Nancy Brunning was on the staff of Shortland Street for the first episode in 1992. In 1999 she stole the screen as a young gang girl in Once Were Warriors sequel What Becomes of the Broken Hearted? She won a second NZ screen award for drama Ngā Tohu: Signatures, and played the family matriarch in 2016 film Mahana. Brunning died on 16 November 2019, shortly before winning Aotearoa's top playwriting award.
She is an actress whose personal integrity shows through in her work. She’s a very strong, very honest actor. What Becomes of the Broken Hearted? director Ian Mune
Interview, 2012
2024, Subject - Film
2020, As: Kathy - Film
2019, Subject - Short Film
2017, Subject - Web
2017, As: Member of the Kuini Tikis (Episodes 7,8) - Web
2016, As: Ramona Mahana - Film
2015, Casting - Television
2018, As: Magdelene - Television
2014, As: Puti's Mum - Film
2013, As: Horiana - Film
2009, As: Mrs Thomas - Television
2009, As: Mrs Thomas - Television
2009, As: Joy - Film
2004, As: Mother, Casting Director - Short Film
2004 - ongoing, As: Maia - Television
2003, As: Rose - Short Film
2003, Acting Coach - Short Film
2004, As: Te Ringamatou - Television
2001, As: Marama - Film
2000, As: Mere - Television
2000, As: Keri/Hinewai - Television
1999, As: Tania Rogers - Film
1998, As: Fig - Film
1997, As: Daina - Television
1996, Subject - Television
1993, Performer - Music video
1993, As: Nurse Jaki Manu - Television
1992 - 1994, As: Nurse Jaki Manu - Television
2001, Subject - Television
1992 - 2007, As: Nurse Jaki Manu - Television
1992, Performer - Music video
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