Tandi Wright

Tandi Wright
Born	(1970-05-04) 4 May 1970 (age 55) [1] Zambia
Nationality	New Zealand
Occupation	Actress
Years active	1995–present

Tandi Wright (born 4 May 1970) is a New Zealand actress. She first gained recognition for portraying Nurse Caroline Buxton on the long running New Zealand soap opera Shortland Street .

She is best known for her roles as Fenn Partington on Seven Periods with Mr Gormsby , Catherine Duvall on Nothing Trivial , and Ruth in Pearl.

She played a recurring role in 800 Words portraying the character Laura Turner.

Life

Wright was born in Zambia to New Zealander parents Vernon Wright and Dinah Priestley. She grew up in Wellington and attended Wellington High School and Victoria University of Wellington. She graduated from Toi Whakaari: New Zealand Drama School with a Diploma in Acting in 1994. ^[2] Her father Vernon Wright, is a former journalist for "The Listener" who now lives in Zambia, and her mother Dinah is a writer and actress in Wellington. Wright has two sisters, Nicky (DOC policy advisor) and Justine (film editor), and two step sisters, Stephanie (information architect) and Victoria (teacher). Her husband Michael Beran is also an actor and they live in Auckland with their daughter, Olive.

Career

From 1995 to 2000, she appeared as Nurse Caroline Buxton in Shortland Street . Other roles include Power Rangers: S.P.D. , Crash Palace , Out of the Blue , Seven Periods with Mr Gormsby , The Lost Children , Black Sheep and Legend of the Seeker .

In 2010, she played the role of Callie Ross, the wife of the main character, in This Is Not My Life . Her next major role followed in 2011–2014, as Dr Catherine Duvall on the TVNZ drama Nothing Trivial . She starred 2014 in the drama thriller series The Returned as Claire Winship. ^[3]

Wright is vice president of the performers trade union Equity New Zealand. ^[4]

Filmography

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1996	The Enid Blyton Adventure Series	Ingrid	Episode: "Ship of Adventure"
1995–2000	Shortland Street	Caroline Buxton	Main role
2000	Street Legal	Detective Senior Sergeant Angela Watson	Main role
2000	Xena: Warrior Princess	Sarah / Sonata	Episode: "Who's Gurkhan?"
2001	Crash Palace	Penny Watts	Main role
2001–2002	Being Eve	Alannah Lush	Main role
2003	Willy Nilly	Joy	Main role
2004	Serial Killers	Sally	Main role
2005	Power Rangers S.P.D.	Isinia Cruger	Main role
2005–2008	Seven Periods with Mr Gormsby	Fenn Partington	Main role
2006	The Lost Children	Charlotte Melville	Main role
2006	Maddigan's Quest	Timon's Mother	Episode: "Hillfolk"
2009–2010	Legend of the Seeker	Mord'Sith / Alina	3 episodes
2010	Outrageous Fortune	Mandy	Episode: "Let The Door Be Lock'd"
2010	This Is Not My Life	Callie Ross	Main role
2011–2014	Nothing Trivial	Catherine Duvall	Main role
2015	The Returned	Claire Winship	Main role
2015–2018	800 Words	Laura Turner	Recurring role
2021	Creamerie	Lane	Main role

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1984	Iris	unknown
1992	Absent Without Leave	Tom's Fiancée
2002	This Is Not a Love Story	Studio Art Dept
2003	Sylvia	2nd Woman at Ted Hughes' Lecture
2004	Raising Waylon	Tina Stanfil
2004	Not Only But Always	Julie Andrews
2006	Black Sheep	Doctor Rush
2006	Out of the Blue	Julie-Anne Bryson
2009	Piece of My Heart	Chloe Morton
2012	Kiwi Flyer	Karen
2013	Jack the Giant Slayer	Queen
2020	Love and Monsters	Joel's Mother
2022	Pearl	Ruth
2026	Evil Dead Burn	TBA	Filming [5] [6]

References

1. Tandi Wright – Go moviez
2. "Graduate". www.toiwhakaari.ac.nz. Retrieved 9 August 2021.
3. The Returned: Claire Winship
4. "Equity New Zealand BoardTe Poari - Equity New Zealand" . Retrieved 3 November 2022.
5. Grobar, Matt (22 May 2025). "Hunter Doohan, Luciane Buchanan & Tandi Wright Join New 'Evil Dead' Film". Deadline Hollywood . Archived from the original on 25 May 2025. Retrieved 25 May 2025.
6. Squires, John (22 July 2025). "'Evil Dead Burn' – Filming Is Underway On the New 'Evil Dead' Movie!". Bloody Disgusting!. Retrieved 22 July 2025.

External links

• Tandi Wright at IMDb