Jennifer Ward-Lealand
Jennifer Ward-Lealand
Jennifer Cecily Ward-Lealand 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 co
"“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.”"
"“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.”"
"“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 Paakehaa audiences, it’s actually all around us, te reo is all around us”"
