Jaimee Kaire-Gataulu (born 7 April 1987) is a New Zealand
television actress who is best known for her role as ''
Cloe
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'' in Cloud 9's series, ''
The Tribe''. She played the long-running role in Series 1 through 4 and also proved to be one of the show's favourite characters with fans.
Biography
Kaire-Gataulu was born at St. Helens Hospital in
Auckland, New Zealand. She began appearing in short films and commercials at the age of 5. She made her acting debut in the short film ''The Kiwi and The Water Melon'' (1993)
followed by appearances in two other short films, ''The Birthday'' (1994) and ''Clown Story'' (1996). Her other television roles included parts in ''
The Visitation'' and the popular action hero show ''
Xena: The Warrior Princess''. She also worked as a reporter on ''
What Now
''What Now'' is a New Zealand children's television programme that premiered on Saturday 9 May 1981. It is currently filmed before a live audience at a different school in New Zealand, which is selected every week.
The show airs every Sunday at ...
''.
During the series, she was particularly close to co-star
Dan Weekes-Hannah
''The Tribe'' is a science fiction Drama (film and television), drama television series which premiered on Channel 5 (British TV channel), Channel 5 in the United Kingdom on 24 April 1999. The series was created by Raymond Thompson and Harry D ...
(
Ved),
with whom her character would later become involved in a romantic storyline. While filming ''The Tribe'', Jaimee lived in the cast house with Weekes. During an interview, Weekes claimed that they flirted together and dated, which was against the rules. Weekes claimed that an impromptu train ride to Auckland with Kaire-Gataulu caused them to miss a scheduled shooting. Their absence caused shooting to be rescheduled, costing the studio upwards of one hundred thousand dollars. Both were dropped from the show, Kaire-Gataulu being fired immediately while Weeks was written out later on in the season. The pair broke up soon after ''The Tribe'' ceased production.
In 2008 Jaimee gave an interview where she talked about life after ''The Tribe''. She is a mother now, to three boys: her eldest son named Phoenix and two toddlers Preston (2012) and Brooklyn (2013). Though she has an agent, she is currently not acting.
References
External links
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JaimeeOnline.com
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1987 births
Living people
New Zealand television actresses