SophieHenderson
- Actor
- Writer
Two years after graduating from acting studies at Unitec, Sophie Henderson joined the cast of Outrageous Fortune. She played Bailey, the hard-nosed lawyer girlfriend of the West twins. In 2013 her acclaimed debut movie Fantail premiered at the NZ International Film Festival. Henderson wrote and starred, playing "a girl called Tania who thinks she’s Māori". Henderson and her director partner Curtis Vowell followed it with Rose Matafeo pregnancy tale Baby Done and theatre romcom Workmates. Henderson has also co-starred in movie Human Traces, as a scientist on an isolated island, and wrote 2021 drama The Justice of Bunny King.
Screenography
Awards
2014 SWANZ Scriptwriter Awards (NZ Writers Guild)
Nominated for Best Feature Film Script: for Fantail
2014 Melbourne International Film Festival
Nominated for People's Choice Award for Best Narrative Feature: Fantail
“...its clear (Henderson) knows her character inside out ... the insights, performances and mood are all world class.”