Theresa Healey

Theresa Healey
Born
Theresa Marie Healey

(1964-01-25) January 25, 1964 (age 60)
New Zealand
OccupationActor

Theresa Healey (born 25 January 1964) is a New Zealand actress,[1] known mostly for her role as nurse Carmen Roberts in the New Zealand soap opera Shortland Street.

Early life

Theresa was born on 25 January 1964 and is of Irish Catholic descent. As a child, Healey went to a mixture of schools, state and Catholic, including Sacred Heart College in Hamilton. She has three siblings: Susan, Mark and Anthony. She graduated from Toi Whakaari: New Zealand Drama School in 1985 with a Diploma in Acting,[2] and afterwards moved back to Auckland.

Career

Healey has been a guest on the New Zealand version the television series of Dancing With The Stars and starred as Alison Smart in the New Zealand comedy/drama television series Go Girls. She has also had regular recurring roles on the New Zealand television series Mercy Peak and the television series Xena: Warrior Princess.[3]

Filmography

Film

Year Title Role Notes
1989 Kitchen Sink Woman Short film
1994 The Last Tattoo Cora Bell
1994 Bread & Roses Peggy
1998 Angel Wings Bernadette Short film
2000 Savage Honeymoon Jenny Webb
2000 Jubilee Pauline Williams
2003 Sylvia 3rd Woman at Hughes Lecture

Television

Year Title Role Notes
1993-1995,
2020-2021, 2024 		Shortland Street Carmen Roberts
Rosalyn Mullens 		Main role
Guest
1997 2 People Co-Host TV series
1999 Jaffa's Big Picture Show TV series
2000 Xena: Warrior Princess Celesta "Looking Death in the Eye"
2002 Murder in Greenwich Hildy Southerlyn TV film
2003 Lucy Madelyn Pugh TV film
2003 Mercy Peak Jill "Great Escape", "Do It for Love", "Rules of the Game"
2009-2012 Go Girls Alison Smart Recurring role
2013 The Blue Rose Helen Irwin Recurring role
2013 Harry Dr. Alex Boucher Recurring role
2013-2014 Agent Anna Sandi Wright Main role
2014 Coverband Dee "Noise Control"
2016 Filthy Rich Vivian Hunt Truebridge 13 episodes
2016 The Brokenwood Mysteries Janelle Peacocke "Over Her Dead Body"

Personal life

Healey has two children, Zachary and Xavier, and currently resides in central Auckland, New Zealand.

References

  1. ^ "Here to stay: The Irish - Teresa Healey". TVNZ. Retrieved 15 September 2011.
  2. ^ "Graduate". www.toiwhakaari.ac.nz. Retrieved 9 August 2021.
  3. ^ "Teresa Healey - presenter biography" (PDF). Johnson&Laird. Retrieved 15 September 2011.


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