Lucy Wigmore is a stage and screen actress from New Zealand. She played core cast member Dr '' Justine Jones'' in the long-running soap opera ''

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, be ...

'', and has also starred as

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in Underbelly: Razor, a 13-part drama set in the 1920s–1930s on the rough and ready streets of

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"is one of Nine Networks most successful franchises". In 2015 Wigmore made a short film called ''Stationery'' which she wrote and directed.

Personal life

Wigmore was raised in Auckland, New Zealand, where she attended Takapuna Grammar School. She studied international business and advertising at the

Auckland University of Technology Auckland University of Technology ( AUT; ) is a university in New Zealand, formed on 1 January 2000 when a former technical college (originally established in 1895) was granted university status. AUT is New Zealand's third largest university i ...

, and spent her final year of study in France. Wigmore also completed a three-year Bachelor of Performing Arts (Acting) at ''

Toi Whakaari Toi Whakaari: NZ Drama School is New Zealand's national drama school. It was established in 1970 and is located in Wellington, New Zealand, in the Te Whaea: National Dance & Drama Centre. Toi Whakaari offers training in acting, costume constru ...

'' New Zealand's National Drama School, graduating in 2002. She had her first AD and casting role in the '' Embrace Life'' Commercial for Sussex Safer Roads. Wigmore's sister

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is a singer and songwriter. Lucy directed one of Gin's music videos, 2016's "Willing to Die". One of Gin's songs, "Lucy Loo," was written for her sister.

Filmography

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* * http://www.lucywigmore.com/ {{DEFAULTSORT:Wigmore, Lucy Living people New Zealand television actresses Australian television actresses Actresses from Auckland Auckland University of Technology alumni Australian stage actresses 1977 births New Zealand soap opera actresses 21st-century New Zealand actresses Toi Whakaari alumni