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Filthy Rich (2016 TV Series)
''Filthy Rich'' is a New Zealand comedy drama television series created by Rachel Lang and Gavin Strawhan. It premiered on 15 February 2016 on TVNZ 2. The show revolves around three illegitimate half siblings who discover they have a claim to a fortune to one of the wealthiest men in New Zealand, John Truebridge. When he dies these unwanted heirs stand to share in his legacy but not if his legitimate family has anything to do with it. Production On 28 May 2015 it was announced by the New Zealand Herald that the country's most expensive tv show had started filming. The show was granted NZ$8.25M by the New Zealand government agency, New Zealand On Air. The show premiered on 15 February 2016. On 26 July 2016, it was announced the show was renewed for a second season and was granted a further NZ$6.9M in funding from New Zealand on Air. On 13 June 2017 a promo was released for the second season on the show's official Facebook page. The second season premiered on 11 July 2017. On ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Comedy Drama
Comedy drama, also known by the portmanteau ''dramedy'', is a genre of dramatic works that combines elements of comedy and Drama (film and television), drama. The modern, scripted-television examples tend to have more humorous bits than simple comic relief seen in a typical hour-long legal or medical drama, but exhibit far fewer jokes-per-minute as in a typical half-hour sitcom. In the United States Examples from United States television include: ''M*A*S*H (TV series), M*A*S*H'', ''Moonlighting (TV series), Moonlighting'', ''The Days and Nights of Molly Dodd'', ''Northern Exposure'', ''Ally McBeal'', ''Sex and the City'', ''Desperate Housewives'' and ''Scrubs (TV series), Scrubs''. The term "dramedy" was coined to describe the late 1980s wave of shows, including ''The Wonder Years'', ''Hooperman'', ''Doogie Howser, M.D.'' and ''Frank's Place''. See also *List of comedy drama television series *Black comedy *Dramatic structure *Melodrama *Seriousness *Tragicomedy *Psychological ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Theresa Healey
Theresa Healey (born 25 January 1964) is a New Zealand actress, known mostly for her role as nurse Carmen Roberts in the New Zealand soap opera ''Shortland Street''. Early life Theresa was born on 25 January 1964 and is of Irish Catholic descent. As a child, Healey went to a mixture of schools, state and Catholic, including Sacred Heart College in Hamilton. She has three siblings: Susan, Mark and Anthony. She graduated from Toi Whakaari: New Zealand Drama School in 1985 with a Diploma in Acting, and afterwards moved back to Auckland. Career Healey has been a guest on the New Zealand version the television series of '' Dancing With The Stars'' and starred as Alison Smart in the New Zealand comedy/drama television series ''Go Girls''. She has also had regular recurring roles on the New Zealand television series ''Mercy Peak'' and the television series '' Xena: Warrior Princess''. Filmography Film Television Personal life Healey has two children, Zachary and Xavier, and curr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The New Zealand Herald
''The New Zealand Herald'' is a daily newspaper published in Auckland, New Zealand, owned by New Zealand Media and Entertainment, and considered a newspaper of record for New Zealand. It has the largest newspaper circulation of all newspapers in New Zealand, peaking at over 200,000 copies in 2006, although circulation of the daily ''Herald'' had declined to 100,073 copies on average by September 2019. Its main circulation area is the Auckland region. It is also delivered to much of the upper North Island including Northland, Waikato and King Country. History ''The New Zealand Herald'' was founded by William Chisholm Wilson, and first published on 13 November 1863. Wilson had been a partner with John Williamson in the ''New Zealander'', but left to start a rival daily newspaper as he saw a business opportunity with Auckland's rapidly growing population. He had also split with Williamson because Wilson supported the war against the Māori (which the ''Herald'' termed "the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hulu
Hulu () is an American subscription streaming service majority-owned by The Walt Disney Company, with Comcast's NBCUniversal holding a minority stake. It was launched on October 29, 2007 and it offers a library of films and television series like 20th Century Studios, Searchlight Pictures, Disney Television Studios, ABC, Freeform, and FX Networks among others, as well as Hulu original programming. Hulu was initially established as a joint venture between News Corporation and NBC Universal, Providence Equity Partners, and later The Walt Disney Company, serving as an aggregation of recent episodes of television series from their respective television networks. In 2010, Hulu launched a subscription service, initially branded as "Hulu Plus", which featured full seasons of programs from the companies and other partners, and undelayed access to new episodes. In 2017, the company launched ''Hulu with Live TV''—an over-the-top live TV service featuring linear television channel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Harry Sinclair
Harry Alan Sinclair (born 1959) is a New Zealand film director, writer and actor. In his early career he was an actor and member of The Front Lawn, a musical theater duo. He went on to write and direct several short films, a TV series and three feature films. He is best known for his role as Isildur in the first scenes of Peter Jackson's '' The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring''. Early life Harry Sinclair was born in 1959 in Auckland, New Zealand. He is the son of historian Keith Sinclair and brother of writer Stephen Sinclair. Sinclair studied acting at the ''Ecole Philippe Gaulier'' in Paris, and went on to a career on the stage in Auckland, as well as roles in a number of New Zealand films including working with Peter Jackson, playing the role of Roger in '' Braindead'' and Isildur in ''The Lord of the Rings''. Career The Front Lawn In 1985 he co-founded The Front Lawn (with Don McGlashan), a multi-media comedy music duo. Sinclair and The Front Lawn tour ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jess Sayer
Jess Sayer is a New Zealand actress and playwright. In 2015, she won the Bruce Mason Playwriting Award, and in 2020, she won the Adam NZ Play Award. Biography Sayer attended Kamo High School in Whangārei, New Zealand. After high school, she began a degree in communications and journalism. She later became interested in theatre and moved into studying drama at The Actors' Program, graduating in 2012. Sayer has appeared in the television soap opera ''Shortland Street'' as nurse Maeve Mullins, ''Filthy Rich'', ''Dirty Laundry'' and the drama ''Runaway Millionaires''. In 2016, she both wrote and acted in the web-only series ''Auckward Love'', for TVNZ. In 2019, she appeared in the play ''Mr Red Light'' at Auckland's Aotea Centre. As a playwright, Sayer has won the Playmarket B4 25 competition three times and has been shortlisted for the Adam NZ Play Award twice. In 2015, aged 25, she won the Bruce Mason Playwriting Award. In 2019, she was nominated for three New Zealand Writers ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Matthew Walker (Australian Actor)
Matthew Walker is a New Zealand–born Australian-trained actor and performer. Background Walker was born on 11 May 1979 in Hamilton, New Zealand. Walker trained at the prestigious National Institute of Dramatic Art NIDA, Australia's leading drama school, boasting graduates such as Cate Blanchette, Toni Collette and Sam Worthington. He was accepted into NIDA in 2002, after auditioning alongside over 4000 other people for the 20 places in the schools acting course. He graduated in 2004. Walker also completed a business and arts degree at Victoria University of Wellington, majoring in marketing, and theatre and film. Television roles Walker currently plays Dr. Karl Vanderbeck in New Zealand's popular prime time drama series Shortland Street. Walker played the leading role of Adam Martini in Danish / New Zealand co-production Straight Forward. Described as an international crime caper the big budget 8 part series is currently filming in Auckland, Queenstown and Copenhagen. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kirk Torrance
Kirk Torrance is an actor and playwright from New Zealand, best known for his role as Wayne Judd in '' Outrageous Fortune''. He is also a former Commonwealth Games swimmer. Career His debut play ''Strata'' (2003) won Best New Playwright at the Chapman Tripp Theatre Awards. He played the lead role of ''Holden'' in the New Zealand movie '' Stickmen'' (2001) and award-winning television drama ''Fish Skin Suit'' (2003). While appearing on ''Outrageous Fortune'', he hosted one series of a New Zealand version of ''The Real Hustle''. He was nominated Best Supporting Actor at the Qantas Film & Television Awards 2008 for his ex-cop role in the television series ''Outrageous Fortune''. Profile & Screenography, NZ On Screen. Retrieved 9 November 2009] In 2008, he was named Sexiest Man in Auckland by '' [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bonnie Soper
Bonnie Soper (born in Invercargill, New Zealand in 1984) is a New Zealand film and television actress. Early career A graduate of the Unitec School of Performing and Screen Arts, her theatre credits include, Auckland Theatre Company's 2007 play The Pillowman which she co-starred in with former and current Shortland Street actors Oliver Driver and Craig Parker. In 2006, Bonnie scored a lead role in the New Zealand feature film ''The Devil Dared Me To'', released in cinemas on 11 October 2007. In Arkles Entertainment's feature film ''The Map Reader'', scheduled to be released in 2008 she will play a young blind woman. Other credits include the short film ''We The Living'', commercials and a music video for New Zealand band Dimmer. In 2007, she featured in New Zealand band Deja Voodoo's music video Tracey, a song from the soundtrack of her film debut ''The Devil Dared Me To''. Bonnie has appeared in the music video ''The Night'', performed by New Zealand band Goodnight Nurse, the v ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mark Mitchinson
Mark Mitchinson (born 6 July 1966) is an English-born New Zealand actor. He trained at the Guildhall School of Speech and Drama in London. He won an award for his portrayal of convicted murderer Colin Bouwer in the television drama ''Bloodlines,'' and an award for Best Performance by an Actor award at the 2012 New Zealand Television Awards for playing Jan Molenaar in ''Siege.'' He was also cast in ''The Hobbit'' as Braga and ''Power Rangers Megaforce'' as the voice of Creepox, portraying Crosby in the 2015 first season of the television series ''Ash vs Evil Dead'' and Mr. Fonda in the 2023 film ''Evil Dead Rise ''Evil Dead Rise'' is an upcoming American supernatural horror film written and directed by Lee Cronin. The fifth installment in the ''Evil Dead'' film series, the film stars Lily Sullivan and Alyssa Sutherland as two estranged sisters trying ...''. Filmography Film Television Video games References External links * * 1966 births Living peop ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jared Turner
Jared Turner (born 12 April 1978) is a New Zealand-born Australian actor, best known for his roles as Ben Maddox in ''Go Girls'' and as Ty Johnson on the television series, '' The Almighty Johnsons''. He is also recognised on New Zealand TV screens for hosting the energy saving adverts, "Energy Spot". Early life Turner was born in New Plymouth, Taranaki, New Zealand to parents of Samoan and German descent. His family moved to Sydney, Australia in 1980 and he went on to graduate from Theatre Nepean, University of Western Sydney in 2000. Personal life In 2014, Turner married costume designer A costume designer is a person who designs costumes for a film, stage production or television show. The role of the costume designer is to create the characters' outfits or costumes and balance the scenes with texture and colour, etc. The costume ... Lissy Mayer at a wedding ceremony in Oratia, New Zealand. The couple has a blended family of four children. Filmography Film Tele ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Emily Robins
Emily Iris Robins (born 21 May 1989) is a New Zealand actress and singer. She was born to Danny Robins and Susan Robins. She is known for her role in the popular TV2 soap opera ''Shortland Street'' as Claire Simone Solomon (2004–2007), and for her role in the popular FOX 8 teen drama, ''SLiDE'', where she portrayed Scarlett Carlyle. She was born in London, England but raised in New Zealand. She grew up in Orewa. She was involved with Centre Stage Theatre (an Orewa Theatre company). She gained her place in ''Shortland Street'' by auditioning at high school, winning the part of Claire. She left the show in July 2007, when her character was found dead in a skip, by TK Samuels ( Benjamin Mitchell) and Mark Weston (Tim Foley). In 2007, she appeared in a stage performance of Arthur Miller's ''The Crucible,'' in Auckland, New Zealand, where she portrayed the character of Susannah. In 2008 Robins was cast as the lead in the Australian children's television program ''The Elephan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
