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.

Early life and education 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).

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.

Personal life Wright's husband Michael Beran is also an actor and they live in Auckland with their daughter, Olive.

Filmography Film Year Title Role Notes 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 Not Only But Always Julie Andrews 2006 Black Sheep Dr. Astrid Rush Out of the Blue Julie-Anne Bryson 2009 Piece of My Heart Chloe Morton

Television