Sieni Tiana Leo'oOlo (also known as Bubbah Olo or Bubbah) is a Samoan–New Zealand actress and

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. She is "Tina from Turners" in the advertisements of Turners Automotive Group.

Early life

Leo'oOlo is from a self-described "huge" family. She was raised in

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, a suburb of

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. Her nickname comes from her family Leo'oOlo has the same name as her grandmother, so they called her Bubbah to tell them apart. "They called me that because when I was born I was a little bubbah," she explained.

Career

In 2012, when Leo'oOlo was sixteen, she joined the

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, which started her path to acting. She was part of an ensemble that traveled in 2016 to

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to present their play ''The Island''. She appeared in Massive Theatre Company's play ''Chance To Ignite'' in 2017. Leo'oOlo performed her show ''The Family Disappointment'' in 2018. In 2020, she wrote a show called ''My Ode To South Auckland'' and performed it in her backyard. Leo'oOlo was in the film ''Mama's Music Box'', and on television she has appeared in ''SIS'', ''Double Parked'', ''Duckrockers'', and ''

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''. She also portrayed "Tina from Turners" in a 2023 ad campaign for Turners Automotive Group. She appeared in the fourth series of '' Taskmaster NZ'' in 2023 where she got a tattoo of the other four contestants as part of a task for the show. She began an internship writing for ''

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'' in late 2023. She is inspired by

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and

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Date of birth missing (living people) Actresses of Samoan descent 1990s births Living people New Zealand women comedians People from Māngere New Zealand people of Samoan descent 21st-century New Zealand comedians {{NewZealand-comedian-stub