– actor and live stunt performer L Peter Land (born 1953) – West End and Broadway actor, singer Lucy Lawless (born 1968) – actress, Xena: Warrior Princess, Spartacus: Blood and Sand Bruno Lawrence (1941–1995) – actor and musician with band Blerta (born in England) Nathaniel Lees (born 1972) – actor John Leigh (born 1965) – actor Melanie Lynskey (born 1977) – Hollywood actress M Robyn Malcolm (born 1965) – actress James Henry Marriott (1799–1886) – actor (born in England, arrived in New Zealand 1843) Sally Martin (born 1985) – actress Rose McIver (born 1988) – actress Bret McKenzie (born 1976) – half of the comedy duo Flight of the Conchords Thomasin Harcourt McKenzie (born 2000) – actress David McPhail (1945–2021) – actor Michael Miles (1919–1971) – game show host Temuera Morrison (born 1960) – actor Ian Mune (born 1941) – actor, director, screenwriter N Marshall Napier (1951–2022) – actor Jessica Napier (born 1979) – actress Sam Neill (born 1947) – actor (born in Northern Ireland, raised in New Zealand) O Dean O'Gorman (born 1976) – actor Rena Owen (born 1962) – actress Stefania LaVie Owen (born 1997) – actress (born in Miami, Florida; New-Zealand-American) P Anna Paquin (born 1982) – actress (born in Canada, raised in New Zealand) Rawiri Paratene – actor Craig Parker (born 1970) – actor, Shortland Street, Legend of the Seeker, Spartacus: Blood and Sand Nyree Dawn Porter (1936–2001) – actress Simon Prast (born 1962) – actor Antonia Prebble (born 1984) – actress R Chris Rankin (born 1983) – actor Greer Robson (born 1971) – actress Ilona Rodgers (born 1942) – actress James Rolleston (born 1997) – actor Caleb Ross (born 1981) – actor Paolo Rotondo (born 1971) – Italian-born actor Alison Routledge (born 1960) – actress Jay Ryan (born 1981) – actor Beauty & the Beast S Madeleine Sami (born 1980) – actress Brian Sergent (born 1959) – actor Emmett Skilton (born 1987) – actor Kerry Smith (1953–2011) – actress Kevin Smith (1963–2002) – actor Miriama Smith (born 1976) – actress Ewen Solon (1917–1985) – actor Antony Starr (born 1975) – actor, Banshee, Outrageous Fortune, Rush, Tricky Business Alyssa Stringfellow (born 1985) – actress, musician, model Matthew Sunderland (born c. 1972) – actor T Olivia Tennet (born 1991) – actress Beryl Te Wiata (1925–2017) – actress, author, scriptwriter Inia Te Wiata (1915–1971) – opera singer, actor, carver Rima Te Wiata (born 1963) – actress Joel Tobeck