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New Zealand-Tongan actor Luciane Buchanan started acting as a young teen in Aotearoa landing roles on local series 'The Blue Rose,' and 'Filthy Rich.' In 2018, Luciane was cast as the lead protagonist Tripitaka in 2 seasons of the Netflix Series 'The New Legends of Monkey.' Successive roles include Netflix 'Sweet Tooth' and Apple TV+ 'Mr Corman.' 2022 was a breakout year internationally for Luciane when she was cast in 'The Night Agent,' playing the lead role of Rose in Netflix's Political conspiracy thriller created by Shawn Ryan and based on author Matthew Quirk's 2019 New York Times bestseller, which went on to break records as Netflix's most watch series of 2023. This catapulted Luciane as one of IMDb Top Stars of 2023.
In 2020, Luciane was a recipient of the Script to Screen 'Fresh Shorts' program for her first short screenplay 'Lea Tupu'anga/ Mother Tongue' funded by the New Zealand Film Commission, which is world premiering at the Sundance 2024 International Fiction Short Film competition. With a passion for elevating Pasifika stories, Luciane worked alongside Tavake productions as associate producer on the hit show local show 'Panthers,' based on the true story of the Polynesian Panther movement in New Zealand during 1970s. The show had its world premiere at TIFF in 2021.
Luciane's latest lead role as Queen Ka'ahumanu in Apple TV+ series 'Chief of War' is set to release in late 2024.
The University of Auckland celebrated Luciane in the 2023 '40 under 40' list of alumni. As a drama and psychology major, Luciane approaches her roles with courage, conviction, and verve. Luciane is represented by Gail Cowan Management (NZ), WME (US) & Entertainment 360 (US).- Lindy Chamberlain grew up in Victoria, Australia. She married Michael Chamberlain, a Seventh-Day Adventist minister, and they had two sons, Aidan (b. 1973) and Reagan (b. 1976), and a daughter Azaria (b. 11 June 1980). Lindy worked as a dressmaker and tailor, specializing in wedding dresses, and was deeply involved with her church.
On 17 August 1980, while on a camping trip, nine-week-old Azaria disappeared from her family's tent. When Lindy spied a dingo nearby, authorities launched a frantic search. A week later searchers found Azaria's torn, bloodied garment near a dingo's lair. The baby's body was never found. The press, distressed by the mother's seeming lack of emotion and suspicious of her religious beliefs, accused her of murdering the baby. The sentiment against Lindy grew, and Lindy was charged with murder. Prosecutors claimed that the dingo story was a fanciful lie; rumors circulated that the Chamberlains were cult members who slit their baby's throat. Dubbed as "Australia's trial of the century," the case drew enormous public attention. Despite the lack of evidence that the child was murdered, Lindy Chamberlain was convicted and sentenced to life in prison. Her husband Michael was also charged with accessory to Azaria's murder and served one year. Their fourth child Kahlia was born in 1982 while Lindy was in prison.
In February 1986 the baby's missing matinee jacket was found, providing new evidence that an animal had attacked the baby. The court remitted Lindy's life sentence and she was released from jail. A royal commission in 1987 found her innocent given the new evidence, and her criminal conviction was overturned. In May 1992, the Chamberlains received $1.3 million in compensation from the Northern Territory for wrongful conviction. In December 1995, Lindy's conviction was officially cleared. On 12 June 2012, a coroner ruled that the cause of Azaria's death was as the result of being attacked and taken by a dingo. - Margaret Mahy was born on 21 March 1936 in Whakatane, New Zealand. She was a writer and actress, known for The Great White Man-Eating Shark (1992), Up Our Street (1985) and Strangers (1989). She died on 23 July 2012 in Christchurch, New Zealand.
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John Rowles was born on 26 March 1947 in Whakatane, New Zealand. He is an actor, known for Crossplot (1969), Travelling Light (2003) and The Almighty Johnsons (2011).- Art Department
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- Director
Greg Broadmore was born in 1972 in Whakatane, New Zealand. He is a director, known for Godzilla (2014), District 9 (2009) and King Kong (2005).- Maurice Gee was born on 22 August 1931 in Whakatane, New Zealand. He is a writer, known for In My Father's Den (2004), Trespasses (1984) and Fracture (2004).