Liesha Ward-Knox

Liesha, a graduate of the UNITEC School of Performing and Screen Arts, made her Auckland Theatre Company debut in My Name is Gary Cooper in 2007. Other theatre credits include Bad Jelly The Witch, Plenty, Cymbeline, Undine and Orpheus Descending.

Her screen acting credits include the feature film Hidden as well as roles on

Shortland Street

and

Mercy Peak

. As a founding member of the burgeoning theatre company Phundmi Productions, Liesha recently performed and co-produced

Shakespeare Unbar’d.

,a show aimed at bringing theatre to the people.