ShoshanaMcCallum
- Writer
- Actor
Actor and writer Shoshana McCallum has worked across theatre, film and television. Before settling in Auckland, she studied acting at the Wellington Performing Arts Centre, then at New York theatre school the Neighbourhood Playhouse. The multi-talented McCallum created and starred in web series Stand Up Girl — about a sex worker who does stand-up comedy — and co-created lockdown drama INSiDE, which won an International Emmy in 2021. In 2024 she co-created acclaimed TV series Madam starring Rachel Griffiths, also about sex work. McCallum has written for TV shows Head High, Westside, Creamerie and My Life is Murder.
Screenography
Awards
2025 New Zealand Screen Awards / Ngā Taonga Whakaata O Aotearoa
Nominated for Best Comedy Programme (with Tom Hern, Harry McNaughton, Belindalee Hope and Halaifonua Finau): for Madam
2024 Monte Carlo TV Festival (Monaco)
Winner of the Golden Nymph for Best Creation: Madam
Nominated for Best Television: Madam
“...a tightly scripted small triumph of Kiwi ingenuity ... an engaging and memorable response to these unprecedented times.”