{{Short description|New Zealand actress and director}} {{Use dmy dates|date=August 2020}} {{Infobox person | name = Aidee Walker | image = | caption = | birth_name = Adrianne Joy Walker | birth_date = | birth_place = Hamilton, Waikato, New Zealand | occupation = {{Flatlist| * Actress * writer * director * producer }} | years_active = 2003–present | partner = Talor Wikohika | children = 1 }}
'''Aidee Walker''' is a New Zealand film and television actress and television director.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|last=Screen|first=NZ On|title=Aidee Walker {{!}} NZ On Screen|url=https://www.nzonscreen.com/profile/aidee-walker|access-date=10 August 2020|website=www.nzonscreen.com|language=en}}</ref>
== Biography == Walker grew up in Hamilton, and attended Hamilton Girls' High School.<ref name=":2">{{Cite news|last=Dann|first=Jennifer|date=13 August 2018|title=12 Questions: Westside director Aidee Walker on pregnancy, work and motherhood|language=en-NZ|work=NZ Herald|url=https://www.nzherald.co.nz/entertainment/news/article.cfm?c_id=1501119&objectid=12106237|access-date=10 August 2020|issn=1170-0777}}</ref> While there, she formed a rock band called Handsome Geoffrey with Anna Coddington and Janna Hawkes; the band went on to win the 1998 Smokefree Rockquest.<ref name=":2" /><ref name=":4" /> She then moved to Auckland to study drama at Unitec Institute of Technology, graduating with a bachelor's degree in performing arts.<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":4">{{Cite news|date=4 October 2013|title=Aidee Walker: Daydream believer|language=en-NZ|work=NZ Herald|url=https://www.nzherald.co.nz/entertainment/news/article.cfm?c_id=1501119&objectid=11134650|access-date=10 August 2020|issn=1170-0777}}</ref>
In 2005, Walker began appearing as the character Draska Droslic on the television series ''Outrageous Fortune'', a role she continued in until 2010.<ref name=":0" /> She also spent some years overseas performing and studying. After returning to New Zealand, she started to write and perform her own work and then moved into writing and directing films. Her first short film, ''The F.E.U.C'', was selected for the Palm Springs Short Film Festival in California and the Show Me Shorts Festival in New Zealand. Her second short film, ''Friday Tigers'', was selected for the Melbourne International Film Festival.<ref name=":3">{{Cite web|title=Aidee Walker plays Jen|url=http://tvnz.co.nz/content/5804014.xml|access-date=10 August 2020|website=TVNZ Ondemand}}</ref> In 2022, she directed Simone Nathan's comedy series, ''Kid Sister''.
=== Recognition ===
* 2018 Huawei Mate20 New Zealand Television Awards: nominated for Best Actress for ''Catching the Black Widow''<ref name=":1">{{Cite web|last=Screen|first=NZ On|title=Aidee Walker {{!}} NZ On Screen|url=https://www.nzonscreen.com/profile/aidee-walker/awards|access-date=10 August 2020|website=www.nzonscreen.com|language=en}}</ref> * 2013 New Zealand International Film Festival: Jury Prize for Best Short Film for ''Friday Tiger;'' Audience Choice Award for Favourite Short Film for ''Friday Tiger''<ref name=":1" /><ref name=":3" /> * 2012 Sorta Unofficial New Zealand Film Awards: nominated for Best Supporting Actress for ''How to Meet Girls from a Distance''<ref name=":1" />
==Filmography== ===Film=== {| class="wikitable plainrowheaders sortable" !scope="col"|Title !scope="col"|Year !scope="col"|Role !scope="col" class="unsortable"|Notes |- !scope="row"|''{{Sort|Locals|The Locals}}'' |2003 |Lisa | |- !scope="row"|''Lines Crossed'' |2009 |Female |Short film |- !scope="row"|''Drop Dead Gorgeous'' |2010 |Pam | |- !scope="row"|''Hitch Hike'' |2012 |Heather |Short film |- !scope="row"|''How to Meet Girls from a Distance'' |2012 |Emma | |- !scope="row"|''{{sort|F.E.U.C.|The F.E.U.C.}}'' |2012 |Nicolette |Short film; also writer, director and producer |- !scope="row"|''{{Sort|Sleeping Plot|The Sleeping Plot}}'' |2013 | |Short film; also writer |- !scope="row"|''Friday Tigers'' |2013 |Ana |Short film; also writer and director |- !scope="row"|''Dive'' |2014 |Friend at Door #1 (voice) |Short film |- !scope="row"|''Shout at the Ground'' |2016 |Deb |Short film |- !scope="row"|''Patient Seven'' |2016 | |segment: "The Sleeping Plot" |- !scope="row"|''Break in the Weather'' |2016 |{{Sort|Wright|Jamie Wright}} |Short film; also writer and director |- !scope="row"|''Catching the Black Widow'' |2017 |Lee-Anne | |- !scope="row"|''Laundry'' |2017 |Carly |Short film |- !scope="row"|''Mosley'' |2019 |voice | |}
===Television=== {| class="wikitable plainrowheaders sortable" !scope="col"|Title !scope="col"|Year !scope="col"|Role !scope="col" class="unsortable"|Notes |- !scope="row"|''Mercy Peak'' |2003 |Bindy |2 episodes |- !scope="row"|''Outrageous Fortune'' |2005 |{{Sort|Doslic|Draska Doslic}} |Recurring role (series 1–3, 6: 17 episodes) |- !scope="row"|''Interrogation'' |2005 |Rebecca |Episode: "Her Own Free Will" |- !scope="row"|''Nothing Trivial'' |2011 |Kim |Episode: "What Is a Pyrrhic Victory?" |- !scope="row"|''Step Dave'' |2014 |Jen |Main role |- !scope="row"|''Nowhere Boys'' |2014 |{{Sort|Keats|Michelle Keats}} |5 episodes |- !scope="row"|''Catching the Black Widow'' |2017 |{{Sort|Cartier|Lee-Anne Cartier}} |Television film |- !scope="row"|''Wilde Ride'' |2017 |{{Sort|Grady|Penny Grady}} |Episode: "Pilot" |- !scope="row"|''Power Rangers Super Ninja Steel'' |2018 |Venoma (voice) |5 episodes |- !scope="row"|''In Dark Places'' |2018 |{{Sort|Squire|Ingrid Squire}} |Television film |- !scope="row"|''The Brokenwood Mysteries'' |2018 |Amy |Episode: "The Dark Angel" |- !scope="row"|''One Lane Bridge'' |2020 |{{Sort|Ryder|Kate Ryder}} |Main role |- !scope="row"|''Blue Murder Motel'' |2026 |{{Sort|Theresa|Theresa}} |Episode: "Home Is Where You Park It" |}
===Video games=== {| class="wikitable plainrowheaders sortable" !scope="col"|Title !scope="col"|Year !scope="col"|Role !scope="col" class="unsortable"|Notes |- !scope="row"|''Far Cry 3'' |2012 |Additional voices | |}
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== External links == * {{IMDb name|1489979}} * {{Instagram|laydeeaidee|Aidee Walker}}
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