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Kawe Osbourne
''Shortland Street'' is a television soap opera from New Zealand, first broadcast on 25 May 1992. It currently airs on television network TVNZ 2. The 26th season of ''Shortland Street'' began airing on 15 January 2018. The following is a list of characters that appeared on the show in 2018 by order of first appearance. All characters are introduced by the show's executive producer Maxine Fleming. Dion Tai Dion Tai, played by Sonny Tupu, made his first appearance on 23 January 2018. Dion arrives at the hospital as a famous rugby league star for a charity photo shoot. Upon running into the star-struck Jack (Reuben Milner), Dion openly discriminates against him for his sexuality, and flirts with Sass Warner (Lucy Lovegrove). However, upon running into Jack again, it emerges that Dion himself is secretly gay, and attracted to Jack. The two begin a casual relationship, with Dion too afraid to come out due to his high-profile rugby league career. However, when Jack gives him an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shortland Street
''Shortland Street'' is a New Zealand Prime time, prime-time soap opera centring on the fictitious Shortland Street Hospital. The show was first broadcast on TVNZ 2 on 25 May 1992 and is New Zealand's longest-running drama and soap opera, being broadcast continuously for over 8,000 episodes and 32 years (as of December 2024). It is one of the most watched television programmes in New Zealand. The show was originally screened as five half-hour episodes each week, and received mixed reviews on its premiere. After its launch, the show suffered a drop in ratings and would have been cancelled if TVNZ had not ordered a year's worth of episodes in advance. TVNZ renewed the production in early 1993 after the show's ratings picked up, and the show has since garnered "long-term public enthusiasm". Today, it is one of New Zealand's highest-rated shows, frequently making AGB Nielsen Media Research's top 5 programmes of the week, achieving an average linear daily reach of 345,000 viewers ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Daniel Reinhart
''Shortland Street'' is a television soap opera from New Zealand, first broadcast on 25 May 1992. It currently airs on television network TVNZ 2. The 26th season of ''Shortland Street'' began airing on 15 January 2018. The following is a list of characters that appeared on the show in 2018 by order of first appearance. All characters are introduced by the show's executive producer Maxine Fleming. Dion Tai Dion Tai, played by Sonny Tupu, made his first appearance on 23 January 2018. Dion arrives at the hospital as a famous rugby league star for a charity photo shoot. Upon running into the star-struck Jack (Reuben Milner), Dion openly discriminates against him for his sexuality, and flirts with Sass Warner (Lucy Lovegrove). However, upon running into Jack again, it emerges that Dion himself is secretly gay, and attracted to Jack. The two begin a casual relationship, with Dion too afraid to come out due to his high-profile rugby league career. However, when Jack gives him an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Curtis Hannah
Curtis Maaka Hannah is a fictional character on the New Zealand soap opera ''Shortland Street''. Portrayed by Jayden Daniels since 2015, Curtis has appeared on the show in 2 stints in both regular and recurring appearances. Creation and casting In 2015, producers decided to expand the role of guest-character Jack Hannah (Reuben Milner) and introduce a family unit around him. The character of his older brother Curtis was created and recent drama school graduate Jayden Daniels was cast in the role. Upon being cast, Daniels decided to stay as the role for what he thought would be around 2 years. The arrival was said to "ruffle a few feathers" amongst the characters, whilst Daniels enjoyed working alongside screen father Jarod Rawiri ( Mo Hannah). After 18 months in the role, Daniels decided his, "dreams are bigger and I want to try other stuff" and quit the show. He decided to pursue a career outside of acting in construction and accepted an apprenticeship. The resulting storyline saw ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tank Reid
''Shortland Street'' is a television soap opera from New Zealand, first broadcast on 25 May 1992. It currently airs on television network TVNZ 2. The 26th season of ''Shortland Street'' began airing on 15 January 2018. The following is a list of characters that appeared on the show in 2018 by order of first appearance. All characters are introduced by the show's executive producer Maxine Fleming. Dion Tai Dion Tai, played by Sonny Tupu, made his first appearance on 23 January 2018. Dion arrives at the hospital as a famous rugby league star for a charity photo shoot. Upon running into the star-struck Jack (Reuben Milner), Dion openly discriminates against him for his sexuality, and flirts with Sass Warner (Lucy Lovegrove). However, upon running into Jack again, it emerges that Dion himself is secretly gay, and attracted to Jack. The two begin a casual relationship, with Dion too afraid to come out due to his high-profile rugby league career. However, when Jack gives him an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ali Karim
Ali Karim (Persian: علی کریم, born 10 October 1977) is an Iranian film director, producer, actor, scriptwriter and screenwriter. He was born in Tehran, Iran on 10 October 1977. He was a theatre actor before appearing in films, such as ''Killing Mad Dogs'' (2001) by Bahram Bayzai. He then served as assistant director on various films, working especially with Dariush Mehrjui on ''Mum's Guest'' (Mehman-e Maman). In 2008, he took part in Abbas Kiarostami's directors’ workshop during which time he made his first short, Yellow, Blue, Red. He then worked as Kiarostami's assistant on ''Shirin (film), Shirin'' before completing a second short, "The Lift". His two shorts have been successful in numerous international film festivals. On the back of his success Ali Karim finally directed his first feature, ''Pothole (film), Pothole'' in 2009. The film closed the Critics’ Week at the Venice Film Festival the very same year. Filmography Footnotes 1977 births Iranian ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dawn Robinson
Dawn Sherrese Robinson (born November 24, 1966) is an American singer and actress best known as a founding member of the R&B/pop group En Vogue, one of the world's best-selling girl groups of all time. Following her departure from En Vogue, Robinson joined Lucy Pearl and released their self-titled debut album ''Lucy Pearl'' in 2000, which went platinum worldwide and produced the successful singles " Dance Tonight" and " Don't Mess with My Man". In 2002, Robinson released her first solo album ''Dawn'', which produced the single " Envious". In 2005, Robinson rejoined En Vogue for a tour, but departed from the group before they could record another album. In 2009, Robinson briefly returned to En Vogue again for their ''20th Anniversary Tour''. In late 2011, she left En Vogue once again due to poor management and compensation of work. In 2013, she joined the cast of '' R&B Divas: Los Angeles'' for the first season of the series. Over her career, Robinson has sold a combined total ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Frank Warner (Shortland Street)
Frank Warner (previously Burton and Connelly) is a fictional character on the New Zealand soap opera ''Shortland Street''. Born on-screen, Frank was originally played by an uncredited baby actor in 1993 before Luke Patrick took over the role in 2016. Creation and casting The character of Frank was introduced in 1993 during a plot in which "robo nurse" Carrie Burton (Lisa Crittenden) fell pregnant after receiving three different sperm donations from central characters. This was billed as a "whodunit" with nurse Steve Mills (Andrew Binns), Guy Warner (Craig Parker), Dr. Hone Ropata (Temuera Morrison) and Dr. Chris Warner (Michael Galvin) all potentially being the father. The character made his first appearance on 11 October 1993, when Carrie gave birth to him and his triplet siblings. The birth was used as a storyline to write off the character of Carrie, and she departed with her children on 11 November 1993. In 2015 producers decided to reintroduce the triplets 23 years after th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kylie Brown
Kylie Brown (previously Connelly) is a fictional character on the New Zealand soap opera ''Shortland Street'' portrayed by Kerry-Lee Dewing. She made her first screen appearance on the episode broadcast on 24 September 2012. The character was introduced alongside Emma Franklin (Amy Usherwood) as friends to existing character Lana Jacobs (Brooke Williams). The character's storylines have focused on euthanasia, having a mastectomy, being infertile due to miscarriages from ectopic pregnancy and her relationship with TK Samuels. Creation and casting South-African born New Zealand actress Kerry-Lee Dewing was cast as new nurse Kylie Brown She is portrayed as a "bright and bubbly party girl with a heart of gold" Like most characters, especially the other nurses, she too enjoys unwinding by having a drink at the I.V. Bar after work. She grew up with her parents and older sister in Geraldine, a small rural town in the South Island of New Zealand. She is introduced as a friend to Lana, when ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Drew McCaskill
''Shortland Street'' is a New Zealand television soap opera. It was first broadcast on 25 May 1992 and currently airs on television network TVNZ 2. The following is a list of characters that appeared on the show in 2015 by order of first appearance. All characters are introduced by the shows executive producer Simon Bennett. The 24th season of ''Shortland Street'' began airing on 19 January 2015 and concluded on 15 December 2015. Victoria Anderton Victoria "Tor" Anderton, played by Laura Thompson, made her first appearance on 11 March 2015. Thompson secured the role shortly after graduating from drama school. Victoria arrives at Shortland Street Hospital as part of a surgical exchange program. She reconnects with old-colleague Boyd Rolleston (Sam Bunkall). Victoria's father dies, and after initial sparks with Garrett Whitley (Shortland Street), Garrett Whitley (Spencer Falls), Victoria develops feelings for married father Mo Hannah (Jarod Rawiri) after treating his daughter Pix ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Harper Whitley
Harper Whitley is a fictional character on the New Zealand soap opera ''Shortland Street'' portrayed by Ria Vandervis between May 2013 and December 2024. Introduced as close friend to established character, Sarah Potts (Shortland Street), Sarah Potts (Amanda Billing), Harper was involved in several high-profile storylines over 12-years on-screen alongside many long-running romances; primarily being an on-again, off-again marriage with Drew McCaskill (Ben Barrington). The character was killed during the 2024 Christmas cliffhanger following the resignation of Vandervis from the show. Creation and casting To mark ''Shortland Streets 21st anniversary, 4 new young characters were introduced in an attempt to revamp the show, with the characters of Harper, Dayna Jenkins (Lucy Elliott), Dallas Adams (Shortland Street), Dallas Adams (Cameron Jones) being created alongside the return of Henry Lee (Shortland Street), Henry Lee (Peter Huang) in a more prominent role. Ria Vandervis was cast as ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Boyd Rolleston
Boyd Chakraborty (formerly Rolleston) is a fictional character on the New Zealand soap opera ''Shortland Street'' portrayed by Sam Bunkall. He made his first screen appearance on the episode broadcast on 13 September 2012. Boyd arrives as the hospitals newest surgeon and is portrayed as a no-nonsense doctor, down-to-earth, and unpretentious despite coming from a wealthy and privileged upbringing, making friends regardless of his social-status. Creation and casting Bunkall was cast as new doctor Boyd Rolleston in 2012, a no-nonsense surgeon from a wealthy family in the farming industry. His down-to-earth, unpretentious attitude quickly made him peers of all social status' and has a clear track record which has earned him fans in his field. He is "honest and friendly with a wry sense of humour" and quickly makes friends regardless of their social status and he socialises with nurses just like he does with the more higher ranking hospital staff. Boyd made an unannounced departure fr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
