Jennifer Ward-Lealand

Jennifer Cecily Ward-Lealand (born November 8, 1962) is a New Zealand theatre and film actor, director, teacher and intimacy coordinator. She has worked for 40 years, appearing in over 120 theatre performances: Greek, Shakespeare, drama, comedy, devised, and musical theatre. Her screen credits include the 1993 movie Desperate Remedies as well as appearances in The Footstep Man, the soap Shortland Street and Australian comedy series Full Frontal. Quotes “I absolutely love it… I think it’s going to be one of the things I’ll be most happy that I did, when I die. Because it’s a culture change – a culture change has taken place.” “You’re asking the actors to be characters, and to really interrogate what’s going on between those characters. What are the physical beats in this that we break down like a stunt, and what are the emotional beats? And what you find is that these scenes become so rich, so beautifully delicate.” “The big receive for me was understanding how much the language was connected to the natural world. So that was a real in for me, and it’s something when I’m talking to Pākehā audiences, it’s actually all around us, te reo is all around us.” External links Category:1962 births Category:Living people Category:Actresses from New Zealand