Brenda Kendall
ActorBrenda Kendall’s prolific and esteemed career began with her debut as Officer Knox on the iconic Australian drama Prisoner. Further roles followed quickly, among them The Sullivans, Jane Campion’s An Angel at My Table and Peter Jackson’s Brain Dead.
She has the ability to play any character in any genre which she has proved over a long career, with small screen credits ranging from The Brokenwood Mysteries, Shortland Street and Xena: Warrior Princess, to silver screen roles in Out of the Blue; Niki Caro’s Memory and Desire and the recent cult-hit Nude Tuesday.
Brenda’s longevity in the acting game can be boiled down to one simple fact: she’s bloody good!
She has the ability to play any character in any genre which she has proved over a long career, with small screen credits ranging from The Brokenwood Mysteries, Shortland Street and Xena: Warrior Princess, to silver screen roles in Out of the Blue; Niki Caro’s Memory and Desire and the recent cult-hit Nude Tuesday.
Brenda’s longevity in the acting game can be boiled down to one simple fact: she’s bloody good!
Full Biography
Credits
Actor
Feature Film
2020 - Nude Tuesday - Helene - Director - Armagan Ballantyne - Producer - Emma Slade
2018 - The Other Side of Heaven 2 - Floydene - Director - Mitch Davis - Producer - Steve Lee
2009 - After the Waterfall - Lucina Bandy - Director - Simone Horrocksv - Producer - Trevor Haysom - Paraffin Productions Ltd
2006 - Out of the Blue - Garry Holden's Mother - Southern Light Films /Desert Road Films - Director - Robert Sarkies - Producer - Tim White & Steven O'Meagher
2004 - Fracture - Mrs Ponder - Director - Larry Parr - Producer -Charlie McClellan - Kahukura Productions
2002 - Toy Love - Nurse - Director - Harry Sinclair - Producer - Fiona Copland & Juliette Veber John - Swimmer Productions
Short Film
2016 - Sybil's Psychic Hotline - Con - Granite Pictures - Director - Producer - Grant Lahoodb
2000 - Camping with Camus - Raylene - Director - Alan Erson - Producer - Richard Thomas - First Hand Productions
Television
2023 - n00b - Mrs Hawthorne - Lusty Ace Films
2019 - Mean Mums: season 1 - Librarian - Director - Damon Fepulea'i - South Pacific Pictures
2018 - Shortland Street - Naomi Johnson - Director Caroline Booth Bell - Producer Simon Bennett - South Pacific Pictures
2018 - Fresh Eggs - Pastor Rowena - Director - Britta Hawkins & Josh Frizzell - Producer - Britta Hawkins & Kim Harrop
2015 - The Brokenwood Mysteries S2 - Nelly - South Pacific Pictures
2013 - Shortland Street - Marissa Parsons - Director Various - Producer - Simon Bennett - South Pacific Pictures
2012 - Safehouse - Dotty - Director John Laing - Producer - John Laing & Bridget Bourke - Screentime Aust, NZ Ltd
2006 - Amazing Extraordinary Friends - Mrs Potremkin - Director - Stephen Campbell - Greenstone Pictures
2003 - Mercy Peak Series 3 - Barbara - South Pacific Pictures
2002 - Shortland Street - Doreen Keeple - South Pacific Pictures
2000 - Lawless: Dead Evidence, Telefeature - Pat - Director - Charlie Haskell - South Pacific Pictures
Web Series
2022 - Witcher Logic, Quests & Reward - Adda - Viva La Dirt League - Director - Various - Producer - Alexander Borgers
Commercial (last 2 years only)
2024 - Mercury: Bring the Buzz - NZ only
Feature Film
2020 - Nude Tuesday - Helene - Director - Armagan Ballantyne - Producer - Emma Slade
2018 - The Other Side of Heaven 2 - Floydene - Director - Mitch Davis - Producer - Steve Lee
2009 - After the Waterfall - Lucina Bandy - Director - Simone Horrocksv - Producer - Trevor Haysom - Paraffin Productions Ltd
2006 - Out of the Blue - Garry Holden's Mother - Southern Light Films /Desert Road Films - Director - Robert Sarkies - Producer - Tim White & Steven O'Meagher
2004 - Fracture - Mrs Ponder - Director - Larry Parr - Producer -Charlie McClellan - Kahukura Productions
2002 - Toy Love - Nurse - Director - Harry Sinclair - Producer - Fiona Copland & Juliette Veber John - Swimmer Productions
Short Film
2016 - Sybil's Psychic Hotline - Con - Granite Pictures - Director - Producer - Grant Lahoodb
2000 - Camping with Camus - Raylene - Director - Alan Erson - Producer - Richard Thomas - First Hand Productions
Television
2023 - n00b - Mrs Hawthorne - Lusty Ace Films
2019 - Mean Mums: season 1 - Librarian - Director - Damon Fepulea'i - South Pacific Pictures
2018 - Shortland Street - Naomi Johnson - Director Caroline Booth Bell - Producer Simon Bennett - South Pacific Pictures
2018 - Fresh Eggs - Pastor Rowena - Director - Britta Hawkins & Josh Frizzell - Producer - Britta Hawkins & Kim Harrop
2015 - The Brokenwood Mysteries S2 - Nelly - South Pacific Pictures
2013 - Shortland Street - Marissa Parsons - Director Various - Producer - Simon Bennett - South Pacific Pictures
2012 - Safehouse - Dotty - Director John Laing - Producer - John Laing & Bridget Bourke - Screentime Aust, NZ Ltd
2006 - Amazing Extraordinary Friends - Mrs Potremkin - Director - Stephen Campbell - Greenstone Pictures
2003 - Mercy Peak Series 3 - Barbara - South Pacific Pictures
2002 - Shortland Street - Doreen Keeple - South Pacific Pictures
2000 - Lawless: Dead Evidence, Telefeature - Pat - Director - Charlie Haskell - South Pacific Pictures
Web Series
2022 - Witcher Logic, Quests & Reward - Adda - Viva La Dirt League - Director - Various - Producer - Alexander Borgers
Commercial (last 2 years only)
2024 - Mercury: Bring the Buzz - NZ only
Training
N/A
Awards
N/A
Skills
Accents - American, Australian, British
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