Ana Scotney
- Age Range
- 23 - 31
- Ethnicity
- European, Jewish, Māori
- Locations
- Wellington
- Height
- 170cm / 5ft 7in
- Bust/Chest
- 89cm / 35in
- Waist
- 76cm / 30in
- Hips
- 106cm / 42in
Bio
Ana Chaya Scotney is an actor, artist and film and theatre maker.
She recently completed shooting as one of the leads in the inter-generational Māori-helmed feature film Cousins. She plays the lead, Millie, in Michelle Savill's NZFC funded soon-to-be released debut feature film Mille Lies Low. She has recently wrapped filming the new Netflix series God’s Favourite Idiot in Byron Bay, alongside Melissa McCarthy, Ben Falcone and Steve Mallory.
Her breakthrough screen role came when cast as Sepa in Jackie Van Beek and Madeleine Sami’s 2018 hit comedy feature The Breaker Upperers – currently streaming on Netflix.
In 2020, Ana was awarded one of six Gender Scholarships from The New Zealand Film Commission. An award which recognises and celebrates women in the screen industry, and is aimed at supporting their career progression. With this grant, she is developing short film Universe From Our Waka, and feature-project Agnes.
In 2020, she was also an Artist in Residence, taking part in Basement Theatre's 'Ideas In Residence,' alongside award winning theatre maker and director Eleanor Bishop, developing material for a new solo performance exploring themes of belonging as an urban Māori, in Aotearoa New Zealand, today.
A prodigious writer and director, her first short film, Dance of Lonely Birds, created during her final year at Toi Whakaari, was shown at WINDA Indigenous Film Festival in Sydney, The Bali Indigenous Film Festival, and at Māoriland Film Festival.
Ana has devised and performed four original works of solo performance. Death of Nomad when she was 18, Mighty Boy, whilst studying acting at Toi Whakaari: NZ Drama School, Waiporoporo with Meanwhile Gallery, in Wellington and The Contours of Heaven which she co-created with director Puti Lancaster. The verbatim piece won multiple awards at the 2018 Auckland Fringe Festival, The Auckland Theatre Awards and following a New Zealand tour, played as part of a season of New Zealand theatre at the Soho Playhouse in New York January 11-13 2020.
Ana is of Māori (Tūhoe), German, Jewish and Irish decent and is a confident speaker of Te Reo Māori.
Ana's creative potfolio/platform link: https://kotiropublishinggiant....
Film
| Year | Production | Role | Production Company / Director | Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | Millie Lies Low | Millie | Sandy Lane Productions, dir. Michelle Savill | Feature Film |
| 2021 | Cousins | Mata | Mis Conceptions | Feature Film |
| 2018 | The Breaker Upperers | Sepa | Miss Piki Ltd /Jackie Van Beek, Madeleine Sami | Feature Film |
| 2015 | Belief: The Possession of Janet Moses | Georgina Moses | KHF Media - David Stubbs | Feature Film |
Television
| Year | Production | Role | Production Company / Director | Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | God's Favourite Idiot | Wendy | Netflix | Drama |
| 2019 | Shortland Street | Angel Schmidt | South Pacific Pictures | Drama |
| 2018 | Wellington Paranormal | Sheena the Shewolf | New Zealand Documentary Board, dir. Jemaine Clement, Jackie Van Beek, Taika Waititi | Comedy |
| 2018 | Golden Boy - Pilot | Leah | Mediaworks | Comedy |
| 2018 | Mangere Vice - Pilot | Beatrice | Adrenalin Group | Comedy |
Web Series
| Year | Production | Role | Production Company / Director | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | The Educators | Maria | South Pacific Pictures, dir. Jesse Griffin | |
| 2018 | The Watercooler | Various | Breakdown Productions |
Theatre
| Year | Production | Role | Production Company / Director | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | Waiporoporo | Solo Performer | Kotiro Publishing Grant, Meanwhile Gallery, dir. self | |
| 2018 | Mr Burns | Various | Q Theatre, dir. Oliver Driver | |
| 2018 | The Contours of Heaven | Lead | The Basement Theatre, Ana Chaya Scotney, Puti Lancaster & Owen McCarthy | |
| 2017 | Peer Gynt | Various | Auckland Theatre Company, dir. Colin McColl | |
| 2017 | D.O.Cing | BJ | NZ Intl Comedy Fest. dir Tom Sainsbury & Chris Parker | |
| 2016 | Dying For It | Margarita | Toi Whakaari, dir. John Bolton | |
| 2015 | Courage (An adaptation of Mother Courage and Her Children) | Anastasia Agapova (Lead) | Toi Whakaari, dir. Annie Ruth | |
| 2015 | Run For Your Life | Sally Smith | Toi Whakaari, dir. Uta Plate | |
| 2015 | Mighty Boy | Mighty boy | Dir. Jake Eriksen | |
| 2014 | Death of Nomad | Writer, Deviser, Solo Performer | Dir. Jo Randerson | |
| 2013 | Wheeler's Luck | Queenie | Long Cloud Youth Theatre, dir. Aaron Cortesi | |
| 2013 | Tom Keeper Passes | Textiles Girl | Long Cloud Youth Theatre, dir. Aaron Cortesi | |
| 2013 | Yo! Future | Hoodie | Long Cloud Youth Theatre, dir. Jo Randerson |
Short Film
| Year | Production | Role | Production Company / Director | Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | Dance of Lonely Birds | Director/Writer | Ana Scotney/Gabriella Gilbert (co production.) | Short Film |
| 2015 | BURBS: Owhiro Bay | Ana the Mermaid | Laura Robinson | Short Film |
Voice
| Year | Production | Role | Production Company / Director | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | Tanas Adventures - Animated TV Pilot | Tana/Tua/Pekapeka/Launa | Taiwan NZ Screen Ltd |
Training
| Year | Description | Institution / Presenter | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 - 2016 | Bachelor of Performing Arts in Acting | Toi Whakaari: NZ Drama School | ||
| 2014 | Screen Workshop | Miranda Harcourt | ||
| 2014 | Screen Workshop | Brita McVeigh | ||
| 2011-2014 | Acting | Long Cloud Youth Theatre Company | ||
| 2006 | Jazz Ballet, American Jazz, Hip Hop | Jean Goodman Dance Studios |
Languages
Advanced: Te Reo Māori