MGMT Entertainment - US Manager
Iwi: Ngāi Tūhoe
Ana Scotney
- Locations
- Auckland
- Ethnicity
- European, Jewish, Māori
- Age Range
- 26 - 34
- Height
- 170cm / 5ft 7in
- Bust/Chest
- 89cm / 35in
- Waist
- 76cm / 30in
- Hips
- 106cm / 42in
Bio
Ana Chaya Scotney (Ngāi Tūhoe) is an actress, writer, and film and theatre-maker, hailing from Te-Upoko-o-te-Ika Wellington, New Zealand.
Ana's screen highlights include playing the lead, Millie, in SXSW award-winning director Michelle Savill’s feature-debut, Millie Lies Low.
Millie Lies Low made its world premiere at the Berlin International Film Festival, and its North American premiere at South by Southwest in Austin, Texas. Ana has also contributed performances to iconic New Zealand films such as Bad Behaviour, Cousins & The Breaker Upperers.
In live performance, Ana’s show ScatterGun: After The Death of Rūaumoko was the winner of Outstanding Solo Performance, and the Sydney Fringe Tour Ready Award at the NZ Fringe Festival, and as of 2024 was commissioned by Te Tumu Whakaata Taonga : The New Zealand Film Commission to be adapted into a screenplay.
Ana trained as one of ten writer/directors in the inaugural iteration of Dame Jane Campion's film intensive, A Wave In The Ocean. Through this intensive she wrote and directed her short film, Kurī which will have its world premier at the 2025 Venice International Film Festival.
In 2024, Ana was awarded the Honorary Geographer award from the New Zealand Geographical Society, for outstanding services and contributions to geographical dimensions of public life in Aotearoa, in recognition of her diverse artistic output, and her commitment to researching and sharing the points of view of youth, tangata whenua and off-the-grid communities and ecologies, from Aotearoa/New Zealand in her art.
Ana is Māori, Pākehā, Jewish, Irish. she is represented by Gail Cowan Management & MGMT Entertainment in the US
AWARDS: Full list available on request
Film
| Year | Production | Role | Company / Director | Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| TBC | Klara & The Sun | Sally the Adroid | Sony Pictures & 3000 Films, dir: Tiaka Waititi | Feature Film |
| 2023 | Bad Behaviour | Petunia | Badly Behaved Babes, & Protagonist Pictures, dir: Alice Englert | Feature Film |
| 2022 | Millie Lies Low | Millie | Sandy Lane Productions, dir. Michelle Savill | Feature Film |
| 2021 | Cousins | Mata | Miss Conception Films, dir: Ainsley Gardiner & Briar Grace Smith | Feature Film |
| 2018 | The Breaker Upperers | Sepa | Miss Piki Films, dir: Madeleine Sami & Jackie Van Beek | Feature Film |
| 2015 | Belief: The Possession of Janet Moses | Georgina Moses | KHF Media - David Stubbs | Feature Film |
Television
| Year | Production | Role | Company / Director | Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Crackhead | L-CAT | Warner Bros. Discovery Int., Lusty Productions, dir: Emmett Skilton | Drama |
| 2022 | God's Favourite Idiot | Wendy | Netflix, On The Day Productions, dir: Michael McDonald | Drama |
| 2019 | Shortland Street | Angel Schmidt | South Pacific Pictures, dir: Various | 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 | Company / Director | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | The Educators | Maria | South Pacific Pictures, dir. Jesse Griffin | |
| 2018 | The Watercooler | Various | Breakdown Productions |
Theatre
| Year | Production | Role | Company / Director | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Hildy And The Barback - audio-play/podcast | Mirabelle | On The Day Productions (USA), dir: Ben Falcone | |
| 2022-2024 | ScatterGun : After The Death of Rŭaumoko | Solo Performer | Various Theatre & Festivals - NZ/AUS | |
| 2017-2020 | The Contours of Heaven | Various (Solo Performance) | Kōtiro Publishing Giant,Riverseeds - Soho Playhouse NY & Auckland NZ Theatres | |
| 2019 | Waiporoporo | Solo Performance Art | Kotiro Publishing Grant, MEANWHILE Contemporary Art Gallery, dir. Laura Duffy & Dilohana Lekamge | |
| 2018 | Mr Burns : A Post Electric Play | Maria | Silo Theatre Production, Q Theatre, dir. Oliver Driver | |
| 2017 | Peer Gynt (Recycled) | Sol, X, Starbucks Employee, Matty | Auckland Theatre Company, dir. Colin McColl | |
| 2017 | D.O.Cing | BJ | NZ Intl Comedy Fest. dir Tom Sainsbury & Chris Parker | |
| 2016 | Dying For It - An Adaptation of The Suicide | Margarita | Toi Whakaari: New Zealand Drama School, dir: John Bolton | |
| 2015 | Mother Courage | Anastasia Agapova (Mother Courage) | Toi Whakaari: New Zealand Drama School, dir: Annie Ruth | |
| 2015 | Run For Your Life | Sally Smith | Toi Whakaari: New Zealand Drama School, dir: Uta Plate | |
| 2014 | Mighty Boy | Mighty boy (Solo Performance) | Toi Whakaari: New Zealand Drama School, dir: Jake Eriksen, Tom Eason | |
| 2014 | Death of Nomad | Sally, The Nomad, Wolf, Natalia, Bird the Nomad, Black Sunshine | Toi Whakaari: New Zealand Drama School, 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 | Company / Director | Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Kuri | Director | dir: Ana Scotney | Short Film |
| 2023 | Hey Brainy Man! | Wild Habby | Electric Shoelace Productions, dir: Jo Randerson & Loren Taylor | Short Film |
| 2020 | A Message From 2040 | The Voice From 2040 | LUSH, JustSpeak and ActionStation Aotearoa, | Short Film |
| 2016 | Dance of Lonely Birds | Director/Writer | dir: Ana Scotney/Gabriella Gilbert (co production.) | Short Film |
| 2015 | BURBS: Owhiro Bay | Ana the Mermaid | dir: Laura Robinson | Short Film |
Video
| Year | Production | Role | Company / Director | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Hildy the Barback and the Lake of Fire | On the Day Productions |
Training
| Year | Description | Institution / Presenter | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022-2025 | A Wave In The Ocean, Aotearoa Pop-Up Film Intensive | Full time Film Training by Dame Jane Campion & Philippa Campbell | ||
| 2021 | OENZ: Advanced Alpine Course and Avalanche Awareness | Kieran McKay - Advaced Alpine,Trad Climbing & Rescue Training, Temple Basin | ||
| 2013-2016 | Bachelor of Performing Arts in Acting for Stage and Screen | Te Kura Toi Whakaari o Aotearoa : New Zealand Drama School | ||
| 2014 | ScreenActing Workshop - 'Freedom Through the Body' | Brita McVeigh | ||
| 2014 | Screen Acting Workshop - 'Building Intimism' | Dame Miranda Harcourt | ||
| 2010-2014 | Youth Theatre Company. Devised theatre training | Long Cloud Youth Theatre Company, Aaron Cortesi & Jo Randerson | ||
| 2006 | Jazz Ballet, American Jazz, Hip Hop | Jean Goodman Dance Studios |
Languages
Advanced: Te Reo Māori
Sports
Advanced: Swimming
Driving & Flying
Intermediate: Motorcycle
Musical Instruments
Intermediate: Guitar | Piano
Dance
Advanced: Hip Hop
Intermediate: General Movement