DarienTakle
- Actor
Darien Takle was telling people she'd be an actor at kindergarten. Since then she has sung on stage as Edith Piaf and Eva Peron, directed and taught drama, created a solo show about Frances Hodgkins and released CD No Regrets. Her screen roles are as diverse — from variety show 12 Bar Rhythm and Shoes, to playing Xena's Mum, to an award-winning turn in Christmas as a downtrodden wife.
Screenography
Manifest
2020 As: Josanna Short film
Pride and Joy
2019 As: Joy Short film
The Apple Tree
2016 As: Lesley Short film
The Road out of Town
2009 As: Constable June Weppet Short film
2008 As: Mrs Eskelson Film
Awards
2003 New Zealand Film Awards
Best Performance in a Digital Feature: for Christmas
“I started doing shows from the moment I could talk coherently. (My friend Cathy and I) would entertain the school with puppet shows before school started, mock Italian operas and hair-raising court cases before the teacher arrived in the classroom ...”
— Darien Takle, in a December 2002 interview for website Whoosh