Anna Jullienne

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Anna Jullienne Kermode
Born (1982-11-07) 7 November 1982 (age 40)
New Zealand
Notable work Nurse Maia Jeffries in Shortland Street
Spouse
James Kermode
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(m. 2010)​

Anna Jullienne Kermode (born 7 November 1982) is a New Zealand actress, best known for her role as Nurse Maia Jeffries in the television series Shortland Street (2004-2012). [1]

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Career

Jullienne attended Corran School for Girls, [2] and was active in drama, with lead roles in productions of Amadeus , Julius Caesar and Anything Goes , and she won several awards, including the 1999 NZ Young Performer of the Year, 1st prize in the 1999 Auckland National Independent Schools Speech Competition, and 1st prize in the Auckland Drama Championship at the North Shore Performing Arts Festival. In 2007, she won the Air New Zealand Screen Award for Performance by a Supporting Actress, for her role on Shortland Street. [3]

Jullienne holds an ATCL Teacher Practical Certificate from the Trinity College of London Drama Examination, and studied camera technique under Jan Saussey. She is fluent in French and Japanese, as well as English.

Her professional career started during her time at the University of Auckland with roles in Mercy Peak and Secret Agent Men, and she put her studies (a BA in English and Film and TV) on hold to take up her first major dramatic screen role on Shortland Street . [1] She took a six-month break from filming Shortland Street from October 2007 and left the show in late 2010 with Maia's last scene airing 9 February 2011. Throughout her career Jullienne has been a prominent spokeswoman and model for the Red 11 modelling agency. Jullienne has appeared in photo shoots for such brands as: NZ Performance Car, Red Bull, XCDR and Car50.

Personal life

In real life, Anna has close friendships with Fleur Saville, Faye Smythe, Beth Allen, Amanda Billing, Te Kohe Tuhaka and Alison Quigan. She married commercial property manager James Kermode in 2010. She had her first child, a son (Theodore), in January 2014, her second son (Jude) in November 2016, [4] and a daughter (Nina) in June 2021.

Filmography

Film and television
YearTitleRoleNotes
2004-2012 Shortland Street Maia Jeffries Core cast (2004-2011), guest (2012)
2011 Underbelly NZ: Land of the Long Green Cloud Deb Masters"Dominoes", "Thirty of Silver/One of Gold"
2012 Sione's 2: Unfinished Business LibrarianMovie
2012Auckland DazeAnna"1.2"
2013 The Blue Rose Krystle WilkinsonRecurring role
2013HarryJenny Chisholm"He's the Weak Link", "Play with Fire"
2013Over the MoonConnie RadarShort film
2013-2014Jono and Ben at TenHerselfRecurring role
2014 Agent Anna Unnamed"2.10"
2015–2018 800 Words KatieRegular role
2016BombshellFrederiqueTV movie
2019 Falling Inn Love
Charlotte WadsworthNetflix movie
2019Prickly JamCricket MadelineShort film
2019–present Mean Mums HeatherRegular role
2020 Head High Christine1 episode
2021, 2023 Sweet Tooth
Beverly Anderson2 episodes
2022 My Life Is Murder Adele1 episode

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References

  1. 1 2 Barry, Rebecca (16 September 2004). "On the street with Anna Jullienne". New Zealand Herald. Retrieved 7 July 2009.
  2. ↑ "Results: 1999 Secondary Schools Cross Country Champs - Race Position #204". Cool Running New Zealand. 12 June 1999. Archived from the original on 4 October 2011. Retrieved 23 July 2011.
  3. ↑ "Outrageous Fortune scoops up awards". The Dominion Post. 2 August 2007. Retrieved 7 July 2009.
  4. ↑ Clifton, Emma (15 October 2020). "Mean Mums star Anna Jullienne on the power of female-centric workplaces and getting paid to be 'a bit mean'". Stuff.
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