Alison Bruce is a New Zealand

New Zealand

New Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses and numerous smaller islands. The country is situated some east of Australia across the Tasman Sea, and roughly south of the Pacific island nations of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga...

 television and movie actress, best known for her role as Queen

Queen regnant

A queen regnant is a female monarch who reigns in her own right, in contrast to a queen consort, who is the wife of a reigning king. An empress regnant is a female monarch who reigns in her own right over an empire....

 Melosa in the television series Xena: Warrior Princess

Xena: Warrior Princess

Xena: Warrior Princess is an American–New Zealand supernatural fantasy adventure series that aired in syndication from September 4, 1995 until June 18, 2001....

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Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1986	Heroes	Glenda	Episode: "2.2"
1987	Adventurer	Sovay Banks	TV movie
1990	User Friendly	Augusta
1990	Shark in the Park Shark in the Park Shark in the Park wasa New Zealand television drama series. A police procedural, it revolved around the professional and private lives of a group of officers at a Wellington police station under the command of Inspector Brian "Sharky" Finn...	Christina Long	Episode: "Fall from Grace"
1990	Star Runner		TV movie
1990	An Angel at My Table An Angel at My Table An Angel at My Table is a 1990 New Zealand-Australian-British film directed by Jane Campion. The film is based on Janet Frame's three autobiographies, To the Is-Land , An Angel at My Table , and The Envoy from Mirror City ....	Dora
1991	Mon Desir		Short fim
1991	Old Scores Old Scores Old Scores is a 1991 film jointly produced by New Zealand and Wales, based around the two countries' mutual national sport of rugby union. It is notable for the appearance of a large number of legendary Welsh and New Zealand international rugby players in supporting roles...	Ngaire Morgan
1991		Auntie Kass
1992		Leslie Holbrook
1992	Alex	Female Journalist
1995	Xena: Warrior Princess Xena: Warrior Princess Xena: Warrior Princess is an American–New Zealand supernatural fantasy adventure series that aired in syndication from September 4, 1995 until June 18, 2001....	Queen Melosa	Episode: "Hooves and Harlots"
1995	Hercules: The Legendary Journeys Hercules: The Legendary Journeys Hercules: The Legendary Journeys is a television series, filmed in New Zealand and the United States. It was produced from 1995, and was very loosely based on the tales of the classical Greek culture hero Heracles...	Postera	Episode: "Gladiator"
1998		Denise	TV movie
1998	City Life City Life (TV series) City Life was a New Zealand soap opera that screened on TVNZ from 1996-1998. It was portrayed the lives and loves of ten singles who lived in an upmarket apartment building in Auckland, New Zealand...	Katherine Dwyer	Episode: "1.15" Episode: "1.24"
1998	Shortland Street Shortland Street Shortland Street is a New Zealand prime-time soap opera, first broadcast on Television New Zealand's TV2 on 25 May 1992. It is the country's longest-running drama and soap opera, being broadcast continuously for over 4500 episodes and 19 years, and is one of the most watched television programs in...	Danni Brown / Nurse Lindsay Maguire	TV series
1998-1999	Young Hercules Young Hercules Young Hercules is a spin-off from Hercules: The Legendary Journeys. It was aired on Fox Kids from September 12, 1998, to May 12, 1999. It lasted one season with 50 episodes and starred Ryan Gosling in the title role.-Plot:...	Simula	6 episodes
1999	Willy Nilly Willy Nilly Willy Nilly is a New Zealand television series originally based on a short film by the same name. In 2002, a TV Guide poll found the series to be the most popular New Zealand comedy. The series' most prominent fan base is made up of women over the age of 60....	Carol	Short film
1999	Xena: Warrior Princess Xena: Warrior Princess Xena: Warrior Princess is an American–New Zealand supernatural fantasy adventure series that aired in syndication from September 4, 1995 until June 18, 2001....	Talia	Episode: "Animal Attraction"
2000	Xena: Warrior Princess Xena: Warrior Princess Xena: Warrior Princess is an American–New Zealand supernatural fantasy adventure series that aired in syndication from September 4, 1995 until June 18, 2001....	Kahina	Episode: "Legacy"
2001	Magik and Rose	Magik
2001-2002	Mercy Peak Mercy Peak Mercy Peak was a New Zealand drama television series that ran for three seasons on TV One between 2001 and 2004.-Cast:*Sara Wiseman as Nicky Somerville*Jeffrey Thomas as William Kingsley...	Louise Duval	27 episodes
2001-2002	Being Eve Being Eve Being Eve is a television series from New Zealand, originally shown on TV3 from 2001–2002, and rebroadcast on The N. Being Eve focused on a teenage girl, Eve Baxter, and her daily problems. Her parents were divorced but lived next door to each other. Eve was in love with a boy named Adam...	Vivienne Baxter	21 episodes
2003	Sylvia Sylvia (2003 film) Sylvia is a 2003 British biographical drama film directed by Christine Jeffs and starring Gwyneth Paltrow, Daniel Craig, Jared Harris, and Michael Gambon. It tells the true story of the romance between prominent poets Sylvia Plath and Ted Hughes...	Elizabeth
2004	As Dreams Are Made On As Dreams Are Made On As Dreams Are Made On is a short film, written and directed by Gabriel Reid.Ian Hughes plays Reuben Mills, a talented but impoverished actor feeling much pressure to nest. With his acting company about to tour he finds himself at an emotional crossroads. The time has come to choose his path.Gabriel...	Ruth	Short film
2004	Spooked Spooked (film) Spooked is a 2004 New Zealand film directed by Geoff Murphy and loosely based on Ian Wishart's novel The Paradise Conspiracy, which itself is based on actual events in New Zealand...	Sheila Miller
2005		Doctor
2005	Us	Woman	Short film
2006	Perfect Creature Perfect Creature Perfect Creature is a New Zealand made horror/thriller film written and directed by Glenn Standring and starring Saffron Burrows and Dougray Scott, set in an alternate universe New Zealand. The New Zealand release date was 18 October 2007...	TV presenter
2006	Maddigan's Quest Maddigan's Quest Maddigan's Quest was a fantasy-based television series set in a post-apocalyptic future. It was based on an original concept by Margaret Mahy and was developed for television by Gavin Strawhan and Rachel Lang...	Witch-Finder	Episode: "Witch-Finder"
2007	Reckless Behavior: Caught on Tape Reckless Behavior: Caught on Tape Reckless Behavior: Caught on Tape is a Lifetime television film starring Odette Yustman, Antonio Sabato, Jr., Tobias Jack Alexander, John Barker and Alison Bruce...	Grace Leister	TV movie
2007		Charge Nurse
2009	Life's a Riot	Nell Edmonds	TV movie
2010	Legend of the Seeker Legend of the Seeker Legend of the Seeker is a television series based on The Sword of Truth novels by Terry Goodkind. Distributed in U.S. by Disney-ABC Domestic Television, ABC Studios produced the series, which was its first foray into broadcast syndication, with Sam Raimi, Robert Tapert, Joshua Donen, Ned Nalle and...	Sister Verna	4 episodes
2010	This Is Not My Life This Is Not My Life This Is Not My Life is a 2010 New Zealand television mystery thriller which originally aired on Television New Zealand's TV ONE channel on Thursday nights....	Jude	9 episodes
2010	Avalon High Avalon High (film) Avalon High is a 2010 Disney Channel Original Movie starring Britt Robertson, Gregg Sulkin, Joey Pollari and Devon Graye. The movie is based on the book of the same name by Meg Cabot...	Coach Miganov	TV movie
2011		Agnetha	8 episodes

Awards

Bruce won the New Zealand Screen Awards Best Performance in a Short Film in 2006, for her role on Us, and won in the category Best Supporting Actress for Mercy Peak

Mercy Peak

Mercy Peak was a New Zealand drama television series that ran for three seasons on TV One between 2001 and 2004.-Cast:*Sara Wiseman as Nicky Somerville*Jeffrey Thomas as William Kingsley...

 in 2002. In 2005, she was nominated a Gemini Award

Gemini Award

The Gemini Awards are annual television broadcasting industry awards in Canada.First awarded in 1986, the Geminis celebrate the achievements of TV members of the Academy of Canadian Cinema & Television. Essentially, it presents awards for the best television productions in Canada. Awards are...

 Best Lifestyle/Practical Information Segment, for ZeD

ZeD

ZeD is a Canadian variety television program and website. The series premiered on CBC Television in March 2002 and ran to 2006. Hosted primarily by Sharon Lewis and Ziya Tong, ZeD publicized creative works from Canada and other countries, including a substantial portion of material created by...

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External links

• Alison Bruce FanSite
• An interview with Alison Bruce