Films
Te taha kiriata
As Darcy in Vermilion
“Ward-Lealand’s performance. Layered, assured and fascinating, it’s also sensual”
NZ HERALD
FEATURE FILMS
PROJECTS
2023| Intimacy Coordinator for Ash Echo Lake Entertainment; Director Steven Ellison
Intimacy Coordinator for Grafted Fluroback; Director Sasha Rainbow
2022| Intimacy Coordinator for The Convert (feature film) Director: Lee Tamahori
Acting Coach on The Convert
Accent Coach on The Convert
2020| Janine in Dead. Director: Hayden J. Weal. Producers: Rob Malloch,
Nicole van Heerdon & Hayden J. Weal
2018| Darcy in Vermilion. Director: Dorthe Scheffmann. MF Films
2002| Ulla Peet in Fracture. Director: Larry Parr. Kahukura Productions (voted most popular film at St Tropez Film Festival)
1998| Mel in I’ll Make You Happy. Director: Athina Tsoulis. Ample Films
1997| Evelyn in The Ugly. Director: Scott Reynolds. Essential Films
1993| Acting coach to Melanie Lynskey in Heavenly Creatures. Wingnut Films
1992| Dorothea Brook in Desperate Remedies
Directors: Peter Wells and Stuart Main. James Wallace Productions (Official Selection in Cannes Film Festival 1993)
1991| Mireille/Sarah in The Footstep Man. Director: Leon Narbey. John Maynard Productions
1985| Teresa in Dangerous Orphans. Director: John Laing. Cinepro
SHORT FILMS
PROJECTS
2023| Mary in Good People directed by Fernando Hart; Producer Alva Casey
Intimacy Coordinator for School Night
2021| Director of Disrupt. Written by Aroha Awarau. Te Koru Media. Selected for NZIFF/Whānau Marama & Hawaii Film Festival. Wairoa Festival (Winner, Tinirau Award), Puerto Rico Film Festival (Winner, Best International Short Film), Show Me Shorts Festival, Down Under Festival (Berlin), Native Spirit Festival (London), Beverly Hills Film Festival, Rotorua Indigenous Film Festival, Polish International Film Festival, Reel Recovery Film Festival (Los Angeles), Greenwich Village Film Festival, Hong Kong International Film Festival (Best Female Director Award)
2020| Fern in Tea Leaves. Director: Jake Mokomoko. Ten Canaries Films
Valerie in Margot. Director: Henry Donald
Detective Sergeant Williams in Maryam. Director: Maza White
1999| Mother in The Painted Lady. Director: Belinda Schmid. Second Cine. Best Short Film in NZ Film Awards 2000
1996| Frances in The Proposal. Director: Simon Bennett. South Pacific Pictures
1995| Woman in The Bar. Director: Dorthe Scheffmann. This Is It Productions
1994| Jane in I’m So Lonesome I Could Cry. Director: Michael Hurst. Frame Up Films (watch on NZ On Screen)
1993| Lauren in A Game With No Rules. Director: Scott Reynolds Zee Films (watch on NZ On Screen)
1990| Linda in Linda’s Body. Directors: Harry Sinclair and Don McGlashan. Front Lawn Films (watch on NZ On Screen)
Best Short Film in NZ Film and TV Awards 1990
1985| Raewyn in Danny and Raewyn. Director: Gregor Nicholas. Hibiscus Films (watch on NZ On Screen)