Zoe Crane
ActorZoe is an emerging actor and filmmaker who recently graduated from Toi Whakaari: NZ Drama School. She is a writer, producer and actor in an award-winning Wellington-based collective, Bus Stop Productions, and is currently developing her own vlog series.
In her final year of high school, Zoe was awarded NZQA Top Scholar in New Zealand for Drama. The same year she directed a full-length production of Shakespeare's The Tempest, and has since worked as a drama tutor for the Wellington College Shakespeare Festival.
She starred in the short film A Girl Called Elvis, which was selected at multiple international film festivals and won the Audience Award and Best Short at the London International Film Festival.
Zoe is a member of the Equity Youth Committee and Wellington Youth Choir.
In her final year of high school, Zoe was awarded NZQA Top Scholar in New Zealand for Drama. The same year she directed a full-length production of Shakespeare's The Tempest, and has since worked as a drama tutor for the Wellington College Shakespeare Festival.
She starred in the short film A Girl Called Elvis, which was selected at multiple international film festivals and won the Audience Award and Best Short at the London International Film Festival.
Zoe is a member of the Equity Youth Committee and Wellington Youth Choir.
Full Biography
Credits
Actor
Short Film
2023 - Pay Back - Amber - Toi Whakaari - dir. Mia Blake
2023 - Blue Skies - Lucy - Toi Whakaari - dir. Sol Maxwell
2023 - Te Whare Pōuri - Edith - Toi Whakaari - dir. Nova Moala-Knox
2023 - Encounter - Hannah - Yoobee School of Design - dir. Amelia Addis
2023 - Suck It Up - Louise - Victoria University - dir. Jade-Emily Kruger
2023 - Twenty Years Buried - Lead - Massey University - dir. Finn Culver
2022 - Life of the Party - Jordan - Bus Stop Productions - dir. Finn Culver
2022 - Eagle vs Shark - Lily - Toi Whakaari dir. Vaughan Slinn
2022 - The Arcobaleno Home - Berry (voice) - Massey University
2021 - A Girl Called Elvis - Carol - dir. Lindsay Christopherson
2020 - Snare - Hailey - Massey University
2018 - Return to Fable Grove - Eden - Massey University
Theatre
2024 - U R BACK - Performer - Director - Jo Randerson
2023 - The Birthday Girl - Lisa/Young Woman - Toi Whakaari - dir. Carrie Green
2022 - Fairydust & Photographs - Margaret
2022 - Mimic Another - Performer - Toi Whakaari dir. Ross McCormac
2022 - In Blind Faith - Ava
2022 - Orokohanga - Performer - Toi Whakaari dir. Nī Dekkers-Reihana
2021 - Antigone - Ismene - Toi Whakaari dir. Heather Timms
2020 - A Midsummer Night's Dream - Moth - Wellington Summer Shakespeare dir. Shane Bosher
2020 - The Tempest - Director - Wellington High School
2019 - Punk Rock - William - Wellington High School
2019 - King Lear - Kent - Wellington High School
2018 - Cymbeline - Imogen - Wellington High School
2018 - Much Ado About Nothing - Hero - Wellington High School
Short Film
2023 - Pay Back - Amber - Toi Whakaari - dir. Mia Blake
2023 - Blue Skies - Lucy - Toi Whakaari - dir. Sol Maxwell
2023 - Te Whare Pōuri - Edith - Toi Whakaari - dir. Nova Moala-Knox
2023 - Encounter - Hannah - Yoobee School of Design - dir. Amelia Addis
2023 - Suck It Up - Louise - Victoria University - dir. Jade-Emily Kruger
2023 - Twenty Years Buried - Lead - Massey University - dir. Finn Culver
2022 - Life of the Party - Jordan - Bus Stop Productions - dir. Finn Culver
2022 - Eagle vs Shark - Lily - Toi Whakaari dir. Vaughan Slinn
2022 - The Arcobaleno Home - Berry (voice) - Massey University
2021 - A Girl Called Elvis - Carol - dir. Lindsay Christopherson
2020 - Snare - Hailey - Massey University
2018 - Return to Fable Grove - Eden - Massey University
Theatre
2024 - U R BACK - Performer - Director - Jo Randerson
2023 - The Birthday Girl - Lisa/Young Woman - Toi Whakaari - dir. Carrie Green
2022 - Fairydust & Photographs - Margaret
2022 - Mimic Another - Performer - Toi Whakaari dir. Ross McCormac
2022 - In Blind Faith - Ava
2022 - Orokohanga - Performer - Toi Whakaari dir. Nī Dekkers-Reihana
2021 - Antigone - Ismene - Toi Whakaari dir. Heather Timms
2020 - A Midsummer Night's Dream - Moth - Wellington Summer Shakespeare dir. Shane Bosher
2020 - The Tempest - Director - Wellington High School
2019 - Punk Rock - William - Wellington High School
2019 - King Lear - Kent - Wellington High School
2018 - Cymbeline - Imogen - Wellington High School
2018 - Much Ado About Nothing - Hero - Wellington High School
Training
2021 - 2023 - Bachelor of Performing Arts - Toi Whakaari: NZ Drama School - Acting
2019 - 2020 - Wizz Theatre Academy - Musical Theatre
2018 - Rata Studios Miranda Harcourt's Professional Teen Acting
2019 - 2020 - Wizz Theatre Academy - Musical Theatre
2018 - Rata Studios Miranda Harcourt's Professional Teen Acting
Awards
2020 - NZQA Scholarship: Top Scholar in New Zealand for Drama
2019 - Trinity College London Grade 7 Performance Arts (Distinction)
2019 - Trinity College London Grade 7 Performance Arts (Distinction)
Skills
Singing - Pop, Singing - Musical Theatre, Climbing, Drawing, American Accent, British Accent
Showreel