{{Short description|New Zealand actress and singer}} {{Use dmy dates|date=January 2020}} {{Infobox person | name = Carolyn Dando | image = | image_size = 150px | birth_name = | birth_date = | birth_place = Auckland, New Zealand | death_date = | death_place = | other_names = | occupation = Actress | years_active = 2006–present | spouse = | website = }}
'''Carolyn Dando''' (28 April 1989) is an actress and singer from Auckland, New Zealand. <ref name="IMDB detailed bio">[https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2762245/resume Carolyn Dando – Resume], IMDb. Retrieved 31 March 2010.</ref><ref>[http://www.carolyndando.com/file/Biography.html About Carolyn] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100823025505/http://carolyndando.com/file/Biography.html |date=23 August 2010 }}, carolyndando.com. Retrieved 31 March 2010.</ref>
Dando's first role was in the TV film ''Fatal Contact: Bird Flu in America'' (2006).<ref name="IMDB">{{IMDb name|2762245|name=Carolyn Dando}} Retrieved 31 March 2010.</ref>
Dando next appeared in Peter Jackson's feature film adaptation of ''The Lovely Bones'' (2009).<ref name="IMDB"/>
==Early life== Dando was born in Auckland, New Zealand. As a young child she had a passion for music, not acting. At the age of 10 years she was picked to sing with Suzanne Prentice at a World Vision "Kids for Kids" Concert. The following year she gave a solo performance in front of several hundred schoolchildren and their parents at the annual regional school choir festival, with guests including the Mayor of Auckland City. She was encouraged by teachers to develop her talent, and began to study classical singing (as well as theory and piano) with the professional soprano Gina Sanders.{{Citation needed|date=February 2025}}
==Career== Her first professional role was in ''Fatal Contact: Bird Flu in America'', a made-for-television movie.<ref name="TNZ">{{cite web|url=http://tvnz.co.nz/shortland-street/carolyn-dando-3633483|title=Carolyn Dando|publisher=Television New Zealand|accessdate=14 February 2014}}</ref> But her big break came when she landed a part in ''The Lovely Bones''.<ref name="TNZ" /> In 2010, she appeared on the show ''Shortland Street''.<ref name="IMDB detailed bio" /> In 2012 she appeared as Hailey in ''Girl vs. Boy''.{{Citation needed|date=February 2025}}
== Filmography ==
{| class="wikitable sortable" |+Film and television |- ! Year ! Title ! Role ! class="unsortable" | Notes |- |2006 |''Fatal Contact: Bird Flu in America'' |Lauren Connelly |TV film |- |2009 |''{{sortname|The|Lovely Bones|The Lovely Bones (film)}}'' |Ruth Connors | |- |2009 |''Legend of the Seeker'' |Veta |Episode: "Fury" |- |2010 |''Shortland Street'' |Paula Sinclair (Penny Rourke) |Recurring role |- |2011 |''Nothing Trivial'' |Georgia |Episodes: "What Is the Expression...", "Who Said..." |- |2012–13 |''Girl vs. Boy'' |Hailey |Recurring role |- |2013 |''{{sortname|The|Blue Rose}}'' |Hayley |Episode: "Paint a Vulgar Picture" |- |2014 |''White Lies'' |Katie |Short film |- |2014 |''Dick Off'' |Sweet Bit of Sugar On The Side |Short film |- |2015 |''{{sortname|The|Monster of Mangatiti|nolink=1}}'' |Christine |TV film |- |2015 |''Power Rangers Dino Charge'' |Assistant |Episode: "Rise of a Ranger" |- |2016 |''{{sortname|The|Shannara Chronicles}}'' |Utopian woman |Episode: "Utopia" |}
==References== {{reflist}}
==External links== * [https://www.myspace.com/atrenz Carolyn's Trio – Atre]
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