Rose McIver (born October 10, 1988) is an actress from New Zealand. Her first film appearance was in The Piano. She has appeared in the Disney Channel movie Johnny Kapahala: Back on Board as well as such television shows as Xena, Hercules, Maddigan's Quest, Rude Awakenings, and Legend of the Seeker.

Biography

Personal Life

Rose McIver was born October 10, 1988. Her father is a photographer and her mother is an artist. She has one brother, Paul McIver, who is an actor and musician. In addition to acting, she also practices ballet and jazz.

Rose attended Avondale College and was a prefect in her final year; she graduated in 2006.

Currently, Rose attends the University of Auckland, and majors in Psychology and Linguistics.

Career

Not long after the age of two, McIver began appearing in commercials; by the age of five, she received a role in the 1993 film The Piano. McIver has mostly worked for New Zealand television, from soap operas to dramas like Rude Awakenings. She also starred in the television series Maddigan's Quest and television movies such as Murder in Greenwich and Hercules.

Her big screen debut will be in Peter Jackson's film adaptation of The Lovely Bones, which is scheduled for release on December 11, 2009.

In 2010, the feature film Predicament, based on the novel by Ronald Hugh Morrieson will be released in New Zealand and Australia. Filming took place in July and August in the towns of Hawera and Eltham.

She is currently playing Summer Landsdown in the kid's television series Power Rangers: RPM.

Filmography

Films

Year	Film	Role	Director	Notes
1993	The Piano	Angel	Jane Campion
1994	Hercules and the Amazon Women	Girl (Hydra)	Bill L. Norton	TV movies.
	Hercules in the Underworld	Ilea
	Hercules in the Maze of the Minotaur		Josh Becker
1997	Topless Women Talk About Their Lives	Sally	Harry Sinclair
1998	Flying		Charlie De Salis
2001	Ozzie	Caitlin	William Tannen
2002	Murder in Greenwich	Sheila McGuire	Tom McLoughlin	TV movie.
	Toy Love	Lucy	Harry Sinclair
2003	Eddie's Million Dollar Cook-Off	Hannah	Paul Hoen	TV movie (Disney).
2004	Maiden Voyage	Jenny	Colin Budds
2007	Johnny Kapahala: Back on Board	Valerie	Eric Bross	TV movie (Disney).
2009	The Lovely Bones	Lindsey Salmon	Peter Jackson	Post-Production.
2010	Predicament	Maybelle Zimmerman	Jason Stutter	Post-Production.

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1995	Hercules: the Legendary Journeys	Ilea	2.08 "The Other Side"
1997			3.14 "When a Man Loves a Woman"
1999	Xena: Warrior Princess	Daphne	5.08 "Little Problems"
2002	Mercy Peak	Gwyneth Couch	2.09 "Cruel to be Kind"
2003	P.E.T. Detectives	Genevieve	1.11 "Play it Again Evan"
2006	Maddigan's Quest	Garland	Series Lead.
2007	Rude Awakenings	Constance Short	Series Lead.
2009	Legend of the Seeker	Alice	1.22 "Reckoning"
	Power Rangers: RPM	Summer Landsdown / Yellow Ranger	Series Lead (2009 - Present)

References

1. IMDB Bio
2. Rose McIver Interview
3. Avondale College March 2006 Newsletter
4. Entertainment Weekly Interview

External links

• Rose McIver at TV.com
• Rose McIver Tribute
• Rose McIver Fansite