Profile
Pronoun
She/Her
Ethnicity
Samoan
Location
Auckland, New Zealand
Height
170 cm
Age Range
43–53
Career Highlights
A founding host for both TV's Channel 4, and hip-hop radio station Flava FM, Samoan-born Teuila Blakely spent three years presenting C4's live show Freestyle. Since writing and starring in 2003 play Island Girls, she has also been acting. Her comedy skills were showcased in bro’Town and the feature film Sione’s Wedding, as well as its sequel Sione’s 2: Unfinished Business. Blakely's drama CV includes an ongoing core cast role in Shortland Street, Filthy Rich, Outrageous Fortune, and its prequel Westside. More recently she starred in Power Rangers: Beast Morphers and The Brokenwood Mysteries.
Awards.
| 2006 | Nominated for Best Actress Award for Siones Wedding | ||
Feature Film.
| 2021 | The Royal Treatment | Queen Cleo (Support) | Netflix Dir. Rick Jacobson |
Film Film.
| 2019 | Brokenwood Episode 4 | Angela Lafferty | Dir. Various |
| 2017 | The Breaker Upperers | Client 8 | Catch Casting - AKL Dir. Jackie van Beek, Madeleine Sami |
| 2011 | Sione's 2 | Leilani | South Pacific Pictures |
| 2006 | Siones Wedding | Leilani | South Pacific Pictures |
Feature Film.
| 2003 | The Legend of Johnny Lingo | Natiti's Sister | Dir. Steven Ramirez |
Television.
| 2021 | Power Rangers Dino Fury | Commander (Guest) | Power Rangers Productions Ltd Dir. Various |
| 2020 | Cowboy Bebop | Duero | Dir. Alex Garcia Lopez |
| 2020 | Golden Boy Series 2 | Gail (Guest) | Mediaworks Dir. Various |
| 2018 | Power Rangers Beast Morphers | Commander Shaw | Power Rangers Productions Ltd Dir. Various |
| 2017 | Funny Girls | Various | |
| 2017 | Murder is Forever EP 104 | SGT NEGRON | Dir. TBC |
| 2016 | All Star Family Feud | Guest Contestant | Mediaworks Holdings Limited |
| 2016 | Filthy Rich Series 2 | Malia (Guest) | Filthy Rich Productions Dir. Various |
| 2015 | Dancing with the Stars | Celebrity Dancer (Contestant ) | Mediaworks Ltd |
| 2015 | Funny Girls | Disney Prison | |
| 2014 | West Side Story | Talita (Guest) | South Pacific Pictures |
| 2010 | Shortland Street | Vasa Levi (Core) | South Pacific Pictures Dir. Various |
| 2009 | Radiradirah | (Core) | Firehorse Films |
| 2009 | Telethon | Presenter | TV3 |
| 2009 | This Is Not My Life | Lani | GRST Dir. Peter Salmon |
| 2007 | Celebrity Joker Poker | Series Winner | Imagination Television |
| 2006 | The Great New Zealand Spelling Bee | Celebrity Contestant | TVNZ |
| 2005 | Outrageous Fortune | Savannah | South Pacific Pictures |
| 2004 | Bro' Town | Sina (voice) | Firehorse Films |
| 2004 | McDonalds Cirque Rocks | Presenter | TV3 Dir. Nigel Carpenter |
| 2004 | Wannabes | Judge | Whitebait Productions Dir. Nigel Carpenter |
| 2003 | Freestyle | Presenter | C4 |
Theatre.
| 2011 | Village People | Maria | Auckland Theatre People Dir. Raymond Hawthorne |
| 2003 | Play 2 | Felicity | Auckland Theatre Company 2econd Unit Dir. Oliver Driver |
| 2002 | Island Girls | Leilani | Island Players Dir. Oscar Kightley |
Voice.
| 2017 | TV3 Voice | Mediaworks NZ | |
| 2015 | Burger King - Brand Voice | Colenso BBDO | |
| 2015 | Hepatitis B | ||
| 2015 | HPA - Internal Pitch VO | FCB | |
| 2015 | Teuila Blakely | SKY | |
| 2015 | The Barefoot Bandits | Kiri | Mukpuddy Animation Limited Dir. Ryan Cooper |
| 2014 | JR Duty Free/1 x 30" Radio/Short term | FCB | |
| 2012 | Missing Christmas | Mrs Te Pania | Mukpuddy Limited |
| 2011 | Going Digital - TV & Cinema Usage | ||
| 2011 | State Insurance - TV | ||
| 2011 | United Travel - TV |
Training.
| Meisner Technique - 2004, Michael Saccente |