Faye Smythe (born 25 November 1985) is a New Zealand television actor, best known for her role in

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 ...

as Nurse Tania Jeffries.

Early life

Smythe, is of mixed race ancestry and was born in

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. She emigrated to New Zealand with her family at the age of eleven. Smythe finished high school and started work on a communications degree, but left college to train as a fitness instructor. She was still pursuing acting, but after auditioning unsuccessfully for a number of parts, including Shortland Street character Tania Jeffries, Smythe decided to put her acting ambitions on hold for a year and re-enrolled for university. When she got a callback for Tania, she wasn't sure she even wanted the part - but she did the audition, and was asked to join the

cast. Smythe also was on

Legend of the Seeker ''Legend of the Seeker'' is an American television series created by Sam Raimi, based on the fantasy novel series ''The Sword of Truth'' by Terry Goodkind. Distributed in U.S. by Disney-ABC Domestic Television, ABC Studios produced the series ...

as Sister Merissa.

''Shortland Street''

Smythe first auditioned for Shortland Street for the part of

Tama Hudson Tama Hudson is a fictional character on the New Zealand soap opera ''Shortland Street'' who was portrayed by David Wikaira-Paul from 2001 to 2006. Creation and casting In 2000 an Australian consultant made several large changes to the show that wo ...

's sister, Mihi. She did not get the part, but made an impact on the producers. She was asked to audition for Shannon, before being offered her the six-week role of Tama's cat-burgling friend Kat.

Filmography

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* Living people Cape Coloureds New Zealand television actresses New Zealand soap opera actresses 1985 births South African emigrants to New Zealand 21st-century New Zealand actresses {{NewZealand-tv-actor-stub