Nancy Brunning: Nurse Jaki Manu to Strength of Water
Posted on 20 March 2012
Interview, Camera and Editing – Andrew Whiteside
Nancy Brunning's television debut was in the first episode of
Shortland Street as series regular Nurse Jaki Manu. She turned in a memorable performance as gang girl Tania in
What Becomes of the Broken Hearted?, and played a fun loving lesbian in
When Love Comes. Brunning has appeared in a number of TV projects including
Mataku and
Fish Skin Suit. As well as acting, she also directed the WWII-era short
Journey to Ihipa.
In this ScreenTalk, Brunning talks about:
- How it took six months to get used to working on the set of Shortland Street
- Feeling the pressure of playing the only Māori female character on primetime TV
- Having to tell her father she was playing a lesbian in When Love Comes
- Writing a diary to develop her tough role in What Becomes of the Broken Hearted?
- Learning to stand up to director Ian Mune on set
- Finding it hard to work out the character of Joy in The Strength of Water
- Why a particular scene in the movie proved to be the hardest to shoot
This video is
available on YouTube to embed and distribute via a
Creative Commons licence.
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mataku,
journey to ihipa
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Comments
by Aue Tuhoe on 04 April 2012 at 12:00 pm
Nancy Brunning is my favourite Maori actor. I have seen people moved to tears watching her stage performances. Mauri ora Nancy!
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