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Helene Wong
ActorBorn January 1, 1949 (76 years)
Helene Wong is a New Zealand actress and writer. She is a graduate in Sociology from Victoria University of Wellington. She first worked in Public Service, becoming social policy adviser to Prime Minister Sir Robert Muldoon in 1978. Her career took a different turn in the mid-1980s as she began working as a theatre actor and director before moving into film and television. She was appointed as the first script development executive in the NZ Film Commission, then worked as a freelance script consultant. In 1995, she wrote and directed the television documentary Footprints of the Dragon for the series An Immigrant Nation. The following year, she became a film critic with the New Zealand Listener. In 2016, she published the memoir Being Chinese.
Filmography
| 2024 | Madam (TV Series) · as Viv |
| 2021 | The Pact NZ (TV Series) · as Gp |
| 2021 | Sweet Tooth (TV Series) · as Bridget |
| 2021 | Creamerie (TV Series) · as Tilda |
| 2020 | Head High (TV Series) · as Jan |
| 2015 | Ash vs Evil Dead (TV Series) · as Mrs. Lam |
| 2012 | The Most Fun You Can Have Dying · as Customs Officer |
| 2010 | The Warrior's Way · as Grandmother |
| 2008 | A Thousand Apologies (TV Series) · as Various |
| 2008 | Apron Strings · as Mrs Tran |
| 2008 | Kiss Me Deadly · as Megan |
| 2007 | The Tattooist · as Aunty Suzy |
| 1997 | Falling Fire · as Isa Expert #3 |
| 1992 | Shortland Street (TV Series) · as Ruth Yan |