Shia Anne Ngareta Hamby is an Australian born, New Zealand raised Actress based in Los Angeles. She is of Maori descent, her iwi is Ngati Haua. She has been in front of the camera since the age of three appearing in feature films, short films and television commercials for Volkswagen, Qantas, McDonald's, King Living, Maximus, Primo. Chorus and Newscorp. Shia was recently directed by
Taika Waititi in the worldwide Coca Cola Christmas commercial. She was cast in writer/director
Abe Forsythe film
Little Monsters (2019) starring
Lupita Nyong'o,
Josh Gad and
Alexander England which premiered at Sundance.