Angela Dotchin

Angela Dotchin
Born Angela Marie Dotchin
31 March 1974 (1974-03-31) (age 37)
Auckland, New Zealand
Occupation Actress
Years active 1992 - 2004

Angela Marie Dotchin (born 31 March 1974 in Auckland, New Zealand) is an actress. She's most known for her roles as Kirsty Knight in Shortland Street, and as Emilia Rothschild in Jack of All Trades.

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Personal life

Dotchin was born on 31 March 1974. Her father is a businessman of Welsh ancestry, with whom she traveled extensively, before the family returned to New Zealand in 1985. Dotchin also has an older sister. She attended Meadowbank Primary, in Meadowbank, Auckland and Selwyn College, in Kohimarama, Auckland.

Dotchin was the partner of New Zealand actor Temuera Morrison for six years.[1]

Career

In 1990, at the age of sixteen, Dotchin began modeling. Her first audition was for the role of Kirsty Knight in the long-running soap opera Shortland Street. At the time, Shortland Street was a private hospital, and Kirsty was one of the two receptionists. Later she moved ‘upstairs’, where she became PA to the clinic’s medical director.

American audiences were introduced to Angela by her roles in the Xena: Warrior Princess series and the Hercules spin-off show Young Hercules. Her popularity from these roles helped her land a starring role opposite Bruce Campbell in the short-lived television series Jack of All Trades.

Subsequently, she has appeared as Auckland private investigator Jodie Keane in a trilogy of made-for-TV thrillers: Lawless, Lawless: Dead Evidence and Lawless: Beyond Justice.

Dotchin moved to Britain in 2002, and currently works as a personal assistant in the fashion industry.[2]

Filmography

Year Title Role Notes
1992-1998 Shortland Street Kirsty Knight TV series
1998 Xena: Warrior Princess Soraya Episode: "Tsunami"
1998-1999 Young Hercules Kora 18 episodes
1999 Hercules: The Legendary Journeys Nautica Episode: "Love on the Rocks"
Episode: "My Best Girl's Wedding"
1999 Lawless Jodie Keane TV movie
2000-2001 Jack of All Trades Emilia Smythe Rothschild 22 episodes
2001 Lawless: Beyond Justice Jodie Keane TV movie
2001 Lawless: Dead Evidence Jodie Keane TV movie
2004 Serial Killers Chrissy Episode: "Product Placement"
2005 Maiden Voyage Renee Price TV movie

Awards

Wins

1999 
New Zealand Television Award, for Lawless

Nominations

1997 
NZ Film and Television Awards, for Shortland Street
1994 
NZ Film and Television Awards, for Shortland Street

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