NicolaMurphy
- Actor
Actor Nicola Murphy made her screen debut in 1995 in quirky fantasy movie Jack Brown Genius. She followed it by playing Rose in the acclaimed Magik and Rose, before co-starring opposite American actor Judge Reinhold in rural romance Wild Blue.
Biography
Nicola Murphy graduated from drama school Toi Whakaari in 1989. Six years later, after multiple roles on-stage, she made her movie debut in offbeat fantasy Jack Brown Genius. Directed and co-written by Tony Hiles, the film follows an inventor (Tim Balme) who attempts to fly, after discovering the spirit of a thousand-year-old monk dwelling in his head.
Screenography
2001 - 2003 As: Fiona Series
2001 - 2002 As: Sharon Series
2000 As: Rose Film
2000 As: Hannah Howie Film
2000 - 2001 Subject Series
“Murphy, meanwhile, in the more thankless role, is everyone's idea of a stitched-up smalltown girl who blossoms into the story's big adventure.”
— NZ Herald critic Peter Calder, on Murphy’s performance in Magik and Rose
Related images
Magik (Alison Bruce) and Rose (Nicola Murphy, top of image) try to sneak into a post office in Magik and Rose.
Photo appears courtesy of the NZ Film Commission