IlonaRodgers
- Actor
Actor Ilona Rodgers won fans as conniving magazine editor Maxine Redfern in beloved prime time soap Gloss; she followed it in 1992 with three seasons on Marlin Bay. Rodgers' career had began long before, in her native England. Along the way, she has acted alongside Doctor Who and The Beverly Hillbillies, and worked everywhere from London to Melbourne and Queenstown.
Screenography
Biography
Ilona Rodgers has battled hairy monsters on Doctor Who, mastered the bitchy putdown on Gloss, appeared on longrunning Kiwi soaps Shortland Street and Close to Home, and acted alongside Kiwi legends Bruno Lawrence and Billy T James.
Awards
1989 Listener Film and Television Awards (New Zealand)
Best Performance - Female in a Dramatic Role: for Gloss
1988 Listener Film and Television Awards
Best Performance - Female in a Dramatic Role: for Gloss
“The actors are only one arc of a magic circle. When the sound, the lighting, the acting and direction all come together, then and only then does it all work.”
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