Rose McIver
Encyclopedia
Rose McIver is an actress from New Zealand
. She is most famous for her role as Summer Landsdown/Ranger Operator Series Yellow in 2009's Power Rangers: RPM
. Her best known film role is in The Lovely Bones
, her other films include The Piano, Johnny Kapahala: Back on Board
and most recently the comedy/drama Predicament; as well as guest appearances on television shows such as Hercules, Xena: Warrior Princess
, and Legend of the Seeker
.
, who is a musician and former actor. She once studied ballet and jazz dance, and enjoys running. McIver also enjoys writing, and is inspired by the works of John Steinbeck
, Wally Lamb
and Franz Kafka
. She attended Avondale College
and was a prefect in her final year; she graduated in 2006. Currently, she is in her second year at the University of Auckland
, and majors in Psychology and Linguistics. Between acting jobs, she baby-sits and works part-time importing bananas with Fair Trade; she recently took part in their "All Good Bananas" promotion, as the voice of the listener's conscience. As of August 2011, McIver moved from the home she shared in Wellington
with her boyfriend, to Los Angeles
.
She has mostly worked for New Zealand television, from fantasy like Maddigan's Quest to dramas such as Rude Awakenings. She has also starred in television movies such as the Hercules film series and Maiden Voyage, as well as two Disney Channel
films: Eddie's Million Dollar Cook-Off in 2003, and Johnny Kapahala: Back on Board in 2007, which is the sequel to the 1999 film Johnny Tsunami
. From March to December 2009, she played Ranger Yellow Summer Landsdown in the television series Power Rangers: RPM for 32 episodes.
McIver's big screen debut was in Peter Jackson
's film adaptation of The Lovely Bones
, which received its U.S. release on 11 December 2009. In the film, she played Lindsey Salmon, the younger sister of the main character.
She appeared in the film Predicament, based on the novel by Ronald Hugh Morrieson
, which was released in New Zealand and Australia on 26 August 2010. Filming took place in July and August 2009 in the towns of Hawera
and Eltham
. Her most recent film appearance will be in the television movie Tangiwai. The film, which will be released on 14 August 2011 on TVOne, is based on the 1953 Tangiwai disaster
. In the film, McIver plays Nerissa Love, the fiancée of New Zealand cricketer Bob Blair
. She also has a role in the comedy series Super City
, playing cheerleader Candice.
She's appeared on an episode of Made in Hollywood, and on two episodes of the Irish talk show Xposé
.
From March 19 to April 10 2010 she appeared on stage at the Herald Theatre as Izzy, the best friend of the main character in That Face. McIver was also selected to participate in the 2010 Show Me Shorts Film Festival.
Currently, McIver has put her studies at the University of Auckland on hold, and has traveled to Los Angeles
for "a couple of top-secret projects". She has been cast opposite Chris Lowell
in the indie film Light Years.
|+ Awards
|-
! Year
! Award
! Category
! Production
! Result
|-
| 2002
| TV Guide NZ Television Awards
| Best Juvenile Actor/Actress
|Xena Warrior Princess ("Little Problems")
| Winner
|-
| 2007
| Air New Zealand Screen Awards
| Best performance by an actress
|Maddigan's Quest
| Finalist
|-
| 2010
| Visa Entertainment Screen Awards
| Best NZ Actress
| The Lovely Bones
| Winner
|}
New Zealand
New Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses and numerous smaller islands. The country is situated some east of Australia across the Tasman Sea, and roughly south of the Pacific island nations of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga...
. She is most famous for her role as Summer Landsdown/Ranger Operator Series Yellow in 2009's Power Rangers: RPM
Power Rangers: RPM
Power Rangers RPM is the seventeenth installment in the American children's television series Power Rangers. As with all previous Power Rangers series, RPM uses footage, costumes, and other props from the Super Sentai Series, in this case, from Engine Sentai Go-onger...
. Her best known film role is in The Lovely Bones
The Lovely Bones (film)
The Lovely Bones is a 2009 American drama film directed by Peter Jackson. It is a film adaptation of the award-winning and best-selling 2002 novel of the same name by Alice Sebold. The film stars Saoirse Ronan as Susie Salmon, alongside Mark Wahlberg and Rachel Weisz as Susie's parents Jack and...
, her other films include The Piano, Johnny Kapahala: Back on Board
Johnny Kapahala: Back on Board
Johnny Kapahala: Back on Board is the 70th Disney Channel Original Movie and is the sequel to the 1999 film Johnny Tsunami. The movie premiered on Disney Channel on June 8, 2007. 1.3 million viewers watched this movie in the U.L placing 3rd in its timeslot...
and most recently the comedy/drama Predicament; as well as guest appearances on television shows such as Hercules, Xena: Warrior Princess
Xena: Warrior Princess
Xena: Warrior Princess is an American–New Zealand supernatural fantasy adventure series that aired in syndication from September 4, 1995 until June 18, 2001....
, and Legend of the Seeker
Legend of the Seeker
Legend of the Seeker is a television series based on The Sword of Truth novels by Terry Goodkind. Distributed in U.S. by Disney-ABC Domestic Television, ABC Studios produced the series, which was its first foray into broadcast syndication, with Sam Raimi, Robert Tapert, Joshua Donen, Ned Nalle and...
.
Personal life
McIver was born on 10 October 1988. Her father, Mac, is a photographer, and her mother, Annie, is an artist. She has an older brother, Paul McIverPaul McIver
Paul McIver is an actor and musician from New Zealand. His first film appearance was in the television series The Ray Bradbury Theater. He has appeared in the Hercules: The Legendary Journeys films and television show as Hercules' son, and the 1993 movie, The Tommyknockers.-Biography:Paul McIver...
, who is a musician and former actor. She once studied ballet and jazz dance, and enjoys running. McIver also enjoys writing, and is inspired by the works of John Steinbeck
John Steinbeck
John Ernst Steinbeck, Jr. was an American writer. He is widely known for the Pulitzer Prize-winning novel The Grapes of Wrath and East of Eden and the novella Of Mice and Men...
, Wally Lamb
Wally Lamb
Wally Lamb is an American author known as the writer of the novels She's Come Undone and I Know This Much Is True, both of which were selected for Oprah's Book Club.Lamb was born in Norwich, Connecticut...
and Franz Kafka
Franz Kafka
Franz Kafka was a culturally influential German-language author of short stories and novels. Contemporary critics and academics, including Vladimir Nabokov, regard Kafka as one of the best writers of the 20th century...
. She attended Avondale College
Avondale College, Auckland
Avondale College is a secondary education college in Avondale, Auckland, New Zealand. It is one of the largest secondary schools in New Zealand with 2,700 students, with 100 of those being international students...
and was a prefect in her final year; she graduated in 2006. Currently, she is in her second year at the University of Auckland
University of Auckland
The University of Auckland is a university located in Auckland, New Zealand. It is the largest university in the country and the highest ranked in the 2011 QS World University Rankings, having been ranked worldwide...
, and majors in Psychology and Linguistics. Between acting jobs, she baby-sits and works part-time importing bananas with Fair Trade; she recently took part in their "All Good Bananas" promotion, as the voice of the listener's conscience. As of August 2011, McIver moved from the home she shared in Wellington
Wellington
Wellington is the capital city and third most populous urban area of New Zealand, although it is likely to have surpassed Christchurch due to the exodus following the Canterbury Earthquake. It is at the southwestern tip of the North Island, between Cook Strait and the Rimutaka Range...
with her boyfriend, to Los Angeles
Los Ángeles
Los Ángeles is the capital of the province of Biobío, in the commune of the same name, in Region VIII , in the center-south of Chile. It is located between the Laja and Biobío rivers. The population is 123,445 inhabitants...
.
Career
At the age of two, McIver began appearing in commercials; by the age of three, she received the role of an angel in the film, The Piano.She has mostly worked for New Zealand television, from fantasy like Maddigan's Quest to dramas such as Rude Awakenings. She has also starred in television movies such as the Hercules film series and Maiden Voyage, as well as two Disney Channel
Disney Channel
Disney Channel is an American basic cable and satellite television network, owned by the Disney-ABC Television Group division of The Walt Disney Company. It is under the direction of Disney-ABC Television Group President Anne Sweeney. The channel's headquarters is located on West Alameda Ave. in...
films: Eddie's Million Dollar Cook-Off in 2003, and Johnny Kapahala: Back on Board in 2007, which is the sequel to the 1999 film Johnny Tsunami
Johnny Tsunami
Johnny Tsunami is a 1999 Disney Channel Original Movie. It was nominated in 2000 for the Humanitas Prize as Children's Live-Action Category. Johnny Tsunami is the predecessor to Johnny Kapahala: Back on Board, released in June 2007.-Plot summary:...
. From March to December 2009, she played Ranger Yellow Summer Landsdown in the television series Power Rangers: RPM for 32 episodes.
McIver's big screen debut was in Peter Jackson
Peter Jackson
Sir Peter Robert Jackson, KNZM is a New Zealand film director, producer, actor, and screenwriter, known for his The Lord of the Rings film trilogy , adapted from the novel by J. R. R...
's film adaptation of The Lovely Bones
The Lovely Bones (film)
The Lovely Bones is a 2009 American drama film directed by Peter Jackson. It is a film adaptation of the award-winning and best-selling 2002 novel of the same name by Alice Sebold. The film stars Saoirse Ronan as Susie Salmon, alongside Mark Wahlberg and Rachel Weisz as Susie's parents Jack and...
, which received its U.S. release on 11 December 2009. In the film, she played Lindsey Salmon, the younger sister of the main character.
She appeared in the film Predicament, based on the novel by Ronald Hugh Morrieson
Ronald Hugh Morrieson
Ronald Hugh Morrieson of Hawera, Taranaki was a novelist and short story writer in the New Zealand vernacular. He earned his living as a...
, which was released in New Zealand and Australia on 26 August 2010. Filming took place in July and August 2009 in the towns of Hawera
Hawera
Hawera is the second-largest town in the Taranaki region of New Zealand's North Island, with a population of . It is near the coast of the South Taranaki Bight, 75 kilometres south of New Plymouth on State Highway 3 and 20 minutes' drive from Mount Taranaki/Egmont.It is also on State Highway 45,...
and Eltham
Eltham, New Zealand
thumb|left|The town center of ElthamEltham is a small inland town in South Taranaki, New Zealand, located 50 km south of the city of New Plymouth and southeast of the volcanic cone of Mount Taranaki/Egmont. Stratford is 11 km north, Kaponga 13 km west, and Hawera 19 km south....
. Her most recent film appearance will be in the television movie Tangiwai. The film, which will be released on 14 August 2011 on TVOne, is based on the 1953 Tangiwai disaster
Tangiwai disaster
The Tangiwai disaster on 24 December 1953 was the worst rail accident in New Zealand history. An 11-carriage overnight express from Wellington to Auckland fell into the Whangaehu River at Tangiwai, ten kilometres west of Waiouru. The bridge carrying the North Island Main Trunk Railway over the...
. In the film, McIver plays Nerissa Love, the fiancée of New Zealand cricketer Bob Blair
Bob Blair (cricketer)
Robert William Blair is a former cricketer who played 19 Tests for New Zealand.In December 1953 Blair, playing for New Zealand against South Africa at Johannesburg, received news that his fiancée, Nerissa Love, had been killed in the Tangiwai railway disaster on Christmas Eve...
. She also has a role in the comedy series Super City
Super City (TV series)
Super City is a New Zealand television comedy series starring Madeleine Sami and directed by Taika Waititi . It premiered on the TV3 network in 2011....
, playing cheerleader Candice.
She's appeared on an episode of Made in Hollywood, and on two episodes of the Irish talk show Xposé
Xposé
Xposé is an Irish entertainment/celebrity gossip programme, broadcast weekday evenings at 6pm on TV3, with a repeat the following day at 12:50pm on TV3 and again at 6.30pm on 3e .-History and format:...
.
From March 19 to April 10 2010 she appeared on stage at the Herald Theatre as Izzy, the best friend of the main character in That Face. McIver was also selected to participate in the 2010 Show Me Shorts Film Festival.
Currently, McIver has put her studies at the University of Auckland on hold, and has traveled to Los Angeles
Los Ángeles
Los Ángeles is the capital of the province of Biobío, in the commune of the same name, in Region VIII , in the center-south of Chile. It is located between the Laja and Biobío rivers. The population is 123,445 inhabitants...
for "a couple of top-secret projects". She has been cast opposite Chris Lowell
Chris Lowell
Christopher "Chris" Lowell is an American television actor. He played the role of Stosh "Piz" Piznarski in the CW noir drama Veronica Mars and most recently played the character William "Dell" Parker in the ABC Grey's Anatomy spin-off, Private Practice.-Personal life:Lowell was born in Atlanta,...
in the indie film Light Years.
Filmography
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1993 | Angel | ||
| 1997 | Topless Women Talk About Their Lives | Sally | |
| 1998 | Making the Rain Breathe | ||
| 1998 | Flying | Josie | Short film |
| 2001 | Ozzie | Caitlin | |
| 2002 | Toy Love Toy Love (film) Toy Love is a New Zealand made film released in 2003. The film was directed and written by Harry Sinclair and features Dean O'Gorman, Kate Elliott, Marissa Stott, Michael Lawrence, Genevieve McClean, Chris Dykzeul, Peter Feeney, Quinton Hita, Miriama Smith, Kim Michalis, Rose McIver and Lynette... |
Lucy | |
| 2007 | Knickers | Emily | Short film |
| 2009 | Beautiful Collision | Renee | Short film |
| 2009 | Lindsey Salmon | ||
| 2010 | Predicament | Maybelle Zimmerman | |
| 2012 | Light Years | Charlotte | Filming |
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1993 | Shortland Street Shortland Street Shortland Street is a New Zealand prime-time soap opera, first broadcast on Television New Zealand's TV2 on 25 May 1992. It is the country's longest-running drama and soap opera, being broadcast continuously for over 4500 episodes and 19 years, and is one of the most watched television programs in... |
Holly | TV series |
| 1994 | Hercules and the Amazon Women Hercules And The Amazon Women "Hercules and the Amazon Women" is the first movie-length pilot episode of the television series Hercules: The Legendary Journeys.-Plot overview:... |
Girl (Hydra) | TV movie |
| 1994 | Hercules in the Underworld Hercules In The Underworld Hercules in the Underworld is the fourth made for TV movie in the series Hercules: The Legendary Journeys.-Overview:When villagers begin disappearing it is discovered that they had fallen through a crack in the earth which goes straight to Hades... |
Ilea | TV movie |
| 1994 | Hercules in the Maze of the Minotaur Hercules In The Maze Of The Minotaur Hercules in the Maze of the Minotaur is the fifth made-for-TV movie in the series Hercules: The Legendary Journeys.-Overview:Hercules has given up his days of traveling, and amazing adventures, and has settled down to spend some time with his family... |
Ilea | TV movie |
| 1995 | Hercules: The Legendary Journeys Hercules: The Legendary Journeys Hercules: The Legendary Journeys is a television series, filmed in New Zealand and the United States. It was produced from 1995, and was very loosely based on the tales of the classical Greek culture hero Heracles... |
Ilea | Episode: "The Other Side" |
| 1995 | Riding High | Billy | TV series |
| 1996 | City Life City Life (TV series) City Life was a New Zealand soap opera that screened on TVNZ from 1996-1998. It was portrayed the lives and loves of ten singles who lived in an upmarket apartment building in Auckland, New Zealand... |
Sophie | TV series |
| 1997 | Hercules: The Legendary Journeys Hercules: The Legendary Journeys Hercules: The Legendary Journeys is a television series, filmed in New Zealand and the United States. It was produced from 1995, and was very loosely based on the tales of the classical Greek culture hero Heracles... |
Ilea | Episode: "When a Man Loves a Woman" |
| 1999 | Xena: Warrior Princess Xena: Warrior Princess Xena: Warrior Princess is an American–New Zealand supernatural fantasy adventure series that aired in syndication from September 4, 1995 until June 18, 2001.... |
Daphne | Episode: "Little Problems" |
| 2002 | Murder in Greenwich Murder in Greenwich (film) Murder in Greenwich is a 2002 American television film directed by Tom McLoughlin. The teleplay by Dave Erickson is based on the 1998 book of the same title by Mark Fuhrman.... |
Sheila McGuire | TV movie |
| 2002 | Mercy Peak Mercy Peak Mercy Peak was a New Zealand drama television series that ran for three seasons on TV One between 2001 and 2004.-Cast:*Sara Wiseman as Nicky Somerville*Jeffrey Thomas as William Kingsley... |
Gwyneth Couch | Episode "Cruel to Be Kind" |
| 2003 | P.E.T. Detectives | Genevieve | Episode: "Play It Again Evan" |
| 2003 | Eddie's Million Dollar Cook-Off Eddie's Million Dollar Cook-Off Eddie's Million Dollar Cook-Off is a 2003 Disney Channel Original Movie.-Plot:Eddie Ogden is a junior high school baseball player for the Groundhogs, coached by his father. His father wants Eddie to win a scholarship for his baseball skills. Eddie likes baseball, but in his spare time, he watches... |
Hannah | TV movie |
| 2004 | Maiden Voyage | Jenny | TV movie |
| 2006 | Emily Rushmore | TV series | |
| 2006 | Maddigan's Quest Maddigan's Quest Maddigan's Quest was a fantasy-based television series set in a post-apocalyptic future. It was based on an original concept by Margaret Mahy and was developed for television by Gavin Strawhan and Rachel Lang... |
Garland | 13 episodes |
| 2007 | Rude Awakenings Rude Awakenings Rude Awakenings was a New Zealand comedy/drama series that aired on TV ONE on Friday evenings. The pilot episode aired on February 9, 2007... |
Constance Short | 11 episodes |
| 2007 | Johnny Kapahala: Back on Board Johnny Kapahala: Back on Board Johnny Kapahala: Back on Board is the 70th Disney Channel Original Movie and is the sequel to the 1999 film Johnny Tsunami. The movie premiered on Disney Channel on June 8, 2007. 1.3 million viewers watched this movie in the U.L placing 3rd in its timeslot... |
Valerie | TV movie |
| 2009 | Legend of the Seeker Legend of the Seeker Legend of the Seeker is a television series based on The Sword of Truth novels by Terry Goodkind. Distributed in U.S. by Disney-ABC Domestic Television, ABC Studios produced the series, which was its first foray into broadcast syndication, with Sam Raimi, Robert Tapert, Joshua Donen, Ned Nalle and... |
Alice | Episode: "Reckoning" |
| 2009 | Power Rangers RPM | Summer Landsdown | 32 episodes |
| 2011 | Tangiwai | Nerissa Love | TV movie |
| 2011 | Super City Super City (TV series) Super City is a New Zealand television comedy series starring Madeleine Sami and directed by Taika Waititi . It premiered on the TV3 network in 2011.... |
Candice | TV series |
| Year | Title | Role | Theatre |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2003 | Arcadia Arcadia (play) Arcadia is a 1993 play by Tom Stoppard concerning the relationship between past and present and between order and disorder and the certainty of knowledge... |
Thomasina Coverly | Titirangi Theatre, Auckland |
| 2008 | Blood Brothers | Various | Peach Theatre Company, Auckland |
| 2010 | That Face That Face That Face is a two-act play written by Polly Stenham. It premiered at the Royal Court Theatre in London on 26 April 2007, directed by Jeremy Herrin. The play was revived at the Duke of York's Theatre in the West End in 2008, opening on 1 May... |
Izzy | Silo Theatre Company, Auckland |
Awards/Nominations
{| class="wikitable sortable"|+ Awards
|-
! Year
! Award
! Category
! Production
! Result
|-
| 2002
| TV Guide NZ Television Awards
| Best Juvenile Actor/Actress
|Xena Warrior Princess ("Little Problems")
| Winner
|-
| 2007
| Air New Zealand Screen Awards
| Best performance by an actress
|Maddigan's Quest
Maddigan's Quest
Maddigan's Quest was a fantasy-based television series set in a post-apocalyptic future. It was based on an original concept by Margaret Mahy and was developed for television by Gavin Strawhan and Rachel Lang...
| Finalist
|-
| 2010
| Visa Entertainment Screen Awards
| Best NZ Actress
| The Lovely Bones
The Lovely Bones (film)
The Lovely Bones is a 2009 American drama film directed by Peter Jackson. It is a film adaptation of the award-winning and best-selling 2002 novel of the same name by Alice Sebold. The film stars Saoirse Ronan as Susie Salmon, alongside Mark Wahlberg and Rachel Weisz as Susie's parents Jack and...
| Winner
|}