Career & Background

Jacinta Wawatai-Woodhouse was born and grew up in 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...

 and has always enjoyed singing and playing netball

Netball

Netball is a ball sport played between two teams of seven players. Its development, derived from early versions of basketball, began in England in the 1890s. By 1960 international playing rules had been standardised for the game, and the International Federation of Netball and Women's Basketball ...

 in her free time. She has two younger brothers.

Best known for her portrayal of a native girl in King Kong and the character Mouse on the internationally successful sci-fi TV show The Tribe, she has also had a minor role in Revelations, another Cloud 9 based production, as well as doing voice overs and starring in several commercials.

Filmography

Movies

Year	Title	Role
2006 2006 in film - Highest-grossing films :Please note that following the tradition of the English-language film industry, these are the top-grossing films that were first released in the United States in 2006...	Out of the Blue Out of the Blue (2006 film) Out of the Blue is a 2006 New Zealand film directed by Robert Sarkies and starring Karl Urban. The film premiered at the 2006 Toronto Film Festival in Canada and was released in New Zealand on 12 October 2006 to minor controversy...	Rewa Bryson
2005 2005 in film - Highest-grossing films :Please note that following the tradition of the English-language film industry, these are the top-grossing films that were first released in the United States in 2005...	King Kong King Kong (2005 film) King Kong is a 2005 fantasy adventure film directed by Peter Jackson. It is a remake of the 1933 film of the same name and stars Naomi Watts, Jack Black and Adrien Brody. Andy Serkis, through performance capture, portrays Kong....	Lead Native Girl
2002 2002 in film The year 2002 in film involved some significant events. The first significant releases of sequels took place between The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers, Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones, Men in Black II, Analyze That, Spy Kids 2: The Island of...	Mee-Shee: The Water Giant Mee-Shee: The Water Giant Mee-Shee: The Water Giant is an Anglo-German family film shot in New Zealand and released in 2005. It stars Bruce Greenwood, Rena Owen, Tom Jackson and Daniel Magder....	Pawnee Custer

Television

Year	Title	Role
2005 2005 in television The year 2005 in television involved some significant events.Below is a list of television-related events in 2005.For the American TV schedule, see: 2005–06 United States network television schedule.-Events:-Debuts:-Miniseries:...	The Killian Curse The Killian Curse The Killian Curse is a 7 part New Zealand kidult horror-fantasy television show, directed by Thomas Robins and Wayne Vinton, and starring Nick Blake, which tells the 21 stories of the students from Room 21, who must each face an evil curse placed on them by the sinister Charles Killian...	Elizabeth
2004 2004 in television The year 2004 in television involved some significant events.Below is a list of television-related events in 2004.For the American TV schedule, see: 2004–05 United States network television schedule.-Events:-Debuts:-1940s:...	Mataku	Young Waimarama
2002 2002 in television The year 2002 in television involved some significant events.Below is a list of television-related events in 2002.For the American TV schedule, see: 2002–03 United States network television schedule.-Events:-Debuts:-1940s:...	Revelations	Sandy (Episode: Unfinished Business)
2001 2001 in television The year 2001 in television involved some significant events.Below is a list of television-related events in 2001.-Events:-Debuts:-1940s:*Meet the Press .*Candid Camera .*CBS Evening News ....	The Tribe	Mouse

Television Commercials

Year	Title
2000	NZ Tourism
2000	Telecom Telecom New Zealand Telecom New Zealand is a New Zealand-wide communications service provider , providing fixed line telephone services, a mobile network, an internet service provider , a major ICT provider to NZ businesses , and a wholesale network infrastructure provider to other NZ CSPs...

Voice Overs

Year	Title
2005	Save The Children Fund

External links

• Official site