Whanau Success
We are extremely proud of the achievements of the following members of our Rata Studios community. These students have landed roles in professional film, television and stage productions and we offer our congratulations!
Erana James
Played the lead role in the trailer for the Feature Film, The Changeover
Maddie Adams
Played the lead role in the NZ Film School’s short film.
Rachel Roberts
Cast in a top secret NZ Feature Film, shooting later this year.
Lucy Silver
Cast as a character voice in a short promo video.
Huia Monro
Cast in a short film, Everyone is Taken
Celia Macdonald
Cast in the stage production of Evita
Thomasin McKenzie
Playing Pixie Hannah in Shortland Street.
Peter McKenzie
Played the lead in a short film, Hypothermia
Rosa Garcia Knight
Cast as a lead in the trailer for Tuakana
Freya Milner
Played Cissy in the recent TVNZ series When We Go To War
Rebecca Farr
Rebecca has been cast as an extra with the Zeal Film academy’s latest film.
She has also been cast in a speaking role for a Super Cheap Ad competition.
Conor Cameron
Best Actor 48 Hour Film Festival National Champs 2015
Madeleine Knowles
Huge congratulations to RATA regular Madeleine Knowles who has just been cast in Shortland Street.
“Working at Rata Studios for the past two years has been one of the best things I could have done to enhance my acting career. All of the tutors are exceptional and getting to work with cameras and exceptional people is perfect if you looking at getting into acting. I can’t recommend it enough!”