Helene Wong

Born: 1949-01-01

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.


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The Warrior's Way

as Grandmother
Released: 2010-12-01

A warrior-assassin is forced to hide in a small town in the American Badlands after refusing a...

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Kiss Me Deadly

as Megan
Released: 2008-05-02

Settled into a cozy home life in Milan with his boyfriend Paolo and his daughter Julia,...

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Broken Hallelujah

as Vivienne Zhang
Released: 2014-02-06

The best of plans can be thwarted and, when the pressure comes on, the cracks begin to show. As...

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Shortland Street

as Ruth Yan
First aired: 1992-05-25

The lives and loves of the residents of Ferndale.

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Sweet Tooth

as Bridget
First aired: 2021-06-04

On a perilous adventure across a post-apocalyptic world, a lovable boy who's half-human and...

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Ash vs Evil Dead

as Mrs. Lam
First aired: 2015-10-31

Bruce Campbell reprises his role as Ash Williams, an aging lothario and chainsaw-handed monster...

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Creamerie

as Tilda
First aired: 2021-04-19

Creamerie is set in a post-apocalyptic future where a viral plague has wiped out 99% of men, and...

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The Pact

as GP
First aired: 2021-10-18

When a family member is diagnosed with a terminal illness and decides they want to end their...

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