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List Of Outrageous Fortune Episodes
'' Outrageous Fortune'' is a New Zealand comedy-drama television series that premiered on 12 July 2005 and concluded on 9 November 2010 on TV3 in New Zealand. 107 episodes of ''Outrageous Fortune'' aired over the course of six series'. All six series' have been released on DVD in Region 4. The series follows the lives of the Wests, a family of petty criminals living in West Auckland, New Zealand. Mother Cheryl ( Robyn Malcolm) is the family matriarch, desperately trying to keep her family out of trouble, who decides to put an end to their criminal ways and become respectable citizens, when her husband Wolf (Grant Bowler) is sent to jail for four years. This is met with much resistance from twin sons Van and Jethro (Antony Starr), older daughter Pascalle (Siobhan Marshall), younger daughter Loretta (Antonia Prebble), and father-in-law Ted (Frank Whitten). Each episode title is a quotation from ''Hamlet''. Series overview Episode list Series 1 (2005) The first series op ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Outrageous Fortune (TV Series)
''Outrageous Fortune'' is a New Zealand family comedy crime drama television series, which ran from 12 July 2005 to 9 November 2010 on TV3. The series followed the lives of the career criminal West family after the matriarch, Cheryl ( Robyn Malcolm), decided the family should go straight and abide by the law. The show was created by James Griffin and Rachel Lang and produced by South Pacific Pictures. Like the show itself, episodes took their names from Shakespeare quotations. The show concluded after 6 seasons and 107 episodes making it the longest running drama series made in New Zealand. The primary cast for the show's run consisted of Robyn Malcolm, Antony Starr, Siobhan Marshall, Antonia Prebble, Frank Whitten and Kirk Torrance; Grant Bowler appeared in a sporadic role throughout the show's first five seasons. The show premiered on 12 July 2005 and was welcomed by high acclaim. It won many of the major categories in the New Zealand television awards for its firs ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jonathan Brough
Jonathan Brough is a New Zealand-born film director based in Australia. He is best known for the comedy TV series '' Rosehaven'', ''Aftertaste'' and ''The Family Law''. Early life and education Brough grew up in Hawera, New Zealand, the son of John Brough, a theatre and television actor. Career Brough's graduation project was ''The Model'', a short film (11 minutes) based on a short story by Bernard Malamud, inspired by the work of painter Edward Hopper, and starring Brough's father and Susannah Devereux (later a horror actress in the US). The film was an official selection in the 1994 Cannes Film Festival for a special one-off programme of short films, and was screened at the Silver Images Film Festival in Chicago, U.S. The film was later included in a video anthology called ''Dark Stories 2: Tales from Beneath'' (2002). In following years he directed two short films, ''The Conversation'' (1995) and ''Permanent Wave'' (1996). In 2004 he directed four episodes of the tele ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Craig Hall (actor)
Craig Hall (born 10 May 1974) is a New Zealand actor. Personal life Hall was born in Auckland, New Zealand Auckland (pronounced ) ( mi, Tāmaki Makaurau) is a large metropolitan city in the North Island of New Zealand. The most populous urban area in the country and the fifth largest city in Oceania, Auckland has an urban population of about It .... He lives in Auckland and Sydney and is married to his ''A Place to Call Home'' co-star Sara Wiseman. Filmography Film Television References External links * 1974 births Living people New Zealand male film actors New Zealand male television actors {{NewZealand-actor-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tyler-Jane Mitchel
Tyler-Jane Mitchel (born Rebecca Jane Clark, known professionally as Tyler Jane) is a New Zealand actress best known for her role as Sheree Greegan in the New Zealand drama '' Outrageous Fortune''. Career Mitchel is an actor, voice over artist, producer and broadcaster. She has starred in several television series in New Zealand, including '' Amazing Extraordinary Friends'' and '' Outrageous Fortune'', and worked as a radio newsreader at Auckland’s George FM. Mitchel has also been an advertising pitchwoman, most notably as the presenter of skin care products brand Elave's 2007 "Nothing to Hide" viral marketing campaign, for which she appeared completely nude Nudity is the state of being in which a human is without clothing. The loss of body hair was one of the physical characteristics that marked the biological evolution of modern humans from their hominin ancestors. Adaptations related to h ... in an online commercial as well as on an associated interactive web ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charles Mesure
Charles William David Mesure (born 12 August 1970) is an English Australian actor known for his work in Australia, New Zealand and the United States of America. Birth and education Mesure was born in Somerset, England. When he was five, his family moved to Australia and he grew up in Sydney. Mesure attended Newington College (1982–1987) and graduated from the National Institute of Dramatic Art, Australia, with a degree in Performing Arts (Acting) in 1995. Career In 1995, he moved to New Zealand where he soon picked up a few acting roles. Mesure has acted in, directed, designed, and written upwards of thirty productions for Sydney University's Drama Society while studying law. In 1998, he was nominated for a Best Actor New Zealand Television Award for his work as Ryan Waters on the New Zealand soap opera, '' City Life''. In 2003, he won the Best Supporting Actor award for his work as Kees Van Damm on the New Zealand drama, '' Street Legal''. Mesure appeared as a supporting ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peter Salmon (filmmaker)
Peter Salmon (born 9 February 1976) is a New Zealand based film and television writer/director. Salmon has directed many successful short films since graduating from film school in 1996. Career Salmon's first 35 mm short film Playing Possum was made in association with Creative New Zealand in 1998. It screened in competition at Clermont Ferrand, Edinburgh Film Festival and Valladolid International Film Festival. It also screened at Telluride Film Festival, Rotterdam, New York Children's Festival, Mill Valley, Hof, Brisbane and L'Étrange Festival (where it won the Grand Prix and audience awards) to name but a few. His next short film, a science fiction drama, Letters about the Weather, starring Sara Wiseman (winner of best performance in a short film (NZ film awards 2000)). The film was made with funding from the New Zealand Film Commission in 1999. It screened in competition in Clermont Ferrand (where it received an Ecumenical Jury Special Mention) and Puchon Fa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fiona Samuel
Fiona Samuel (born 1961) is a New Zealand writer, actor and director who was born in Scotland. Samuel's award-winning career spans theatre, film, radio and television. She graduated from Toi Whakaari: New Zealand Drama School in 1980 with a Diploma in Acting. Plays *2010 – ''Ghost Train'' *2004 – ''The Liar’s Bible'' *1996 – ''One Flesh'' *1993 – ''Lashings of Whipped Cream: A Session with a Teenage Dominatrix'' *1988 – ''The Wedding Party'' Publications *2013 ''20 New Zealand Playwrights'' (interview), Playmarket *2011 ''Number 8 Wire; 8 Plays, 8 Decades'', Playmarket *2011 ''One Flesh'' in No. 8 Wire: 8 Plays/8 Decades. *1995 ''Lashings of Whipped Cream: A Session with a Teenage Dominatrix'' * 1989 ''Blonde Bombshell'' in Three Radio Plays. Short film *2006 Writer and Director - ''The Garden of Love'' *2001 Written with Murray Keane - ''Falling Sparrows'' *1996 Writer and Director - ''Song of the Siren'' *1994 Writer - ''Bitch'' *1994 Written with Murra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shane Cortese
Shane Cortese (born 13 August 1968) is a New Zealand actor and singer. He is perhaps best known for his role of Mac on Nothing Trivial, Loki on the Almighty Johnsons and Hayden Peters on hit show '' Outrageous Fortune''. He was also a runner-up on Season 1 of NZ ''Dancing with the Stars'' in 2005. Career Cortese started his professional career as a travel agent in Palmerston North. He got involved in the amateur drama society and soon found a passion in acting. He participated in numerous plays before moving to London in 1993 to further his newfound career. Cortese trained at London's Central School of Speech and Drama. After graduating from the Musical Theatre Course in 1993, he spent 10 years touring the UK in musicals, performing several times on London's prestigious West End. His performances won critical acclaim from UK reviewers. Whilst visiting New Zealand in 2000, Cortese auditioned for the popular soap opera ''Shortland Street'' for the role of Geoff Greenlaw. He did n ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jacob Rajan
Jacob Rajan is a Malaysian-born-New Zealand playwright and actor. His highly successful plays include the trilogy ''Krishnan's Dairy'', ''The Candlestick Maker'' and ''The Pickle King''. Another work was ''The Dentist's Chair''. In 2002, he received the prestigious Laureate Art Award. All of Rajan's plays, except his first, ''Krishnan's Dairy'', were originally produced for his theatre company, Indian Ink Theatre Company, and co-written with director/writer Justin Lewis, co-founder of Indian Ink. Rajan was born in Malaysia to Indian parents, and migrated to New Zealand when he was four years old. After studying science at the University of Otago, he went to teacher's college, then studied acting and at Toi Whakaari New Zealand Drama School. He graduated in 1994 and has since appeared in different stage and screen productions as well as touring internationally. He appeared as Dr Ashwin Bhashar in the television soap '' Shortland Street''. With Justin Lewis, Rajan co-founded ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aaron Jeffery
Aaron C. Jeffery is a Logie Award-winning New Zealand-Australian actor. He is best known for his roles as Terry Watson in '' Water Rats'', as Alex Ryan in ''McLeod's Daughters'', and as Matt "Fletch" Fletcher in '' Wentworth''. Early and personal life Born in Howick, Auckland, Jeffery moved to Australia at the age of 17 and studied acting at NIDA. Jeffery has been in a relationship with his former ''McLeod's Daughters'' co-star Zoe Naylor since 2010. The couple had their first child together, a daughter, in 2012. Jeffery also has another daughter from a previous relationship. Career After graduating in 1993 from NIDA, he began his television career on the children's programme '' Ship to Shore''. Jeffery is best known for his role as Alex Ryan in the drama ''McLeod's Daughters'', which he left in 2008. He also appeared in the third season of the New Zealand drama series '' Outrageous Fortune''. Jeffery appeared in the series '' Underbelly: Badness'' as Frank. He wrapped filming ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Claire Chitham
Claire Chitham (born 12 July 1978, in Auckland) is a New Zealand television actress. Claire rose to fame as Waverley Harrison (née Wilson) in the New Zealand TV show '' Shortland Street'', from 1994–1995 and 1997–2005 and Aurora Bay in '' Outrageous Fortune'' from 2006–2007. Career Her first television role was a guest appearance in The New Adventures of Black Beauty (1990). A recurring guest role in '' Shortland Street'' followed, which went on to become core cast, with Chitham starring in the show for seven years as Waverly Wilson (later Harrison). Chitham next appeared as Aurora Bay, in the second and third seasons of Outrageous Fortune - New Zealand's highest rating drama. Aurora was the longtime love interest of Van West ( Antony Starr) - her character died tragically, after being hit by a bus while trying to hide her ex-boyfriend Tyson's (Ben Barrington) stash of drugs. On 22 August 2007, she began appearing as Chantelle Rebecchi in the Australian soap opera '' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tim Balme
Timothy Guy Balme (born 18 January 1967) is a New Zealand actor and screenwriter. He's most well known for his roles on the long-running soap opera ''Shortland Street'' and ''Mercy Peak'', as well as lead roles in the cult favourites ''Braindead'' and '' Jack Brown Genius''. He was a writer and actor on the television series ''The Almighty Johnsons'', and the creator and a writer for ''The Brokenwood Mysteries''. Personal life Balme is married to actress Katie Wolfe, with whom he has two children; daughter Edie (born 2001) and son Nikau (born 2005). Balme also has a son, Sam (born 1987) from a previous relationship. Career Balme graduated from Toi Whakaari in 1989, and his first lead role was in the 1992 film ''Braindead'' (aka ''Dead Alive''). Balme and his wife, along with Simon Bennett and Robyn Malcolm, founded the New Zealand Actors' Company, which ran for three productions before being dissolved. An actor for the better part of twenty years, he has recently branche ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |