# Tandi Wright

Tandi Wright (born 4 May 1970) is a New Zealand actress. She first gained recognition for portraying Nurse Caroline Buxton on the long running New Zealand soap opera Shortland Street.
She is best known for her roles as Fenn Partington on Seven Periods with Mr Gormsby, Catherine Duvall on Nothing Trivial, and Ruth in Pearl.
She played a recurring role in 800 Words portraying the character Laura Turner.

## Life

Wright was born in Zambia to New Zealander parents Vernon Wright and Dinah Priestley. She grew up in Wellington and attended Wellington High School and Victoria University of Wellington. She graduated from Toi Whakaari: New Zealand Drama School with a Diploma in Acting in 1994. Her father Vernon Wright, is a former journalist for "The Listener" who now lives in Zambia, and her mother Dinah is a writer and actress in Wellington. Wright has two sisters, Nicky (DOC policy advisor) and Justine (film editor), and two step sisters, Stephanie (information architect) and Victoria (teacher). Her husband Michael Beran is also an actor and they live in Auckland with their daughter, Olive.

## Career

From 1995 to 2000, she appeared as Nurse Caroline Buxton in Shortland Street. Other roles include Power Rangers: S.P.D., Crash Palace, Out of the Blue, Seven Periods with Mr Gormsby, The Lost Children, Black Sheep and Legend of the Seeker.
In 2010, she played the role of Callie Ross, the wife of the main character, in This Is Not My Life. Her next major role followed in 2011–2014, as Dr Catherine Duvall on the TVNZ drama Nothing Trivial. She starred 2014 in the drama thriller series The Returned as Claire Winship.
Wright is vice president of the performers trade union Equity New Zealand.

## Filmography
### Television

| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 1996 | The Enid Blyton Adventure Series | Ingrid | Episode: "Ship of Adventure" |
| 1995–2000 | Shortland Street | Caroline Buxton | Main role |
| 2000 | Street Legal | Detective Senior Sergeant Angela Watson | Main role |
| 2000 | Xena: Warrior Princess | Sarah / Sonata | Episode: "Who's Gurkhan?" |
| 2001 | Crash Palace | Penny Watts | Main role |
| 2001–2002 | Being Eve | Alannah Lush | Main role |
| 2003 | Willy Nilly | Joy | Main role |
| 2004 | Serial Killers | Sally | Main role |
| 2005 | Power Rangers S.P.D. | Isinia Cruger | Main role |
| 2005–2008 | Seven Periods with Mr Gormsby | Fenn Partington | Main role |
| 2006 | The Lost Children | Charlotte Melville | Main role |
| 2006 | Maddigan's Quest | Timon's Mother | Episode: "Hillfolk" |
| 2009–2010 | Legend of the Seeker | Mord'Sith / Alina | 3 episodes |
| 2010 | Outrageous Fortune | Mandy | Episode: "Let The Door Be Lock'd" |
| 2010 | This Is Not My Life | Callie Ross | Main role |
| 2011–2014 | Nothing Trivial | Catherine Duvall | Main role |
| 2015 | The Returned | Claire Winship | Main role |
| 2015–2018 | 800 Words | Laura Turner | Recurring role |
| 2021 | Creamerie | Lane | Main role |

### Film

| Year | Title | Role |
| 1984 | Iris | unknown |
| 1992 | Absent Without Leave | Tom's Fiancée |
| 2002 | This Is Not a Love Story | Studio Art Dept |
| 2003 | Sylvia | 2nd Woman at Ted Hughes' Lecture |
| 2004 | Raising Waylon | Tina Stanfil |
| 2004 | Not Only But Always | Julie Andrews |
| 2006 | Black Sheep | Doctor Rush |
| 2006 | Out of the Blue | Julie-Anne Bryson |
| 2009 | Piece of My Heart | Chloe Morton |
| 2012 | Kiwi Flyer | Karen |
| 2013 | Jack the Giant Slayer | Queen |
| 2020 | Love and Monsters | Joel's Mother |
| 2022 | Pearl | Ruth |