By the time she'd graduated from drama school Toi Whakaari, Chelsie Preston Crayford had won an award for acclaimed short Fog and acted in three feature films, including starring in Home by Christmas as her own grandmother. She has gone on to play a cult member (TV series The Cult) and Katherine Mansfield's lover (telemovie Bliss). She also won awards in Australia for TV thriller The Code and a starring role as a crimelord in the 1920s edition of Underbelly. In 2017 she co-starred in big screen drama The Inland Road. She is the daughter of director Gaylene Preston and musician Jonathan Crayford.
My mum was the director, so it was amazing to be able to work so closely together on a story we both knew so intimately. It was a once in a lifetime experience. Chelsie Preston Crayford on playing her own grandmother in Home by Christmas
2022, As: Julie - Film
2021, As: Jean (adult) - Film
2020, As: Alice - Film
2019, As: Flo - Film
2019, As: Roza Hallwright - Television
2019, Co-Director - Television
2019, As: Roza Hallwright - Television
2018 - 2020, Director - Television
2018, Writer, Director, As: Ra - Short Film
2017, As: Astrid - Film
2017, As: Donna - Film
2016, As: Amy Johnson - Television
2015, As: Muriel Wakeford - Film
2014, As: Josephine - Film
2014, As: Monee - Television
2014, As: Monee - Television
2014, As: Monee - Music video
2011, As: Edie - Television
2010, Subject - Film
2010, As: Tui - Film
2009, As: Hannah - Television
2009, As: Hannah - Television
2008, As: Betsy - Film
2007, As: Telly - Short Film
2007, Dancer - Short Film
2007, As: Kat - Web
2005, Presenter - Television
2001, As: Red Number One - Television
1998, As: Kate - Television
1994, As: The Girl - Short Film
2003, As: Missy - Television
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