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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 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.
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.
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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.
Mar 5, 2021 · March 5, 2021. By Scott Roxborough | The Hollywood Reporter. The veteran New Zealand actor plays the 80-year-old Maori matriarch Whina Cooper, who in 1975 led a land march of over 600 miles for indigenous rights. For Rena Owen, it was the role of a lifetime.
Rena Owen plays 'older Whina' in the new biopic about Dame Whina Cooper's life, Whina. Photo / Jen Raoult. When hearing Owen's life story, it would almost appear as if...
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.
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,...
Nov 17, 2022 · New Zealand actress Rena Owen, one of the most recognizable Maori in the industry, spoke with The Conversation about telling Indigenous stories on the big screen.
