Profile
Pronoun
She/Her
Ethnicity
European
Location
Auckland, New Zealand
Height
175 cm
Age Range
34–42
Website
Career Highlights
After attending The New Zealand Drama school, Toi Whakaari, Amelia Reid-Meredith won New Zealand’s hearts with her long running role as Bella Cooper on Shortland Street. Since then she has diversified outwards into a myriad of roles. Notably, she has played Loren Cadena in Cowboy Bepop, Amanda in the feature film This Town, Renee in the feature film Pearl in Paradise, Margaret in Ti West’s renowned horror film, Pearl, and she has just wrapped shooting a role in an upcoming US Feature. Amelia also has a multitude of theatre shows up her sleeve, including a sell out season of Rants In The Dark which went on to tour New Zealand. Recently, you can catch her as Nancy Jacks in The Brokenwood Mysteries season 9 and 10 and as Bidi in the Great Southern Television series, Friends Like Her.
Feature Film.
| 2022 | Darkest Light | Grace Lee (Lead) | Dir. Floris Van Gaalen |
Film Film.
| 2021 | Pearl | Margaret (Supporting) | Dir. Ti West |
| 2018 | Pearl In Paradise | Renee | |
| 2018 | This Town | Amanda | Dir. David White |
| 2008 | Shopping for One | Sara | Dir. Altiplano Prods |
Short Film.
| 2018 | Darkest Light | Grace Lee | Dir. Floris Van Gaalen |
| 2009 | Black Out | Lucy | Dir. Chaz Harris |
| 2009 | High Risk Team | Midwife | Dir. Jason Stutter |
Television.
| 2023 | Friends Like Her | Biddie (Supporting ) | Great Southern Television Dir. Joshua Frizzell |
| 2023 | The Brokenwood Mysteries season 10 | Nancy (Guest) | South Pacific Productions Dir. Various |
| 2022 | Brokenwood Season 9 | Nancy Jacks (Guest ) | Dir. Various |
| 2021 | Cowboy Bebop | Loren Cadena (Supporting) | Dir. Various |
| 2010 | Shortland Street | Bella Cooper (Core Cast) | Dir. Various |
Theatre.
| 2021 | Rants in the Dark - South Island Tour | Various | Dir. Lyndee-Jane Rutherford |
| 2019 | Rants In The Dark (Auckland) | Actor 3 | Dir. Good Times Company |
| 2018 | Rants In The Dark (Wellington) | Actor 3 | Dir. Lyndee-Jane Rutherford |
| 2017 | Waiting | Director | |
| 2014 | No Man's Land | Jane | Dir. Ngapaki Moetara |
| 2009 | Go Solo | Several Women | Dir. Sophie Roberts/D'Arcy Smith |
| 2009 | NZ Cancer Ball | Cigarette Girl | Dir. James Acheson |
| 2009 | The Caucasian Chalk Circle | Natella Abashvilli | Dir. Christian Penny |
| 2008 | After Democracy/Party time | Dusty | Dir. Bill Guest |
| 2008 | Cabaret | Anything Goes, Solo/Chorus, | Dir. Lyndee-Jane Rutherford |
| 2008 | Macbeth | Banquo/Lady MacDuff | Dir. . Jonathan Hendry |
| 2008 | Pakiwaitara | Helen Hitchings | Devised Theatre Dir. Jade Eriksen/Teina Moetara |
| 2008 | Sceen/Unseen | Danny and the Deep Blue Sea, Roberta | Dir. Rachel Moore, Nathaniel Lees, Jonathan Hendry |
| 2007 | Classic Cuts | Lady Macbeth | Dir. Sylvia Rands, Annie Ruth, Robin Payne, Tom McCrory, Christian Penny, |
| 2005 | Migrant Nation | Ensemble | Dir. Jade Eriksen |
Training.
| Advanced Acting for Screen Intensive, Liz Mullane & Rachel Bullock - 2018 | |||
| American Accent Course, Chris Stewart - 2018 | |||
| Stevie Ray - McGregor Casting Masterclass , Sydney Actors Collective - 2018 | |||
| The 'Actor in Process', Sara Wiseman - 2018 | |||
| Self Taped Audition Masterclass - Taking Control, McSweeney Newman Casting Australia - Dave Newman - 2017 | |||
| Character Development, South Pacific Pictures / Miranda Harcourt - 2011 | |||
| Professional Practioners, Massive Company / Sam Scott - 2011 | |||
| - Film Laboratory, NZDS, Miranda Harcourt/Tina Cleary - 2009 | |||
| Bachelor of Performing and Screen Arts, Toi Whakaari: NZ Drama School - 2009 | |||
| Play Workshop, Christian Penny - 2009 | |||
| NZ Playback Theatre - Summer School, Christian Penny and Bev Hoskings - 2008 | |||
| Stage Combat, Tony Wolfe - 2007 | |||
| 6 Week Intensive Workshop, NIDA - 2006 | |||
| Facilitation of Devising Theatre Workshops, Sustainable Cambodia - 2006 |