Fern Sutherland is a

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actress, best known for her roles as Dawn in ''

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'', and Detective Sims in ''

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''.

Career

Starting her career as a lead artiste in short films produced by the UNITEC Performing Arts School, Sutherland pursued her acting work in theatre shows like Silo Theatre's Ensemble Project 08, the

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’s The Pohutakawa Tree (2009) and The End of the Golden Weather (2011), among others. Later, she ventured into television plays for

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, doing small roles in ''

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'' and ''

''. Most recently Sutherland has shared top billing in the miniseries ''

''. She has said of herself, "I get extreme stage fright and really bad anxiety, so by rights acting is probably the worst career choice for me, but the truth is I really love being able to create and bring characters to life." Sutherland received a nomination for best supporting actress at the 2011

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(AFTAs) for her role in ''The Almighty Johnsons''. She moved to Canada at the end of 2018 shortly after filming of The Brokenwood Mysteries series ended.
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Film

Television

2021- TD commercial.

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