Thomasin McKenzie is a New Zealand actress. She is best known for her roles in Old, Last Night in Soho and Eileen.
Thomasin McKenzie Biography: Age, Early Life, Family, Education
Thomasin McKenzie was born on July 26, 2000, in Wellington, New Zealand to director Stuart McKenzie and actress Dame Miranda Harcourt. She has one older brother and a younger sister, actress Davida McKenzie.
McKenzie graduated from Samuel Marsden Collegiate School in 2018.
Thomasin McKenzie Biography: Career
In 2012 McKenzie started her acting career with a small role in the film Existence. Two years later in 2014, she played Astrid in the film The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies, which helped launch her career.
Some of her other notable acting credits include films like Leave No Trace (2018), Jojo Rabbit (2019), Old (2021) and Last Night in Soho (2021), the last of which she played the lead character.
For her role as Tom in Leave No Trace, McKenzie...
Thomasin McKenzie Biography: Age, Early Life, Family, Education
Thomasin McKenzie was born on July 26, 2000, in Wellington, New Zealand to director Stuart McKenzie and actress Dame Miranda Harcourt. She has one older brother and a younger sister, actress Davida McKenzie.
McKenzie graduated from Samuel Marsden Collegiate School in 2018.
Thomasin McKenzie Biography: Career
In 2012 McKenzie started her acting career with a small role in the film Existence. Two years later in 2014, she played Astrid in the film The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies, which helped launch her career.
Some of her other notable acting credits include films like Leave No Trace (2018), Jojo Rabbit (2019), Old (2021) and Last Night in Soho (2021), the last of which she played the lead character.
For her role as Tom in Leave No Trace, McKenzie...
- 5/7/2023
- by Hailey Schipper
- Uinterview
In director Taika Waititi’s “Jojo Rabbit,” plucky young Hitler Youth Johannes “Jojo” Betzler (newbie Roman Griffin Davis) is driven by his singular obsession with an imagined Adolf Hilter (Waititi), wanting nothing more than to turn World War II into his personal coming-of-age adventure alongside his insane Bff. But when he discovers his mother Rosie (Scarlett Johansson) is hiding terrified Jewish teenager Elsa Korr (Thomasin McKenzie) in their home, he’s forced to reckon with the logical end point of his current beliefs. Suddenly, Jojo has two secret friends, only one of whom is going to turn him into a better person.
As it turns out, “Jojo” belongs as much to Elsa as it does the titular young Nazi. In Waititi’s wild satire, the 19-year-old McKenzie is tasked with her most grounded role to date — she’s certainly not mistaking any murderous dictators as close personal pals — and rises to the challenge with ease.
As it turns out, “Jojo” belongs as much to Elsa as it does the titular young Nazi. In Waititi’s wild satire, the 19-year-old McKenzie is tasked with her most grounded role to date — she’s certainly not mistaking any murderous dictators as close personal pals — and rises to the challenge with ease.
- 11/7/2019
- by Kate Erbland
- Indiewire
Many older sisters would do anything to save their younger brothers, even if it means facing a malevolent spirit from ancient times. To save her sibling, Laura Chant (Erana James) must engage in a supernatural showdown in the new movie The Changeover, and to celebrate its theatrical and VOD release, we've been provided with an exclusive clip to share with Daily Dead readers!
You can watch Laura receive an ominous message from her reflection in the mirror in our exclusive clip below. The Changeover is now in theaters and on VOD platforms from Vertical Entertainment.
Directed by Stuart McKenzie & Miranda Harcourt, and based on the Carnegie Medal-winning novel by Margaret Mahy, The Changeover stars Timothy Spall, Melanie Lynksey, Lucy Lawless, Nicholas Galitzine, Erana James, Kate Harcourt, and Benji Purchase.
Synopsis: "Sixteen year-old Laura Chant (Erana James) lives with her mother and four-year-old brother Jacko (Benji Purchase) in a poor new...
You can watch Laura receive an ominous message from her reflection in the mirror in our exclusive clip below. The Changeover is now in theaters and on VOD platforms from Vertical Entertainment.
Directed by Stuart McKenzie & Miranda Harcourt, and based on the Carnegie Medal-winning novel by Margaret Mahy, The Changeover stars Timothy Spall, Melanie Lynksey, Lucy Lawless, Nicholas Galitzine, Erana James, Kate Harcourt, and Benji Purchase.
Synopsis: "Sixteen year-old Laura Chant (Erana James) lives with her mother and four-year-old brother Jacko (Benji Purchase) in a poor new...
- 2/22/2019
- by Derek Anderson
- DailyDead
A young woman finds her inner strength in Miranda Harcourt & Stuart McKenzie's dark fantasy film The Changeover. Based on a popular 1984 novel by Margaret Mahy, The Changeover follows the plucky sixteen-year-old Laura Chant (Erana James) as she tries to save her young brother from an ancient curse. Standing in her way is Carmody Braque (Timothy Spall), an ageless spirit who poses as an antique dealer as a way of luring unwitting souls to their doom. Before she can save her brother, she must realize her own destiny and gain access to an inborn power that she doesn't know how to harness. The story is a well-known one in New Zealand, where it was written and where it is based, and so it's surprising that...
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- 2/21/2019
- Screen Anarchy
The Changeover In Theaters & On Demand February 22nd Directed by Stuart McKenzie & Miranda Harcourt Written by Stuart McKenzie Based on the Carnegie Medal-winning novel by Margaret Mahy Starring Timothy Spall, Melanie Lynksey, Lucy Lawless, Nicholas Galitzine, Erana James, Kate Harcourt and Benji Purchase Sixteen year-old Laura Chant (Erana James) lives with her mother …
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- 2/4/2019
- by Adrian Halen
- Horror News
Here’s the trailer for an interesting upcoming New Zealand horror film called The Changeover. The story centers on a young teen girl who finds herself facing off with an ancient evil spirt to save her younger brother.
This is more on the low-budget end of spectrum, but it still looks like it tells an interesting story that I’d enjoy. I’m curious to see how this story plays out. Here’s the synopsis:
Sixteen year-old Laura Chant lives with her mother and four-year-old brother Jacko in a poor new suburb on the edge of a partially demolished Christchurch, New Zealand. Laura is drawn into a supernatural battle with an ancient spirit who attacks Jacko and slowly drains the life out of him as the spirit becomes ever younger. Laura discovers her true identity and the supernatural ability within her, and must harness it to save her brother's life.
This is more on the low-budget end of spectrum, but it still looks like it tells an interesting story that I’d enjoy. I’m curious to see how this story plays out. Here’s the synopsis:
Sixteen year-old Laura Chant lives with her mother and four-year-old brother Jacko in a poor new suburb on the edge of a partially demolished Christchurch, New Zealand. Laura is drawn into a supernatural battle with an ancient spirit who attacks Jacko and slowly drains the life out of him as the spirit becomes ever younger. Laura discovers her true identity and the supernatural ability within her, and must harness it to save her brother's life.
- 1/11/2019
- by Joey Paur
- GeekTyrant
A version of this story on Thomasin McKenzie and “Leave No Trace” first appeared in the Actors/Directors/Screenwriters issue of TheWrap’s Oscar magazine.
When she was a young girl in New Zealand, Thomasin McKenzie wasn’t sure what she wanted to be when she grew up. But she knew what she didn’t want to be.
“My grandma told me that one day she asked me if I wanted to be an actor, and I listed every single thing I did want to be: vet, firefighter, teacher, zookeeper … ” the 18-year-old star of Debra Granik’s “Leave No Trace” said. “And at the end, I said, ‘I do not want to be an actress.'”
In part, that was because McKenzie’s mother, Miranda Harcourt, was an actress and her father, Stuart McKenzie a theater and film director. But by the time she was 13, she’d embraced the family...
When she was a young girl in New Zealand, Thomasin McKenzie wasn’t sure what she wanted to be when she grew up. But she knew what she didn’t want to be.
“My grandma told me that one day she asked me if I wanted to be an actor, and I listed every single thing I did want to be: vet, firefighter, teacher, zookeeper … ” the 18-year-old star of Debra Granik’s “Leave No Trace” said. “And at the end, I said, ‘I do not want to be an actress.'”
In part, that was because McKenzie’s mother, Miranda Harcourt, was an actress and her father, Stuart McKenzie a theater and film director. But by the time she was 13, she’d embraced the family...
- 12/13/2018
- by Steve Pond
- The Wrap
A new film has emerged at the 70th Cannes Film Festival titled The Changeover. It is based on Margaret Mahy’s best-selling, Carnegie Award-winning novel from New Zealand.
When a sinister visitor arrives in her town, sixteen-year-old Laura Chant discovers awesome new powers within herself that she must harness in order to rescue her younger brother from the man’s evil plans.
The supernatural thriller stars Timothy Spall (Mr. Turner, Harry Potter series), Melanie Lynskey (I Don’t Feel at Home in this World Anymore, Up in the Air, The Perks of Being a Wallflower), Lucy Lawless (Parks and Recreation, Battlestar Galactica, Xena: Warrior Princess), Nicholas Galitzine (Handsome Devil, High Strung), Erana James.
In 2014, Spall won the Best Actor award at the 2014 Cannes Film Festival for portraying J. M. W. Turner in Mike Leigh’s biographical film Mr. Turner. He also collaborated with Leigh on Topsy-turvy and the brilliant Secrets & Lies.
When a sinister visitor arrives in her town, sixteen-year-old Laura Chant discovers awesome new powers within herself that she must harness in order to rescue her younger brother from the man’s evil plans.
The supernatural thriller stars Timothy Spall (Mr. Turner, Harry Potter series), Melanie Lynskey (I Don’t Feel at Home in this World Anymore, Up in the Air, The Perks of Being a Wallflower), Lucy Lawless (Parks and Recreation, Battlestar Galactica, Xena: Warrior Princess), Nicholas Galitzine (Handsome Devil, High Strung), Erana James.
In 2014, Spall won the Best Actor award at the 2014 Cannes Film Festival for portraying J. M. W. Turner in Mike Leigh’s biographical film Mr. Turner. He also collaborated with Leigh on Topsy-turvy and the brilliant Secrets & Lies.
- 5/18/2017
- by Michelle Hannett
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
Exclusive: Star of Tiff selection Handsome Devil has joined Timothy Spall and Melanie Lynskey in the supernatural thriller.
Screen 2015 Star Of Tomorrow Nicholas Galitzine, who will be seen in tonight’s (Sept 11) world premiere of Toronto International Film Festival’s Contemporary World Cinema selection Handsome Devil [pictured], has joined The Changeover, which Radiant Films International is selling.
Previously announced Timothy Spall, Melanie Lynskey, Lucy Lawless and Erana James also star in the supernatural thriller, which is scheduled to begin shooting on September 19.
Co-directors Stuart McKenzie and Miranda Harcourt will shoot entirely in New Zealand, in and around the Christchurch Central Business District. McKenzie adapted the screenplay from New Zealand author Margaret Mahy’s Ya novel The Changeover: A Supernatural Romance.
The story centres on a 16-year-old girl who discovers her true identity and the supernatural powers within her after an ancient spirit attacks her infant brother.
Emma Slade of Firefly Films produces with investment from the [link...
Screen 2015 Star Of Tomorrow Nicholas Galitzine, who will be seen in tonight’s (Sept 11) world premiere of Toronto International Film Festival’s Contemporary World Cinema selection Handsome Devil [pictured], has joined The Changeover, which Radiant Films International is selling.
Previously announced Timothy Spall, Melanie Lynskey, Lucy Lawless and Erana James also star in the supernatural thriller, which is scheduled to begin shooting on September 19.
Co-directors Stuart McKenzie and Miranda Harcourt will shoot entirely in New Zealand, in and around the Christchurch Central Business District. McKenzie adapted the screenplay from New Zealand author Margaret Mahy’s Ya novel The Changeover: A Supernatural Romance.
The story centres on a 16-year-old girl who discovers her true identity and the supernatural powers within her after an ancient spirit attacks her infant brother.
Emma Slade of Firefly Films produces with investment from the [link...
- 9/11/2016
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
Mimi Steinbauer’s Radiant Films International has boarded worldwide rights to the supernatural thriller heading into Cannes excluding Australia and New Zealand.
Playwright Stuart McKenzie and Miranda Harcourt will direct The Changeover, which will also star Melanie Lynskey, Charlie Heaton, Lucy Lawless, and New Zealand rising stars Erana James, Stefania Lavie Owen, and internet celebrity Jamie Curry.
McKenzie also wrote the screenplay based on New Zealand author Margaret Mahy’s Ya novel The Changeover: A Supernatural Romance.
Firefly Films’ Emma Slade is producing and principal photography is scheduled to begin in Christchurch, New Zealand, in August. Peter Jackson’s Park Road Post will create visual effects.
The story centres on a 16-year-old Laura Chant, who learns she has the supernatural powers to save her younger brother after an ancient spirit attacks him.
Radiant’s Cannes slate also includes the action thriller Juveniles starring Beau Knapp and Stephen Moyer that premieres in the market; as well as rom-com...
Playwright Stuart McKenzie and Miranda Harcourt will direct The Changeover, which will also star Melanie Lynskey, Charlie Heaton, Lucy Lawless, and New Zealand rising stars Erana James, Stefania Lavie Owen, and internet celebrity Jamie Curry.
McKenzie also wrote the screenplay based on New Zealand author Margaret Mahy’s Ya novel The Changeover: A Supernatural Romance.
Firefly Films’ Emma Slade is producing and principal photography is scheduled to begin in Christchurch, New Zealand, in August. Peter Jackson’s Park Road Post will create visual effects.
The story centres on a 16-year-old Laura Chant, who learns she has the supernatural powers to save her younger brother after an ancient spirit attacks him.
Radiant’s Cannes slate also includes the action thriller Juveniles starring Beau Knapp and Stephen Moyer that premieres in the market; as well as rom-com...
- 5/4/2016
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
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