Profile
Pronoun
She/Her
Ethnicity
Māori
Iwi
Te Arawa, Ngāti Manawa, Ngāpuhi
Location
Auckland, New Zealand
Height
164 cm
Age Range
28–35
Career Highlights
Rain Te'i is a talented actress, model, and dancer of Māori and Samoan heritage. A graduate of Toi Whakaari: New Zealand Drama School (2025), Rain has quickly established herself as an exciting emerging performer with a growing body of screen work. Most recently, she starred in the lead role of Tiki Lounge Productions' web series "First Place." Her screen credits also include the short films "Papa's Chair" for Māoriland Productions and "Our Party", directed by Joshua Prendeville. Passionate about storytelling and representing her culture through performance, Rain brings a dynamic presence to every project and continues to build a promising career across New Zealand's film and television industry.
Awards.
| 2021 | Ahikāroa | ||
Television.
| 2024 | Only In Aotearoa | Mereana (Mama 3) | Kura Productions Dir. Maruia Jensen |
| 2023 | End of the Valley | Maika (Supporting) | Dir. Various |
| 2022 | Brokenwood Mysteries | Donna Guest | South Pacific Pictures Dir. Caroline Bell-Booth |
Theatre.
| 2024 | Red White and Brass | Aroha | Auckland Theatre Company Dir. Anapela Polataivao |
| 2023 | Things That Matter | April | Auckland Theatre Company Dir. Anapela Polataivao |
| 2022 | Nora: A Doll's House | Christine | Dir. Kitan Petkovski |
| 2022 | Table Read: The Miracle That Is Larry Rice | Jordan | Dir. Ian Hughes |
| 2022 | The Wheel | Beatriz (Lead ) | Dir. Benjamin Henson |
Short Film.
| 2022 | I Hate This Dance | Her Lead | Avis Panthera Dir. Leo Allan & Michaela Bird |
| 2022 | Think Tank | Zoe | Actors Program Dir. Caroline Bell-Booth |
| 2022 | What A View | Kay Lead | Avis Panthera Dir. Leo Allan |
| 2021 | Renters | Paris Lead | South Seas Film & TV Dir. Ruth Dudding |
| 2021 | Unwind | Sachi Core | South Seas Film & TV Dir. Everett Marston |
| 2020 | Anywhere But Here | Nikki (Lead) | South Seas Film & TV Dir. Luca Dombroski |
| 2020 | Fly Trap | Layla (Lead) | South Seas Film & TV Dir. Mitchell Murphy-Reid |
| 2020 | Te Wairua | Manaia (Lead) | South Seas Film & TV Dir. Lainey Bishop |
Voice.
| 2020 | Limbo Animation | Pogo (Core) | Auckland University of Technology |
Training.
| Actors Program - One Year Intensive Practical Workshop - 2022 | |||
| David Van Horn - Self Tape Workshop - 2022 | |||
| Gavin McGibbon - Script to Screen - 2022 | |||
| Jennifer Ward-Lealand - Intimacy Workshop - 2022 | |||
| Kacie Steton - Screen Acting Technique - 2022 | |||
| Miranda Harcourt - Screen Acting - 2022 | |||
| Jacque Drew - American Accent - 2021 | |||
| Andrea Kelland & Vicky Yiannoutsos - Workshop for film, TV & auditioning - 2020 | |||
| Erroll Shand 1-on-1 Audition Workshops - 2020 | |||
| South Seas Film & Television - Diploma on Screen Acting - 2020 |