Profile
Ethnicity
Māori
Iwi
Kai Tahu, Ngāti raukawa and Ngāti Toa rangatira
Location
Wellington, New Zealand
Height
164 cm
Age Range
20–28
Career Highlights
Rongopai is a graduate from the prestigious Toi Whakaari: New Zealand Drama School. While studying she has landed numerous roles in both screen and stage productions. Her theatre credits include lead roles in Norma Patterson and the Harvest Club, Women Beware Women and Angels in America. She has starred in the short films Aro Beats and Best in Show.
Feature Film.
| 2023 | Kōkā | Nurse (Guest) | Aku Films Ltd Dir. Kath Akuhata-Brown |
Short Film.
| 2020 | Aro Beats | Mother | Dir. Harrison Keefe |
| 2020 | Best in Show | Cookie | Dir. Vaughan Slinn |
Television.
| 2022 | Not Even | Liz (Supporting ) |
Theatre.
| 2021 | Toi Whakaari, Wellington — Norma Patterson and the Harvest Club | Norma Patterson (Lead) | Dir. Harrison Keefe |
| 2021 | Toi Whakaari, Wellington — The Boy and the Piano | Shen Bapiro | Dir. Murdoch Keine |
| 2020 | Toi Whakaari, Wellington — Romeo and Juliet | Mercutio | Dir. nya Tate Manning, Mitch Tawhi Thomas |
| 2020 | Toi Whakaari, Wellington — Women Beware Women | Isabella | Dir. Sara Brodie |
| 2019 | Toi Whakaari, Wellington — Angels In America | Harper | Dir. Heather Timms |
| 2019 | Toi Whakaari, Wellington — Norma Patterson and the White Tea Society | Dir. Anya Tate Manning, Erina Daniels | |
| 2018 | The Court Theatre Youth Company, Christchurch — Dracula | Mina | Dir. Dan Bain |
| 2018 | The Court Theatre Youth Company, Christchurch — Vernon God Little | Taylor (Lead) | |
| 2015 | French Woods Festival of Performing Arts, New York — Beauty and The Beast | Ensemble Member | |
| 2010 | Harlequin Players, Christchurch— Hansel and Gretel | Gretal (Lead) |
Training.
| Accent training (Private Sessions) - Perry Piercy Wellington Accent Coach - 2024 | |||
| Heke reo: Diploma in Te reo Māori from Te Wānanga o Raukawa - 2023 | |||
| Intimacy workshop w/ Jennifer Ward-Lealand - 2021 | |||
| Miranda Harcourt Screen Workshop - 2021 | |||
| Intimacy workshop w/ Sara Brodie - 2020 | |||
| Mary MacDonald Lewis Accent Workshop (General American) 2 - 2020 | |||
| Stella Reid Filmmaking Lab - 2020 | |||
| Bachelor of Performing Arts Acting at Te Kura Toi Whakaari O Aotearoa - 2019 | |||
| Bert Van Dijk Actor in Imagination/Embodied Voice - 2019 | |||
| Brita McVeigh Screen Workshop - 2019 | |||
| Guy Langford, Actor As Player - 2019 | |||
| Heather Timms Actor in Action - 2019 | |||
| Miranda Harcourt Screen Workshop - 2019 | |||
| Phonetic American Accent Workshop Chantel Jefferies - 2019 | |||
| Vaughan Slinn P.E.M - 2019 | |||
| Vaughan Slinn Screen Workshop - 2019 | |||
| The court Theatre Youth Company Christchurch - 2017 | |||
| Alice Tanner Vocal Studios - 2016 | |||
| Studio One - Ballet - 2011 |