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Olivia Tennet (born 4 January 1991)〔(IMDb Bio )〕 is a New Zealand actress and dancer best known in her home country for her role as Tuesday Warner on the nightly medical drama ''Shortland Street'', along with several roles in television and theatre. Outside of New Zealand, she is best known for her roles in ''The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers'' (2002), ''Power Rangers RPM'' (2009), and the independent film ''Blood Punch'' (2013). ==Career== Tennet began taking dance lessons at four years old following her older sister into dance, eventually stumbling into acting three years later She made her first major television appearance in the fourth season of ''Xena: Warrior Princess'' as the runaway Princess Alesia in the episode "If The Shoe Fits...". Eventually, Tennet made her way into films. She went on to win the "Best Juvenile Performer" award at the Nokia New Zealand Film and TV Awards in 2000, for her role as Nicole Mitchell in ''Kids World''. She also appeared in Peter Jackson's film adaptation of J. R. R. Tolkien's ''The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers'' as Freda, a young girl of Rohan. She then won "Best Actress" at the Drifting Clouds Short Film Festival for her outstanding performance in the short film ''Watermark'', beating the other adult nominees. The film won "Best Film" at the same awards. Following this, Tennet became part of the core cast for ''Maddigan's Quest'' (2006) as the bratty circus performer Lilith. She would then gain her biggest television role to date as Tuesday Warner on ''Shortland Street'', becoming part of the core cast for the 2007 and 2008 seasons. After her time on that show ended, she portrayed the role of teenage genius Dr. K on ''Power Rangers RPM'', the seventeenth season of the ''Power Rangers'' series which premiered in March 2009. Around this time, Tennet competed in the "Sheilah Winn Shakespeare Competition" with classmate Phoebe Mason (Epsom Girls Grammar School Drama Leader 2008) and did quite well, winning four of fifteen awards. The 5 minute performance included various scenes from ''Macbeth''. Tennet and Mason won a trip to the Globe Theatre in London, July 2009. Since her appearance on ''Power Rangers RPM'', Tennet has participated in various television shows and theatrical productions in New Zealand. She played the role of nurse Lynne in an Auckland Theatre Company production of ''Stepping Out'' in June 2010, followed by the role of the Siren Queen for the Wet Hot Beauties' water ballet show titled ''Sirens'' for the Auckland Fringe Festival in February 2011. She also helped choreograph the show. Later on, Tennet made a television appearance in an episode of ''The Almighty Johnsons'' as Delphine in March 2011. She also took the stage as Emilia in Peach Theatre Company's production of ''Othello'' in July 2011. She then took on the role of Dorothy in a major theatrical production of ''The Wizard of Oz'' based on the 1987 musical produced by the Royal Shakespeare Company at the Civic Theatre in September 2011, earning positive reviews for her portrayal of the character. Before leaving for the United States, her latest television appearance has been on the miniseries ''(Underbelly NZ: Land of the Long Green Cloud )'' as Julie Theilman, a courier working for Terry Clark of the Mr. Asia drug syndicate. After wrapping up on ''The Wizard of Oz'', Tennet moved to the United States to film a low-budget independent feature film titled ''Blood Punch'' which also featured many of her co-stars from ''Power Rangers RPM''. The film premiered at the 20th Austin Film Festival in late October 2013 has won many awards and honors in the film festival circuit. She later appeared in the online thriller (''The Swarming'' ) produced by Fourth Wall Studios, along with the student-produced independent short film ''Home''. Following this, she then narrated the audiobook version of Megan McCafferty's teen novel ''Jessica Darling's It List: The (Totally Not) Guaranteed Guide to Popularity, Prettiness & Perfection'', along with the interactive storybook ''My Friend Barlow'' from OddBot Inc. Tennet will soon appear in the miniseries ''When We Go To War''. Currently, she has been producing her own series of dance videos titled ''Dancing in Small Spaces'' on YouTube and Vimeo. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Olivia Tennet」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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