Willa O'Neill

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Willa O'Neill
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OccupationActress
Years active1990–2015

Willa O'Neill is an actress from New Zealand. [1]

Biography

O'Neill is a two-time Film Award winner at the New Zealand Film and TV Awards. Her first award, for Best Supporting Actress, came for her role in the 1997 film Topless Women Talk About Their Lives . Her second win was for Best Actress in the 1999 film Scarfies . She appeared in Hercules: The Legendary Journeys as Althea and in Xena: Warrior Princess as Lila. [1]

Contents

After her final film appearance in The Price of Milk, O'Neill settled down into marriage and family life.

Filmography

Film

YearTitleRoleNotes
1990 An Angel at My Table Edith
1992 Secrets Vicki
1997The BarShort film
1997 Topless Women Talk About Their Lives Prue
1999 Scarfies Emma
2000 The Price of Milk Drosophila
2015The December ShipmentKarenShort film, post-production

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes
1990 The New Adventures of Black Beauty Willa"Hope"
1992 The Billy T James Show NadineTV series
1992-1993 Shortland Street Serena Hughes Recurring role
1995 Melody Rules "Gullible's Travels"
1995High TideTrudy Carry"La Bamba"
1995-2000 Xena: Warrior Princess LilaRecurring role
1996 Hercules: The Legendary Journeys Phoebe"Once a Hero", "The Wedding of Alcmene"
1997 Hercules: The Legendary Journeys Althea"...And Fancy Free"
1998The ChosenEileen O'ConnorTV film
1999 Hercules: The Legendary Journeys Althea"Greece Is Burning"
2014 Step Dave Anne-Marie"Crowded House"

Awards

Wins

2000
AFI Award, for Scarfies
1997
NZ Film and TV Award, for Topless Women Talk About Their Lives

Nominations

1992
NZ Film and TV Award, for Secrets

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References

  1. 1 2 Screen, NZ On. "Willa O'Neill | NZ On Screen". www.nzonscreen.com. Retrieved 23 May 2021.