Renee Lyons
Renee Lyons is a versatile and highly regarded actor, writer and theatre-maker, with a career spanning both stage and screen. A graduate of Unitec Performing Arts School, she moves easily between drama and comedy, bringing a grounded, and highly engaging quality to her performances.
She has built a substantial body of work across many of the country’s leading theatre companies, including Silo Theatre, Auckland Theatre Company and Circa Theatre, as well as developing and performing her own materials. On screen, Renee is a familiar presence across a wide range of local and international productions, with credits including M3GAN, The Convert, Rurangi, Creamerie, Westside and Shortland Street.
Alongside her acting, Renee is an accomplished writer and creator. Her critically acclaimed solo show Nick: An Accidental Hero toured nationally and internationally, with seasons in both Melbourne and Edinburgh, and her work has been recognised with multiple Chapman Tripp Theatre Awards. As a maker and writer, she brings the same clarity, humour and insight as she does to her performance work.
Hair Colour
Blonde
Location
Auckland | Tāmaki Makaurau
Age Range
45 - 55
Ethnicity
New Zealand European
Height
168cm
Eye Colour
Brown
Full CV
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Feature Film
2025 - Mum, I'm Alien Pregnant - Judy - Director/s - Sean Wallace & Jordan Mark Windsor - Hinterland Creative
2024 - The Convert - Jane Beauchamp - Director - Lee Tamahori - Brouhaha Entertainment
2022 - M3GAN - Helen - Director - Gerard Johnstone - Candy Cane Productions
2020 - Rurangi - Colleen Richter - Director - Max Currie - Autonomouse
2018 - Savage - Mum - Director - Sam Kelly - Domino Films
2018 - The Breaker Upperers - Trudy Stallone / Client 5 -Director/s - Jackie van Beek & Madeleine Sami - Miss Piki Films
2015 - The Great Maiden's Blush - Aila (lead) - Torchlight Films
2009 - Jake - Belinda - Director - Doug Dillaman - Hybrid Motion Pictures
Television
2025 - Homebound 3.0 - Principle Edna - Director - Johnny Barker - Kevin & Co
2024 - Madam - Hellz - XYZ Films/Tavake
2023 - Shortland Street - Stevie-Lee - South Pacific Pictures
2022 - Raised by Refugees - Kristine - Director - Kate McGill - Kevin & Co
2021 - Rurangi: season I - Colleen Richter - Director - Max Currie - Autonomouse
2021 - Creamerie: season 1 - Viv - Director - Roseanne Liang - Kevin & Co
2020 - Westside: season 6 - Valerie - South Pacific Pictures
2020 - The Race First @ 11 - News Anchor - Director - Jesse Griffin - South Pacific Pictures
2019 - The Brokenwood Mysteries: season 6 Jenny - South Pacific Pictures
2019 - Westside: season 5 - Valerie - South Pacific Pictures
2019 - Mean Mums - Livia, Gifted Kids Teacher - Director - Damon Fepulea'i - South Pacific Pictures
2019 - Wellington Paranormal - Sharon - Director/s - Jackie van Beek & Jemaine Clement - Wellington Documentary Board
2019 - Educators - Sex Ed Teacher - Director - Jesse Griffin - South Pacific Pictures
2018 - Fresh Eggs - Danielle - Warner Bros.
2018 - Funny Girls: season 3 (sketch show) - Various - Mediaworks
2017 - 800 Words: season 3 - Brenda - South Pacific Pictures
2017 - 2018 - Jono & Ben (sketch show) - Various - Mediaworks
2017 - Power Rangers: Shuriken - Repellant Woman -Power Rangers Productions
2016 - Filthy Rich: season 2 - Patricia - Filthy Productions
2016 - Why Does Love (tele-feature) - Hotel Receptionist - Director - Danny Mulheron - Great Southern Television
2016 - 800 Words: season 2 - Brenda - Weld Productions
2016 - Funny Girls: season 2 (sketch show) - Renee - Director - Madeleine Sami - Mediaworks
2015 - Funny Girls (sketch show) - Renee - Director - Johnny Barker - Mediaworks TV
2015 - Filthy Rich: season 1 - Patricia - Filthy Productions
2015 - Jono & Ben - Renee - MediaWorks
2015 - 800 Words: season 1 - Brenda - South Pacific Pictures
2014 - When We Go To War (telefeature) - Edith - Director - Peter Burger - Jump Film & TV
2013 - Super City: season 2 - Bianca - Director - Oscar Kightley - Super Fumes Ltd,
2010 - Super City: season 1 - Renee - Director - Taika Waititi - Super Fumes Ltd
Theatre
2023 - Verbatim - Lead - Circa Theatre
2022 - The Girl on the Train - Rachel Watson - The Court Theatre
2019 - Rants in the Dark - Director - Lyndee-Jane Rutherford - Circa Theatre
2019 - Much Ado About Nothing - Beatrice - Director - Miriama McDowell - Pop Up Globe
2019 - Romeo and Juliet - Prince - Director - Miles Gregory - Pop Up Globe
2015 - Ache - Circa Theatre - Director - Lyndee Jane Rutherford
2015 - Constellations - Marianne - Director - Melanie Camp - Court Theatre
2014 - The Man Whose Mother Was A Pirate - Nigel -Auckland Theatre Company
2014 Soo-Young: The Musical! - Soo-Young / Various (solo show) - Director - Ben Crowder - Basement Theatre
2013 - Verbatim (tour) - Various - Basement Theatre / Mangere Arts Centre / Newton Community Hall
2013 - Nick: An Accidental Hero (tour) - Nick / Various (solo show) - Director - Abigail Greenwood - BATS / Basement Theatre
2012 - The Triumphant’s: Nick - Nick / Various (solo show) - Director - Abigail Greenwood - Q Theatre
2011 - Le Sud - Dominique Le Bons - Director - Jonathon Hendry - Centrepoint Theatre
2011 - Joseph & Mahina - Mahina / Various - Director - Hera Dunleavy - Basement Theatre / BATS
2010 - TOYS - Share-a-Smile-Becky - Director - , Dir: Cameron Rhodes & Toby Leach - Basement Theatre
2010 - The Continental Monologues: Asia - Korean Woman (lead) - Director - Thomas Sainsbury - Te Karanga Gallery
2010 - Sunday Roast - Various - Director - Dena Kennedy
2009 - The Christmas Monologues - Lead - Director - Katrina Chandra
2009 - The Mucks - Lead - Basement Theatre - Director - Renee Lyons
2008 - A Midsummer Nights Dream - Titania - Director - John Callen - Unitec Performing Arts School
2008 - The Ensemble Project - Lead - Director - Michael Hurst & Oliver Driver - Silo Theatre
2008 - The Eight: Reindeer Monologues - Reindeer (lead) - Director - Cameron Rhodes - Basement Theatre
2008 - The Threepenny Opera - Beggar - Director - Michael Hurst - Silo Theatre
2008 - Top Girls - Joyce (lead) - Director - Jennifer Ward-Lealand - Unitec Performing Arts School
2007 - A Long Goodbye at the Riverside - Loopy Sue - Director - Roz Gardner - Unitec Performing Arts School
2007 - The Caucasian Chalk Circle - Grusha - Director - Heath Jones - Unitec Performing Arts School
2007 - To Seek the Happy Aisles - Amber - Director - Leo Gene Peters - Unitec Performing Arts School
2006 - Class Act - Mary Haines - Director - Kate Louise Elliot - Unitec Performing Arts School
Web-series
2017 Stand Up Girl - Kirsty - Director - Aidee Walker - NZME
Short Film
2011 Pearl - Pearl Fish (lead) - Director - Thomas Sainsbury - Fleet St. Productions
2008 - Trash - Mandy (lead) - Director - John Callen - United Performing Arts School
Commercials (past 5 years only)
2025 - Qantas - NZ only
2025 - Molenberg - NZ only
2020 - Pizza Hut - NZ only -
2008 - Meisner Technique - with Michael Saccente
2008 - TVi workshop - with TVi
2006 - 2008 - Bachelor of Performing & Screen Arts - Unitec Performing Arts School
2006 - Clowning workshop - with Pedro Ilgenfritz/Luxenbourg Gardens -
2015 - Winner - Accolade for Outstanding Performance in 'Ache' - Wellington Theatre Awards
2013 - Winner - Accolade for Outstanding Performance in ‘Nick: An Accidental Hero’ - Chapman Tripp Theatre Awards
2013 - Nominee - Outstanding New Playwright of the Year for ‘Nick: An Accidental Hero - Chapman Tripp Theatre Awards
2011 - Nominee - Outstanding NZ Play of the Year for ‘Joseph & Mahina' - Chapman Tripp Theatre Awards -
Accents - American (various), Australian, British (various)
Singer - Mezzo Soprano
Dancer
Contemporary Dancer
Cycling
Drivers Lience - Full
Netball
Basketball
Physical Theatre
