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Vanessa Rare

Vanessa Rare's debut acting role was as scheming solo mother Rata, in hit comedy Ruby and Rata. The NZ Herald's Peter Calder wrote that Rare "fills the screen with a presence one would expect of a veteran performer". Daughter of a runner and a champion ballet dancer, she went on to act in Barry Barclay's Te Rua, Shortland Street and Māori TV comedy Kai Korero. Rare has also written for Mataku, and made short film Pikowae.

... there are so many talented Māori out there, much more talented than me. So my message to them is, just keep on doing it, keep on dreaming — if it can happen to me it can happen to you. 
 
 

Screenography

Screenography
 Role/s
 Kai Korero

Kai Korero

Actor

2006

 Korero Mai

Korero Mai

Actor

2005 - ongoing

 Ask Your Auntie

Ask Your Auntie

Subject

2004 - 2007

 Pikowae

Pikowae

Director
Writer

2002

 Love Mussel

Love Mussel

Actor

2001

 Mataku

Mataku

Director
Writer

2001 - 2002

 Jack of All Trades

Jack of All Trades

Actor

2000

 Nga Tohu: Signatures

Nga Tohu: Signatures

Actor

2000

 Greenstone

Greenstone

Actor

1999

 Koa Means Joy

Koa Means Joy

Director

1999

 The Life and Times of Te Tutu

The Life and Times of Te Tutu

Actor

1999 - 2001

 Dead Certs

Dead Certs

Actor

1995

 The Call Up

The Call Up

Actor

1995

 Shortland Street

Shortland Street

Actor

2001 - 2005

 Te Rua

Te Rua

Actor

1991

 Ruby and Rata

Ruby and Rata

Actor

1990


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Awards

2003 New Zealand TV Awards
Nominated for Best Script, Single Episode of a Drama Series or Serial: for Mataku