Kura Forrester

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Kura Leigh Forrester (born in 1985) is a New Zealand comedian, actor and writer.

In 2013 she moved to London for two years, where she met fellow New Zealand comedian Jarred Christmas, who invited her to perform at a comedy gig he was running.

She returned to New Zealand in 2015 and performed her first solo comedy show, Tiki Tour, as part of the 2015 New Zealand International Comedy Festival.

She has appeared in numerous productions across television, film, and theatre, including a small role in Taika Waititi and Jemaine Clement's mockumentary film What We Do in the Shadows.

Other feature film credits include The Breaker Upperers, Belief: The Possession of Janet Moses, and Fantail.

On television, she has had leading roles in Auckland Daze, Super City, Find Me A Māori Bride, The Barefoot Bandits, The Adventures of Suzy Boon, Jandal Burn, Golden Boy, and Educators.

In 2019, she joined the core cast of Shortland Street, New Zealand's longest-running soap opera, playing Desdemona Schmidt, the larger-than-life socialite mother of Angel Schmidt.

Theatre credits include Perplex, Camping, Ngā Pou Wahine, The Wholehearted, Amadeus, and When Sun and Moon Collide.

In 2019, she became the first woman of Māori descent to received the Billy T Award for New Zealand's best up-and-coming stand-up comedian.

As part of the 2019 New Zealand International Comedy Festival, she performed her show Kura Shoulda Woulda at Auckland's Basement Theatre and Wellington's BATS Theatre. She has since toured the show across New Zealand.

[Source: Wikipedia, 20/06/2022.]