Tania Nolan
A graduate of Toi Whakaari: NZ Drama School, Tania’s breakout performance in The Hothouse earned her a Qantas Television Award nomination for Best Actress.
She has since built a substantial career across both local and international productions, carving out a career that moves easily between comedy, drama, action and genre television. Currently on screen as Dr. Sophia Crane on Shortland Street, she was previously known to New Zealand audiences for leading roles in Go Girls, This Is Not My Life and Crackhead. Her international work spans network television and studio features, including roles in NCIS and Underworld: Rise of the Lycans.
Behind the scenes Tania works as an acting coach, with clients including Cooper Koch - who was recently nominated for both an Emmy and Golden Globe for his role in Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story. The ongoing collaboration her coaching work brings continues to deepen and inform her own on-screen craft.
Hair Colour
Blonde
Location
Auckland | Tāmaki Makaurau
Age Range
30 - 40
Ethnicity
New Zealand European
Height
175cm
Eye Colour
BLue
Showreel
Full CV
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Feature Film
2023 - Tinā - Helen (supporting) - Director - Miki Magasiva - Feel Me Films
2022 - The Convert - Mrs Webster (supporting) - Director - Lee Tamahori
2018 - Static - Nella (lead) - Director - Miriam Anwari
2016 - And Then There Was Eve - Alyssa (lead) - Director - Savannah Bloch
2016 - The 6th Friend - Sahara - Director - Letia Clouston
2015 - Into The Rainbow 3D - Lindsay (supporting) - Director - Norman Stone - TW Films Ltd
2009 - Underworld: Rise of the Lycans - Luka (supporting) - Director - Patrick Tatopoulos
2007 - Kissy Kissy - Alison (lead) - Director - Alexander Greenhough & Elric Kane
2007 - When the Night Falls Louise Williams (Lead) - Director - Alex GalvinTelevision
2026 - Shortland Street - Dr. Sophia Crane (major guest) - South Pacific Pictures
2025 - Crackhead - Emma Solomon (core cast) - Director - Emmett Skilton - Warner Bros.
2022 - My Life Is Murder: season 2 - Gilda (episode guest lead) - Greenstone Television
2021 - Head High: season 2 - Cammy (recurring) - Director - Tim Worrall - South Pacific Pictures Ltd
2021 - Taumanu - Lady Cole (core cast) - Director - Taratoa Stappard - Sweetshop & Green Limited
2021 - The Brokenwood Mysteries: season 8 - Debs (episode guest) - South Pacific Pictures
2019 - NCIS - Nena Easterling - Director - Alrick Riley - CBS Television Studios
2017 - Home and Away - Scarlett Snow - Seven Network Ltd
2015 - Grayson Earth One - Nat (series regular) - Director - Hisonni Johnson
2015 - Fight Night Legacy - Nat (series regular) - Director - Hisonni Johnson
2014 - Step Dave - Julia Deering (series regular) - South Pacific Pictures
2010 - This Is Not My Life - Dr. Natasha Collins (series regular) - GRST Productions
2009 - The Cult - Karyn (episode guest) - Great Southern Television
2009 - Spartacus - Blood and Sand - Caecilia (recurring) - STARZ
2008 - Legend of the Seeker Dennee Amnell (recurring) ABC / Disney
2008 - Go Girls - Angela Caulfield (recurring) - South Pacific Pictures
2007 - The Hothouse - Isobel Jones (lead) - Gibson Group
Short Film
2016 - Break the Will - Mathilda - Dir. Jonathan Siebel
2014 - 9 to 5 Feet Under - Rebecca - Director - Terry Ziegelman
2014 - Dishonestly Yours - Sofia - Director - Alex Lane
2014 - Whispers - Alice - Director - Arndt-Wulf Peemoller
2012 - The Knightswood Mom - Princess - Dir. Alex Haughey
2012 - A Better Place Than This - Sophie Whitehouse (lead) - Director - Daniel Grove - Boo Productions
2012 - Croquembouche - Marion (lead) - Director - Matthew Chevlen
Theatre
2008 - Rabbit - Bella (lead) - Circa Theatre
2007 - Noisy Shadows - Jen - Bats Theatre
2007 - After Service - Sandra - Centrepoint Theatre
2007 - Part of Me - Sarah - Bats Theatre
2005 - The Play about the Baby - Girl - NZDS
2004 - Great Expectations - Estella (Lead) - NZDS
2004 - Pericles, Prince of Tyre - Thaisa - NZDS -
Bachelor Of Performing Arts - 2005
Toi Whakaari - NZ Drama School
Movement-based Expressive Arts Therapy Workshop - 2005, Jaime Nisenbaum, Anna Halprin, Jamie McHugh - 3 week intensive Meisner - 2005
American Accent /Audition Technique - 2005, Terri de'Ath
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2018 - Nominee Best Actress - Oregon Short Film Festival - for Break the Will
2015 - Nominee Best Female Performance, Drama - IAWTV Awards - for Grayson: Earth One
2007 - Nominee Best Actress, Drama - Qantas Television Awards - for The Hothouse -
Singer - Mezzo-Soprano
Horse riding - dressage/jumping and cross-country (beginner/intermediate)
Accents - American,
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