Profile
Ethnicity
Māori
Iwi
Te Aupōuri, Ngāpuhi, Ngati Kuri & Te Rarawa
Location
Auckland, New Zealand
Height
159 cm
Age Range
21–25
Career Highlights
Aki is a young actress of New Zealand-Māori descent who has been performing since she was a child. She joined the core cast of webseries Ahikāroa in its third season- with her character set to return in the fourth season. Before this, Aki had made a guest appearance on long-running hospital drama Shortland Street, as well as a lead role in short film Money Honey. She has acted in various theatre productions, most notably with lead roles in Annie and Tu Meke Tui. Aki most recently has starred in the Kiwi action-thriller Vegas.
Feature Film.
| 2023 | Restitution | Claire (Lead) | Dir. Hayden Washington-Smith |
Film Film.
| 2023 | Workmates | Whetu (Lead) | Dir. Curtis Vowell |
Short Film.
| 2019 | Money Honey | Red (Lead) | Dir. Isaac Knights-Washbourn |
Television.
| 2022 | Ahikaroa Season 5 | Te Ururangi (Lead ) | Dir. Various |
| 2021 | Ahikaroa Season 4 | Te Ururangi | Dir. Awanui Simich Pene, Jarod Rawiri, Corinna Hunziker |
| 2021 | Brokenwood Season 8 | Emmy Schofield (Guest) | Dir. Various |
| 2020 | Vegas | Arihia Poulan (Supporting ) | Greenstone TV Dir. Michael Bennett and Kiel McNaughton |
| 2018 | Shortland Street | Rangimarie Rameka (Guest) | South Pacific Pictures Dir. Various |
Theatre.
| 2021 | Mauri Tau | Narrator - Waitī | Dir. Scotty Cotter |
| 2019 | The Wolves | #46 | Silo Theatre Dir. Sophie Roberts |
| 2019 | Tu Meke Tui | Taitu the Takahe (Lead) | Auckland Live Dir. Renee Lyons |
| 2017 | Annie - Intermediate School Production | Annie (Lead) | |
| 2017 | Seussical Theatre - High School Production | Jojo Macbeth (Lead) | Dir. Michelle Johansson |
Web Series.
| 2022 | Kura Season 3 | Po (Core) | Dir. Various |
| 2019 | Ahikaroa S3 | Te Ururangi (Lead) | Kura Productions Dir. Jarod Rawiri |
| 2019 | I Date Rejects S2 | Jay | Whitiora Productions Ltd Dir. Paula Jones |