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Rachel House

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  • Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
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Rachel House
Entwines the very different lives of three Maori girls, cousins, through tumultuous decades, after one of them is taken from her family and raised in an orphanage.
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Cousins (2021)
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Rachel was born in Auckland, New Zealand in 1971 and raised by her adoptive Scottish immigrant parents John and Sheila House. She grew up in Kamo, Whangarei in the area known as Northland or Tai Tokerau at the top of the North Island. She is of Maori (Ngati Mutunga and Ngai Tahu) and European/Pakeha descent.

Rachel graduated from Toi Whakaari: New Zealand Drama School in 1992 and has worked as an actor in film, television and theatre. She is also an acting coach and an award-winning theatre director.

In 2012, House received a prestigious New Zealand Arts Foundation's Laureate Award given as an investment in excellence across a range of art forms for an artist with prominence and outstanding potential for future growth.
BornOctober 20, 1971
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BornOctober 20, 1971
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  • Awards
    • 1 win & 3 nominations

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Vicky Haughton, Jane O'Kane, and Rachel House in Whale Rider (2002)
Taungaroa Emile, Keisha Castle-Hughes, Grant Roa, and Rachel House in Whale Rider (2002)
Grant Roa and Rachel House in Whale Rider (2002)
Cliff Curtis, Vicky Haughton, Keisha Castle-Hughes, Grant Roa, and Rachel House in Whale Rider (2002)
Jeff Goldblum, Tom Hiddleston, Chris Hemsworth, and Rachel House in Thor: Ragnarok (2017)
Jeff Goldblum and Rachel House in Thor: Ragnarok (2017)
Jeff Goldblum, Rachel House, and Tessa Thompson in Thor: Ragnarok (2017)
Jeff Goldblum, Rachel House, and Tessa Thompson in Thor: Ragnarok (2017)
Jeff Goldblum, Rachel House, and Tessa Thompson in Thor: Ragnarok (2017)
Jeff Goldblum and Rachel House in Thor: Ragnarok (2017)
Jeff Goldblum, Tom Hiddleston, and Rachel House in Thor: Ragnarok (2017)
Rachel House in Thor: Ragnarok (2017)

Known for

Dwayne Johnson, Stephen Kearin, Temuera Morrison, Alan Tudyk, Nicole Scherzinger, Any Gabrielly, and Auli'i Cravalho in Moana (2016)
Moana
7.6
  • Gramma Tala(voice)
  • 2016
Sam Neill and Julian Dennison in Hunt for the Wilderpeople (2016)
Hunt for the Wilderpeople
7.8
  • Paula Hall
  • 2016
Jeff Goldblum, Anthony Hopkins, Cate Blanchett, Idris Elba, Mark Ruffalo, Karl Urban, Tom Hiddleston, Chris Hemsworth, and Tessa Thompson in Thor: Ragnarok (2017)
Thor: Ragnarok
7.9
  • Topaz
  • 2017
James Rolleston in Boy (2010)
Boy
7.5
  • Aunty Gracey
  • 2010

Credits

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Actress

  • Next Goal Wins
    • Completed
    • 2023
  • Bay of Fires
    • Post-production
    • TV Series
    • 2023
  • Godzilla and Kong
    • In Production
    • 2024
  • Time Bandits
    • Fianna
    • Pre-production
    • TV Series
  • 100% Wolf: Book of Hath
    • Ms Afeaki (voice)
    • Post-production
    • TV Series
  • Leah Harvey in Foundation (2021)
    Foundation
    • Tellem Bond
    • TV Series
    • 2021
  • Sam Neill, Miranda Otto, Christoph Waltz, and Patrick Gibson in The Portable Door (2023)
    The Portable Door
    • Nienke Van Spee
    • 2023
  • Kiff (2023)
    Kiff
    • Mary Buns (voice)
    • TV Series
    • 2023
  • Pinecone & Pony (2022)
    Pinecone & Pony
    • Gladys (voice)
    • TV Series
    • 2022–2023
  • Hugh Jackman, Michael Cusack, Sarah Snook, Demi Lardner, and Jarrad Wright in Koala Man (2023)
    Koala Man
    • Janine
    • Louise
    • Annie (voice)
    • TV Series
    • 2023
  • Asher Yasbincek, Brodie Townsend, Josh Heuston, Ayesha Madon, James Majoos, Sherry-Lee Watson, Gemma Chua-Tran, Will McDonald, Bryn Chapman Parish, Chloe Hayden, and Thomas Weatherall in Heartbreak High (2022)
    Heartbreak High
    • Woodsy
    • TV Series
    • 2022
  • Amphibia (2019)
    Amphibia
    • Parisia (voice)
    • TV Series
    • 2022
  • Guy Pearce, Isla Fisher, Tim Minchin, Angus Imrie, and Miranda Tapsell in Back to the Outback (2021)
    Back to the Outback
    • Jacinta (voice)
    • 2021
  • Cowboy Bebop (2021)
    Cowboy Bebop
    • Mao
    • TV Series
    • 2021
  • Ana Scotney in Millie Lies Low (2021)
    Millie Lies Low
    • 2021
  • Josh Keaton, Jeffrey Wright, Lake Bell, Chadwick Boseman, Cynthia Kaye McWilliams, Hudson Thames, Hayley Atwell, and Ross Marquand in What If...? (2021)
    What If...?
    • Topaz (voice)
    • TV Series
    • 2021
  • 100% Wolf: Legend of the Moonstone (2020)
    100% Wolf: Legend of the Moonstone
    • Ms Afeaki
    • TV Series
    • 2020–2021
  • Creamerie (2021)
    Creamerie
    • Doc Harvey
    • Doc Garvey
    • TV Series
    • 2021
  • Cousins (2021)
    Cousins
    • Missy
    • 2021
  • Baby Done (2020)
    Baby Done
    • Principal Mullins
    • 2020

Additional Crew

  • Sam Rockwell, Taika Waititi, Scarlett Johansson, Stephen Merchant, Alfie Allen, Rebel Wilson, Thomasin McKenzie, and Roman Griffin Davis in Jojo Rabbit (2019)
    Jojo Rabbit
    • acting coach: Roman Griffin Davis
    • 2019
  • Elisabeth Moss in Top of the Lake (2013)
    Top of the Lake
    • drama coach
    • TV Series
    • 2017
  • The Rehearsal (2016)
    The Rehearsal
    • on set coach
    • 2016
  • Sam Neill and Julian Dennison in Hunt for the Wilderpeople (2016)
    Hunt for the Wilderpeople
    • dialogue coach
    • 2016
  • Cliff Curtis in The Dark Horse (2014)
    The Dark Horse
    • acting coach
    • 2014
  • Everything We Loved (2014)
    Everything We Loved
    • acting coach
    • 2014
  • James Rolleston in Boy (2010)
    Boy
    • acting coach
    • 2010

Second Unit or Assistant Director

  • Sam Neill and Julian Dennison in Hunt for the Wilderpeople (2016)
    Hunt for the Wilderpeople
    • director's intern
    • 2016
  • Saffron Burrows, Leo Gregory, and Dougray Scott in Perfect Creature (2006)
    Perfect Creature
    • additional assistant director
    • 2006
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Personal details

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  • Height
    • 5′ 7″ (1.70 m)
  • Born
    • October 20, 1971
    • Auckland, New Zealand
  • Parents
      Sheila House

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    At the age of 19, she was the back up vocalist for Greg Johnson on the New Zealand hit 'Isabelle' which peaked at Number 7 on the NZ charts. She was given a bottle of vodka as payment.

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