Donogh Rees

{{Short description|New Zealand actress}} {{Infobox person | image = Donogh Rees on The Cafe 01.jpg | caption = Rees in 2018 | name = Donogh Rees | birth_name = | birth_date = 1958 | birth_place = New Zealand | height = | death_date = | death_place = | occupation = Actor | spouse = | awards = | website = | footnotes = }}

'''Donogh Rees''' (born 1958) is a New Zealand actress. She starred in the long-running soap opera ''Shortland Street'' as director of nursing Judy Brownlee from 2001 to 2006.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.nzherald.co.nz/television/news/article.cfm?c_id=339&objectid=187370|title=Shortland Street gets large dose of PC|last=Grant|first=Frances|date=7 May 2001|work=New Zealand Herald|accessdate=24 January 2010}}</ref>

She starred as Abbie in the sci-fi film ''Lorca and the Outlaws'' (1984), in the New Zealand film ''Constance'' (1984) in the title role,<ref>{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=wkoRAAAAIBAJ&sjid=NOgDAAAAIBAJ|title=Kiwi Constance's fall beats her rise|last=Byrnes|first=Paul|date=30 May 1985|work=Sydney Morning Herald|accessdate=24 January 2010}} {{Dead link|date=October 2010|bot=H3llBot}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.filmarchive.org.nz/feature-project/pages/Constance.php |title=Constance |work=The New Zealand Film Archive |accessdate=24 January 2010 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100522015322/http://www.filmarchive.org.nz/feature-project/pages/Constance.php |archivedate=22 May 2010 }}</ref> in the film ''Crush'' (1992) as the lead part of Christina,<ref>{{cite news|url=https://movies.nytimes.com/movie/review?res=9F0CE1DB103BF933A2575AC0A965958260|title=Crush|last=Canby|first=Vincent|date=10 September 1993|work=New York Times|accessdate=24 January 2010}}</ref> and the film ''Channelling Baby'' (1999). She voiced Necrolai in ''Power Rangers: Mystic Force'', and has appeared in ''Hercules: The Legendary Journeys'' and ''Xena: Warrior Princess''. She has appeared in numerous stage productions.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.salient.org.nz/arts/theatre/te-karakia|title=Te Karakia|last=Coe|first=Jason|date=25 February 2008|work=Salient|accessdate=24 January 2010}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.nzherald.co.nz/arts-literature/news/article.cfm?c_id=18&objectid=10368115|title=Half Life at the Herald Theatre|last=Christian|first=Dionne|date=14 February 2006|work=New Zealand Herald|accessdate=24 January 2010}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.nzherald.co.nz/arts/news/article.cfm?c_id=544&objectid=10583378&pnum=1|title=No nudes is good news in kids' theatre|last=Barry|first=Rebecca|date=7 July 2009|work=New Zealand Herald|accessdate=24 January 2010}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.nzherald.co.nz/lifestyle/news/article.cfm?c_id=6&objectid=10009746|title=Steel Magnolias at the Herald Theatre|work=New Zealand Herald|accessdate=24 January 2010|first=Shannon|last=Huse|date=7 February 2005}}</ref>

== Filmography ==

===Film=== {| class="wikitable sortable" |- ! Year ! Title ! Role ! class="unsortable" | Notes |- |1984 |''Constance'' |Constance Elsworthy | |- |1984 |''Starship'' |Abbie | |- |1987 |''Starlight Hotel'' |Helen | |- |1992 |''Crush'' |Christina |- |1996 |''{{sortname|The|Beach|nolink=1}}'' |Margie |Short |- |1997 |''{{sortname|The|Bar|nolink=1}}'' | |Short |- |2000 |''Channelling Baby'' |Childbirth Nurse #1 | |- |2000 |''{{sortname|The|Painted Lady|nolink=1}}'' |Miss Robbins |Short |- |2002 |''Grace'' |Vanessa |Short |- |2011 |''Elaine Rides Again'' |Elaine |Short |- |2011 |''Jeffery'' |Barbara |Short |- |2012 |''Runaways'' |Wife |Short |- |2013 |''Caretaker'' |The Matron |Short |- |2014 |''If You Can Get Blood'' |Morgan's Mother |Short |- |2016 |''Moving'' |Kathy |Short |- |2018 |''Trophy Hunter'' |Dentist's Wife |Short |}

===Television=== {| class="wikitable sortable" |- ! Year ! Title ! Role ! class="unsortable" | Notes |- |1982 |''One of those Blighters'' |Embracing Couple |TV film |- |1984 |''Iris'' (aka ''Out of Time'') |Simone / Kate |TV film |- |1993 |''Shortland Street'' |Maggie |Guest Episodes 200, 232-233 |- |1993 |''{{sortname|The|Rainbow Warrior|The Rainbow Warrior (film)}}'' |Lab Supervisor |TV film |- |1995 |''Fallout'' |Marilyn Waring |Episode: "Part One" |- |1996–1998 |''City Life'' |Mia Fulsome |Recurring role |- |1998–99 |''Hercules: The Legendary Journeys'' |Frigga, Mnemosyne, Cabiri |Episodes: "Norse by Norsevest", "Somewhere Over the Rainbow Bridge", "Let There Be Light", "My Best Girl's Wedding" |- |1999 |''Xena: Warrior Princess'' |Chi'ah |Episode: "Them Bones, Them Bones" |- |2001–2006 |''Shortland Street'' |Judy Brownlee |Regular role |- |2006 |''Power Rangers Mystic Force'' |Necrolai (voice) |Main role |- |2009 |''Legend of the Seeker'' |Roga |Episode: "Fury" |- |2014 |''{{sortname|The|Brokenwood Mysteries}}'' |Janet Grimm |Episode: "Playing the Lie" |- |2015, 2017 |''Find Me a Maori Bride'' |Esther Partridge |Episodes: "1.8", "God's Game", "Respect", "Weddings" |- |2018 |''Fifty Dollars a Week'' |Michele |Episode: "Fifty Dollars" |- |2018 |''{{sortname|The|Adventures of Suzy Boon|nolink=1}}'' |Consulate Lawyer |Episode: "How Do You Solve a Problem Like Bloody Mario?" |}

==References== {{reflist|2}}

==External links== * {{IMDb name|0715901|Donogh Rees}} * [http://tvnz.co.nz/view/tv2_story_skin/423362%3Fformat=html Profile on TVNZ] * [https://web.archive.org/web/20110723094238/http://www.filmsociety.wellington.net.nz/db/screeningdetail.php?id=515 Short films starring Rees]

{{DEFAULTSORT:Rees, Donogh}} Category:1959 births Category:Living people Category:New Zealand actresses