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Rena Owen. Actress: Star Wars: The Bad Batch. Rena Owen is an international award-winning actress, and one of only six in the world and the only female to date to have worked with both filmmaking legends George Lucas and Steven Spielberg during her illustrious career that spans 35 years working in theater, television, film and voice work. One of nine children, born and bred in the Bay of ...
Maria Makarena Owen (born 22 July 1962), known professionally as Rena Owen, is a New Zealand actress in theatre, television and film. Owen is best known for her leading role as Beth Heke in Lee Tamahori 's Once Were Warriors and as Taun We in George Lucas 's Star Wars: Episode II – Attack of the Clones .
Rena Owen “Rena Owen is the pre-eminent cinema actress of her generation” Lindsay Shelton-NZ Film Commission. Owen became one of New Zealand’s most successful and recognizable Actors on the international film platform following her performance as Beth Heke in Once Were Warriors, New Zealand’s most successful film to date.
Rena Owen . Latest From the Blog. 06 Dec 2014 It’s a Wrap on The Last Witch Hunter! I had a blast working on TLWH and loved my time in PITTSBURGH! Due to Non Disclosure Agreement, I can’t share info about the project, and can on. 16 Nov 2014 It’s a Wrap on da Red Road!
Rena Owen is a New Zealand actress in film, theatre and television. She is of Maori and Pakeha (European) descent. Owen is most well known in the lead role of Beth in the cult classic movie Once Were Warriors (1994) directed by Lee Tamahori. The role earned Owen a number of awards including Best Actress at the Montreal World Film Festival and ...
Multi-award winning New Zealand actress, Rena Owen. Photo / Supplied. It's many a journalist's dream to interview someone as iconic as New Zealand film and TV royalty Rena Owen — and I was ...
Mar 5, 2021 · Berlin: Rena Owen on Why Playing a Maori Icon in ‘Whina’ Was the “Most Demanding Role of My Career” ... The period biopic casts the 50-something Owen as a nearly-80-year-old Whina who, after a lifetime of activism and defying racism and sexism in her fight for justice and indigenous rights, decides to lead the first Maori Land March ...
Rena Owen was a New Zealand actress of Maori descent who did her part to bring Maori culture to the world at large through her work in theatre, television, and film. Born on July 22, 1962 in ...
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Actor Rena Owen found fame through her role as matriarch Beth Heke in hard-hitting feature film Once Were Warriors. She went on to spend two decades years in Los Angeles, though she returned to New Zealand to act in Vincent Ward's Rain of the Children and Fiona Samuel's TV movie Piece of My Heart.. In this ScreenTalk, Owen talks about:
