellington and attended Wellington High School and Victoria University of Wellington. Her father Vernon Wright, is a former journalist for "The Listener" who now lives in Zambia, and her mother Dinah is a writer and actress in Wellington. Wright has two sisters, Nicky (DOC policy advisor) and Justine (film editor), and two step sisters, Stephanie (information architect) and Victoria (teacher). Her husband Michael Beran is also an actor and they live in Auckland with their daughter, Olive.

Career

From 1995–2000 she appeared as Nurse Caroline Buxton in Shortland Street. Other roles include Power Rangers: S.P.D., Crash Palace, Out of the Blue, Seven Periods with Mr Gormsby, The Lost Children, Black Sheep and Legend of the Seeker.

In 2010, she played the role of Callie Ross, the wife of the main character, in This Is Not My Life. Her next major role followed in 2011–2014, as Dr Catherine Duvall on the TVNZ drama Nothing Trivial. She starred 2014 in the drama thriller series The Returned as Claire Winship.

Filmography

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1996	The Enid Blyton Adventure Series	Ingrid	"Ship of Adventure" (S01E06)
1995–2000	Shortland Street	Caroline Buxton	Main role
2000	Street Legal	Detective Senior Sergeant Angela Watson	Series regular, unknown episodes
2000	Xena: Warrior Princess	Sarah / Sonata	"Who's Gurkhan?" (S06E04)
2001	Crash Palace	Penny Watts	Series regular, unknown episodes
2001–2002	Being Eve	Alannah Lush	Series regular, unknown episodes
2003	Willy Nilly	Joy	Main role
2004	Serial Killers	Sally	Main role
2005	Power Rangers S.P.D.	Isinia Cruger	Series regular, unknown episodes
2005–2008	Seven Periods with Mr Gormsby	Fenn Partington	Main role
2006	The Lost Children	Charlotte Melville	Main role
2006	Maddigan's Quest	Timon's Mother	"Hillfolk" (S01E02)
2009	Legend of the Seeker	Mord'Sith Alina	"Mirror" (S01E18) "Reckoning" (S01E22)
2010	Legend of the Seeker	Alina	"Unbroken" (S02E21)
2010	Outrageous Fortune	Mandy	"Let The Door Be Lock'd" (S06E12)
2010	This Is Not My Life	Callie Ross	Main role
2011–2014	Nothing Trivial	Catherine Duvall	Main role
2015	The Returned	Claire Winship	Series regular
2015	800 Words	Laura Turner	Series regular

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1984	Iris	unknown	Based on true story
1992	Absent Without Leave	Tom's Fiancée	Drama/Romance/War
1996	Permanent Wave	unknown	Comedy / Drama – Short film
2002	This Is Not a Love Story	Studio Art Dept	Comedy / Drama
2003	Sylvia	2nd Woman at Ted Hughes' Lecture	Biopic
2004	Raising Waylon	Tina Stanfil	Romantic Comedy
2004	Not Only But Always	Julie Andrews	Biography / Documentary
2006	Black Sheep	Doctor Rush	Comedy / Horror
2006	Out of the Blue	Julie-Anne Bryson	Crime / Drama
2009	Piece of My Heart	Chloe Morton	Based on true story
2012	Kiwi Flyer	Karen	Family / Comedy
2013	Jack the Giant Slayer	Queen	Adventure / Fantasy
2020	Love and Monsters	Joel's Mother	Post-apocalyptic/Action

External links

• Tandi Wright at IMDb