ScreenTalk: Stephanie Tauevihi

At the age of 15 actor and singer Stephanie Tauevihi debuted on TV as a reporter on the youth current affairs show InFocus. She then gained nationwide fame playing Donna Heka on Shortland Street for seven years.

Tauevihi has been in two feature films: Rest for the Wicked and Russian Snark. She won Best Supporting Actress at the 2010 Qantas Awards for her role in the latter film.

In this ScreenTalk interview, Tauevihi talks about:

• Being a presenter on the teen-focused current affairs show InFocus
• The terror of an autocue failing on her first live TV experience
• The ‘surreal’ experience of acting on Shortland Street
• Overcoming ‘intimacy issues’ with Blair Strang on the soap
• Never truly getting away from the role of Donna Heka
• Her amazing trip to India for Intrepid Journeys
• Acting with thespian legends and ‘wiping their bums’ in the film Rest for the Wicked
• How playing Rosanna in the film Russian Snark enabled her to develop her acting further

This video is available on YouTube to embed and distribute via a Creative Commons licence.

NZ On Screen: Interview, Camera & Editing – Andrew Whiteside