Tandi Wright (born 4 May 1970) is a New Zealand actress. She first gained recognition for portraying Nurse Caroline Buxton on the long running New Zealand soap opera ''

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''. She is best known for her roles as Fenn Partington on '' Seven Periods with Mr Gormsby'', Catherine Duvall on ''

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'', and Ruth in ''Pearl''. She played a recurring role in '' 800 Words'' portraying the character Laura Turner.

Life

Wright was born in

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parents Vernon Wright and Dinah Priestley. She grew up in

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and attended Wellington High School and

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. She graduated from Toi Whakaari: New Zealand Drama School with a Diploma in Acting in 1994. Her father Vernon Wright, is a former journalist for "The Listener" who now lives in Zambia, and her mother Dinah is a writer and actress in Wellington. Wright has two sisters, Nicky (DOC policy advisor) and Justine (film editor), and two step sisters, Stephanie (information architect) and Victoria (teacher). Her husband Michael Beran is also an actor and they live in

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with their daughter, Olive.

Career

From 1995 to 2000, she appeared as Nurse Caroline Buxton in ''

''. Other roles include '' Power Rangers: S.P.D.'', '' Crash Palace'', '' Out of the Blue'', '' Seven Periods with Mr Gormsby'', '' The Lost Children'', ''

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'' and ''

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''. In 2010, she played the role of Callie Ross, the wife of the main character, in '' This Is Not My Life''. Her next major role followed in 2011–2014, as Dr Catherine Duvall on the TVNZ drama ''

''. She starred 2014 in the drama thriller series The Returned as Claire Winship. Wright is vice president of the performers trade union Equity New Zealand.

Filmography

Television

Film

References

External links

* 1966 births Living people 20th-century New Zealand actresses 21st-century New Zealand actresses New Zealand film actresses New Zealand soap opera actresses New Zealand television actresses People educated at Wellington High School, New Zealand Actresses from Wellington City Toi Whakaari alumni {{NewZealand-tv-actor-stub