Rhema Sutherland
- Stats
-
- Age
- 37
- Height
- 164cm
- Ethnicity
- NZ European, Māori
- Skills
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- Accents - Standard US & Australian
- Singing - Alto
| Rhema Sutherland is a Māori actor of Ngāi Tahu and Ngāti Kahungunu descent, currently based in Auckland. She has a diverse career, performing widely across New Zealand’s theatre scene, leading several commercial campaigns, and recently appearing in TV shows like My Life is Murder and Ahikāroa. A graduate of The Actors’ Program and South Seas Film & Television School, Rhema continually sharpens her skills by taking weekly classes with Elena Stejko. In addition to acting, Rhema has experience in teaching, theatre operations, and holds degrees in Marketing and Media. |
Experience
| Theatre | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | Animal | Role: Old Major |
Production Company: Basement Theatre
Director: Arlo Green & Harriet Maire |
| 2019 | Tampocalypse | Role: Bea |
Production Company: The Meteor Theatre
Director: Ashleigh Hook |
| 2019 | Lovepuke | Role: Louise |
Production Company: Lot 23
Director: Meg Andrews |
| 2018 | A Lost Cause | Role: Awatea |
Production Company: Basement Theatre
Director: Amber Limberte |
| 2018 | Dope | Role: Date |
Production Company: Te Pou
Director: Daniel Tomlin |
| 2017 | Black Orchid Paradisa | Role: Va |
Production Company: Fringe Festival/Te Pou
Director: Anjula Prakash |
| 2016 | A Ghost's Tale | Role: Mary |
Production Company: Basement Theatre
Director: Jesse Hilford |
| 2016 | Kings of the Gym | Role: Annie Tupua |
Production Company: Fortune Theatre
Director: Patrick Davies |
| 2014 | Out of Our Heads (Ashes and Mud) | Role: Mahinarangi |
Production Company: Gary Henderson's Graduate Writers Studio
Director: Korina Tuahime |
| 2014 | Kings of the Gym | Role: Annie Tupua |
Production Company: Centrepoint Theatre
Director: Jeff Kingsford Brown |
| 2013 | Camino Real | Role: Esmeralda |
Production Company: The Actors Program
Director: Benjamin Henson |
| Short Film | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Sunny Side Up | Role: Aroha |
Production Company: Eyes & Ears
|
| 2013 | Eight Shorts | Role: Alex |
Production Company: The Actors Program
Director: Paolo Rotondo |
| TVC | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | AMI 'Roadside Rescue' | Role: Mum |
Production Company: Scoundrel
|
| 2021 | Sealord 'Tuna' campaign | Role: Lead |
Production Company: Satellite
|
| 2019 | One Roof campaign | Role: Home Buyer |
Production Company: NZME Vision
|
| Awards | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | Pizza Money SF | Role: Finalist |
Production Company: 48 Hour Film Festival
|
| Television Series | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | My Life Is Murder S4 | Role: Coral - Ep 1 |
Production Company: Greenstone Pictures MLIM Ltd
Director: Various |
| 2024 | Ahikāroa S6 | Role: Tilly |
Production Company: Kura Productions Limited
|
| 2016 | Filthy Rich | Role: Trudi |
Production Company: Filthy Productions
Director: Michael Duignan |
| Training | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Weekly Acting Classes with Elena Stejko | Role: Actor |
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| 2013 | The Actors Program Diploma of Acting | Role: Actor |
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