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Daniel Potts (Shortland Street)
Daniel Joshua Potts is a fictional character in the soap opera Shortland Street. The role was originated by actor Jarred Blakiston from 2004 to 2005 and again briefly in 2007 before Ido Drent took over in 2009. The character departed in mid-2012. The character arrived to the show in a high-profile storyline that saw Daniel revealed as his "sister" Sarah's (Amanda Billing) illegitimate son. Daniel departed in 2005 to live with his newly discovered father Tim Coombes (Millen Baird) before returning briefly in 2007 to attend Sarah's wedding. His return in 2009 saw Daniel adopt a more antagonistic role that saw Daniel participate in a bullying storyline. Renowned for his intellect and computing skills, Daniel storylines went on to feature internet entrepreneurism, government introduced bootcamps, abortion, homelessness and brain trauma. Creation and casting The character was originally played by Jarred Blakiston from 2004 to 2005 and again for a guest role in 2007. When producers ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shortland Street
''Shortland Street'' is a New Zealand prime-time soap opera centring on the fictitious Shortland Street Hospital, first broadcast on TVNZ 2 on 25 May 1992. It is New Zealand's longest-running drama and soap opera, being broadcast continuously for over 7,500 episodes and 30 years, and is one of the most watched television programmes in New Zealand. The show was originally screened as five half-hour episodes each week and initially receiving mixed reviews on its premiere. After its launch, it dropped in ratings and would have been cancelled if TVNZ had not ordered a year's worth of episodes in advance. TVNZ renewed the production in early 1993 when the show's rating had picked up, and it now has "long-term public enthusiasm". Today, it is one of New Zealand's highest-rated shows, frequently making AGB Nielsen Media Research's top 5 programmes of the week, achieving an average linear daily reach of 345,000 viewers (in the year up to June 2021) and is TVNZ's "most streamed show". ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Australia
Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a Sovereign state, sovereign country comprising the mainland of the Australia (continent), Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous List of islands of Australia, smaller islands. With an area of , Australia is the largest country by area in Oceania and the world's List of countries and dependencies by area, sixth-largest country. Australia is the oldest, flattest, and driest inhabited continent, with the least fertile soils. It is a Megadiverse countries, megadiverse country, and its size gives it a wide variety of landscapes and climates, with Deserts of Australia, deserts in the centre, tropical Forests of Australia, rainforests in the north-east, and List of mountains in Australia, mountain ranges in the south-east. The ancestors of Aboriginal Australians began arriving from south east Asia approximately Early human migrations#Nearby Oceania, 65,000 years ago, during the Last Glacial Period, last i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hunter McKay
Hunter McKay is a fictional character on the New Zealand soap opera ''Shortland Street'' who was portrayed by Lee Donoghue from December 2006, as part of a new family unit consisting of parents Callum McKay (Peter Mochrie) and Justine Jones (Laurie Foell), and younger sister Sophie McKay (Kimberley Crossman). Donoghue stayed with the role until he quit in late 2011. Hunter made his final appearance in March 2012. Hunter was portrayed as an intelligent character who was seen as a womaniser, starting an affair with his bully's mother Tess (Anita Torrance) in 2007. Storylines around Hunter often saw his relationship with his family strained due to his large ego and career choices throughout adolescence; this included the decision to become a model despite his parents' best wishes. The character starred in numerous ethical storylines, including the dangers of modelling, an HIV storyline, and drug addiction. However, the character was also often involved in relationship storylines, i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shane Tucker
The following is a list of characters that first appeared in the New Zealand soap opera ''Shortland Street'' in 2010, by order of first appearance. Loren Fitzpatrick Loren Fitzpatrick was the vegetarian love interest for Daniel Potts (Ido Drent). After meeting at the cafe where Loren worked, the two started to date and Loren pressured Daniel to take up activism much to the annoyance of Daniel's mother Sarah (Amanda Billing). Loren turned out to be from a troubled home where she spent much of her time caring for her autistic brother. Daniel pressured Loren into sex and she seemed reluctant and blamed much of her social angst on her father Reuben Fitzpatrick (David Aston). The two did eventually become sexually active and Loren fell pregnant after a condom mishap. Though at first wanting to keep the baby, Loren was talked around by Sarah and ended up having an abortion before she fled the country. Heather Sloane Heather Sloane was the ex-girlfriend of Ben Goodall (Shaun Edwar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paige Munroe
The following is a list of characters that first appeared in the New Zealand soap opera ''Shortland Street'' in 2011, by order of first appearance. Peter Morrison Peter Morrison was Tracey's ( Sarah Thomson) second oldest brother. He arrived in January 2011 when he learned Tracey's fiance – Scotty (Kiel McNaughton) had viciously attacked her. He encouraged her to end it with Scotty and ended up leaving back to the United Kingdom when Scotty was diagnosed with a brain tumour. Roimata Ngatai Roimata Ngatai was the young Maori nurse who fell for TK Samuels ( Benjamin Mitchell). Despite initially being a minor character, the character got a positive reception and soon was one of the central characters in the soaps 2011 feature-length episode. Jill Kingsbury Jill Kingsbury was the "Beautiful, energetic and outgoing" nurse who was best friends with Roimata Ngatai (Shavaughn Ruakere). The character was axed in late 2011. Jill arrived in February. She had previously dated D ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Loren Fitzpatrick
The following is a list of characters that first appeared in the New Zealand soap opera ''Shortland Street'' in 2010, by order of first appearance. Loren Fitzpatrick Loren Fitzpatrick was the vegetarian love interest for Daniel Potts (Ido Drent). After meeting at the cafe where Loren worked, the two started to date and Loren pressured Daniel to take up activism much to the annoyance of Daniel's mother Sarah (Amanda Billing). Loren turned out to be from a troubled home where she spent much of her time caring for her autistic brother. Daniel pressured Loren into sex and she seemed reluctant and blamed much of her social angst on her father Reuben Fitzpatrick (David Aston). The two did eventually become sexually active and Loren fell pregnant after a condom mishap. Though at first wanting to keep the baby, Loren was talked around by Sarah and ended up having an abortion before she fled the country. Heather Sloane Heather Sloane was the ex-girlfriend of Ben Goodall (Shaun Edwar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kimberley Crossman
Kimberley Frances Crossman (born May 1990) is a New Zealand actress and presenter who is best known for her role as Sophie McKay on the New Zealand soap opera ''Shortland Street''. She is the co-founder of Joyable. In August 2021, it was announced that she would feature in the 2021 Season of Celebrity Treasure Island 2021. Early life Crossman began dancing at age three, which was encouraged by her mother Jill Arkley who is a ballet teacher. In 2006, she was Deputy Head Girl at Diocesan School for Girls (Auckland), Diocesan School for Girls in Epsom, New Zealand, Epsom, Auckland. Cheerleading/dance In 2006, she danced at the Royal New Zealand Ballet's season of ''Giselle''. She was captain of the Total Cheerleading Senior Elite team in 2005 when they toured the United States and came sixth in the World cheerleading championships. In 2008, Crossman was part of 'Dziah 2 Dream', a ten-week program run by Dziah. In March 2008, she travelled around the United States of America wit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sophie McKay
Sophie Juliette McKay is a fictional character on the New Zealand soap opera ''Shortland Street'' who was portrayed by Kimberley Crossman from 2006 to 2011 as part of the McKay family unit. She made a guest appearance in 2012. Creation and casting It was announced in December 2006 that Sophie and Hunter McKay would be arriving as part of the McKay family unit, headed by Justine and Callum McKay. Sophie was described as a "very pretty, popular fifteen year old. A typical teen consumer of any new product or trend, she's a total fashion victim." She was described as close with her brother; "Hunter's her best friend, her role model and the one person who's always been there for her." Crossman quit the role to move to Los Angeles, making her last appearance in March 2011. But expressed interest in returning in the future. Crossman returned for an unannounced cameo on 25 May 2012 to mark the shows 20th anniversary. Storylines Sophie arrived in December 2006 and instantly got into trou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Benjamin Mitchell (actor)
Benjamin Mitchell (born 7 July 1979 Retrieved 23 October 2009. ), is a New Zealand actor best known for his role as TK Samuels, Dr. TK Samuels in the ''''. Biography Ben attended secondary school at St Johns College, |
TK Samuels
Te Koha "TK" Samuels is a fictional character in New Zealand's longest running soap opera ''Shortland Street'', played by actor Benjamin Mitchell (New Zealand actor), Benjamin Mitchell since early 2006. Creation and casting The character of Huia Samuels' (Nicola Kawana) cousin TK was envisioned in a time of immense change for ''Shortland Street''; the arrival of a new producer on the show saw a large cast overhaul including the exit of the soap's only Pacific Islander, Vinnie Kruse (Pua Magasiva) and the axing of three of the shows Māori people, Māori characters, Tama Hudson, Tama (David Wikaira-Paul, Shannon Hudson, Shannon (Amber Curreen) and Rangimarie Hudson (Mia Cureen-Poko). The only other two Māori characters dealt very little with cultural issues and so it was decided to introduce a new character who was deeply passionate about his heritage. Former "Mr. New Zealand" Benjamin Mitchell (actor), Benjamin Mitchell had been preparing himself for a role on the soap for three ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paolo Rotondo
Paolo Rotondo is a New Zealand director, writer and actor of stage and screen. Biography Rontondo was born in Napoli, Italy, from a Neapolitan father and New Zealand mother of Irish descent. He grew up in Italy and moved to New Zealand when he was eleven. As an actor, Rotondo is best known for his character Andrew Solomon on the New Zealand soap opera Shortland Street. In 2016 he released his debut feature film "Orphans & Kingdoms" to great critical acclaim. He was a lead in the New Zealand feature film Stickmen. Television roles include on Xena: Warrior Princess, and When We Go to War. He was nominated for TV Guide Best actor' on two occasions. In 2016 Paolo played Johnny Torrio, Al Capone's infamous mentor in the US Television series The Making of the Mob: Chicago. As a writer Rotondo has written for film and theatre. The short films ''The Freezer'' and ''Dead Letters'' were both supported by the New Zealand Film Commission and are studied in New Zealand high schools. P ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Andrew Solomon (Shortland Street)
The following is a list of characters that first appeared in the New Zealand soap opera ''Shortland Street'' in 2004, by order of first appearance. Sef Kruse Sef Kruse was Vinnie's (Pua Magasiva) womanizing cousin. Sef briefly visited Vinnie in early 2004 before he was hired late in the year as a temporary replacement for Waverley Wilson (Claire Chitham) on reception whilst she was on maternity leave. Sef was often seen accompanying Vinnie on nights out on the town and the two would often try to pull women with disastrous consequences. Sef was last seen in March 2005 when he and Vinnie tried to attract Tania Jeffries (Faye Smythe). Jim Matheson Jim Matheson was hired partway through 2004 by Tama Hudson (David Wikaira-Paul) and his girlfriend Shannon Te Ngaru ( Amber Curreen) to help out at the hospital cafeteria. In his spare time, Jim was an inventor, inventing odd knick-knacks, hoping to get them picked up to make a living. Upon his arrival to Shortland Street, Jim forged ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |