Victoria "Tori" Spence (born 30 April 1984) is a New Zealand

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most famous for her role as '' Salene'' in the Cloud 9 television drama '' The Tribe''. She made her acting debut in the 1993 film ''

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'' and later appeared in the teen comedy series '' Atlantis High'', in which she played the dual role of ''Antonia'' and ''Anthony'', and

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's '' A Twist in the Tale'' alongside Tribe co-star

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. While attending high school, she appeared in several plays including a leading role in ''The Joker'' as well as supporting roles in ''Memory'', ''Moon Launcher'', ''Desire'', ''Shortland Street'', ''Sticky TV'' and ''Mother Tongue''. Spence also starred in several television commercials and had experience as a stills photographic model prior to being cast as The Tribe's '' Salene'' at age 14. Her character was introduced as an emotional frightened child and early storylines dealt with her suffering from

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. By the fourth season however, Spence had emerged as one of the lead characters and, at one point, became leader of the ''Mall Rats''. Her character would also become romantically involved with Ryan Runciman ('' Ryan'') and Nick Miller (''

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''). On 28 January 2001, she appeared in a stage performance with Tribe cast members

Ari Boyland Ari Boyland (born 10 August 1987) is a New Zealand film, television and stage actor. As a child, he had a breakout role in the New Zealand cult hit science fiction drama series, '' The Tribe'' (1999 - 2003). He also played the role of Brodie ...

('' KC''),

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''),

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('' Tai-San''),

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''), Vanessa Stacey (''

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'') and Meryl Cassie (''

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'') in which they sang and performed for fans in New Zealand at the Te Papa Museum. On 2 September 2004, Spence made her first appearance in North America with fellow Tribe co-stars Daniel James ('' Zoot'') and Matt Robinson (''

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'') at the 2004 Dragon*Con convention in

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. Featured guests at the event, the three appeared in series of panels during

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weekend, judging a ''Tribe'' fan-based

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and attended an autograph signing. While at the convention, she gave an interview discussing her character's development on ''The Tribe''. In July 2008, Spence appeared in the Thomas Sainsbury's horror play ''Beast'' with

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and Todd Emerson (who co-starred with Victoria in Atlantis High). In 2009, Victoria tread the stage with Thomas Sainsbury again where she played the lead role in his production ''Little Blonde Hen''. The play ran from 11 to 14 June 2009 and featured her co-stars from The Tribe,

Beth Allen Elizabeth Grace Nell Allen (born 28 May 1984) is a New Zealand actress. She has been acting since an early age and has appeared in several small productions and commercials since 1993. Her first major television role was in Cloud 9's '' The Le ...

and

Antonia Prebble Antonia Mary Prebble (born 6 June 1984) is a New Zealand actress, best known for her role as Loretta West in the hit NZ comedy-drama '' Outrageous Fortune'', as Trudy in '' The Tribe'', as Jane in '' The Blue Rose'', and as Rita West, the gran ...

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Spence, Victoria 1984 births Living people New Zealand stage actresses New Zealand television actresses Place of birth missing (living people)