Jennifer Ward-Lealand

Jennifer Ward-Lealand, ONZM, is a New Zealand actress who has appeared on many films and television shows such as The Ugly and Shortland Street as well as the Australian comedy series Full Frontal. Her first ongoing television role was as Jan in Close to Home (1978–1980). After leaving school she spent a year touring New Zealand in a community theatre group, performing clown shows and Chekhov. In 1982 she completed a year-long diploma in acting from Auckland's then influential Theatre Corporate. In between the theatre work that followed, Ward Lealand appeared in short-lived TV drama Seekers, before her breakthrough television role in Danny and Raewyn, an episode from the About Face series. Filmed largely in an Auckland flat so cramped...