{{short description|New Zealand Māori actor}} {{Infobox person | honorific_prefix = | name = Jay Tewake | honorific_suffix = | image = <!-- filename only, no "File:" or "Image:" prefix, and no enclosing brackets --> | image_upright = | landscape = <!-- yes, if wide image, otherwise leave blank --> | alt = <!-- descriptive text for use by speech synthesis (text-to-speech) software --> | caption = | native_name = | native_name_lang = | pronunciation = | birth_name = <!-- only use if different from name --> | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1990|02|25|df=y}} | birth_place = Papatoetoe, Auckland, New Zealand | education = | alma_mater = | occupation = | years_active = | era = | employer = | agent = <!-- Discouraged in most cases, specifically when promotional, and requiring a reliable source --> | known_for = | notable_works = GURL | style = | net_worth = <!-- Net worth should be supported with a citation from a reliable source --> | height = <!-- "X cm", "X m" or "X ft Y in" plus optional reference (conversions are automatic) --> | television = | title = <!-- Formal/awarded/job title. The parameter |office=may be used as an alternative when the label is better rendered as "Office" (e.g. public office or appointments) --> | term = | predecessor = | successor = | party = | movement = | opponents = | boards = | criminal_charges = <!-- Criminality parameters should be supported with citations from reliable sources --> | criminal_penalty = | criminal_status = | spouse = <!-- Use article title or common name --> | partner = <!-- (unmarried long-term partner) --> | children = | parents = <!-- overrides mother and father parameters --> | mother = <!-- may be used (optionally with father parameter) in place of parents parameter (displays "Parent(s)" as label) --> | father = <!-- may be used (optionally with mother parameter) in place of parents parameter (displays "Parent(s)" as label) --> | relatives = | family = Ramon Te Wake | callsign = | awards = | website = <!-- {{URL|example.com}} --> | module = | module2 = | module3 = | module4 = | module5 = | module6 = | signature = | signature_size = | signature_alt = | footnotes = }}
'''Jay Tewake''' (born 25 February 1990 Papatoetoe, Auckland, New Zealand) is a New Zealand actor. He is best known for his work on the short film GURL<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nzherald.co.nz/spy/news/article.cfm?c_id=1503840&objectid=12346838|title=Spy: The legendary drag queen and the mystery All Black |publisher=Stuff |date= |accessdate=3 August 2020}}</ref> and the reality TV mini series Queens of Panguru.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.stuff.co.nz/entertainment/tv-radio/90144609/the-new-queens-of-reality-tv|title=New rulers of reality: The Queens of Panguru |publisher=Stuff |date= 17 March 2017|accessdate=3 August 2020}}</ref>
==Music== Tewake has also done notable work in Music with producing acts including Mika Haka,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://thedailyblog.co.nz/2017/10/04/the-liberal-agenda-mika-haka-songs-for-homeless/|title=The Liberal Agenda – Mika Haka – Songs For Homeless |publisher=The Daily Blog |date= |accessdate=3 August 2020}}</ref> JGeek and the Geeks,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://natlib.govt.nz/records/31835434?search%5Bi%5D%5Bsubject%5D=Music+videos&search%5Bpath%5D=items|title=Māori boy geeks / by Amie Hickland |publisher=New Zealand National Library |date= |accessdate=3 August 2020}}</ref> Bare Feet Street<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.viva.co.nz/article/culture-travel/party-people-performer-jay-tewake/|title=Party People: Get To Know Multi-Talented Performer Jay Tewake |publisher=Viva |date= |accessdate=3 August 2020}}</ref> and many more. In 2011, Jay Tewake performed at the 2011 Rugby World Cup Music Event Mika's Aroha Mardi Gras.<ref>{{cite book |last=Mazer |first=Sharon |authorlink=Sharon Mazer |date=2018 |title=I Have Loved Me A Man The Life & Times Of Mika |publisher=Creative Live Series |isbn=9781869408862}}</ref> It was televised on Māori Television. He performed He Hoi alongside his back up dancers GlamBoyz & Ka 400.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cRGlfpdlEfQ|title="He Hoi" - By Jay Tewake, GlamBoyz & Ka 400 |publisher=Youtube |date= |accessdate=3 August 2020}}</ref>
==Health== Tewake was featured on Māori Television multiple times in a TV series called KA TV and KA Life. The shows were family shows promoting Health, fitness, well-being with dance, healthy eating and exercise.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.pressreader.com/new-zealand/the-dominion-post/20121016/283901635205590|title=Jay Tewake, PResenter |publisher=The Dominion Post |date= |accessdate=3 August 2020}}</ref> The TV series went on to become a free school holiday program to teach kids to dance.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.eventfinda.co.nz/2013/ka-400-free-holiday-programme-april-2013/auckland/clendon|title=Ka 400 Free Holiday Programme |publisher=Eventfinda |date= |accessdate=3 August 2020}}</ref> They also did a couple of publicity stunts with flash mobs. They got to join the 2011 Rugby World Cup Music Event Mika's Aroha Mardi Gras and the 2011 Kiwi Day Out.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://static1.squarespace.com/static/592cdbd4a5790abc03ddeb92/t/5949af4e1b10e3c738a596e2/1498001243734/AnnualReport2011.pdf|title=MHF Annual Report|publisher=MHF|date=|accessdate=3 August 2020|archive-date=28 January 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210128000439/https://static1.squarespace.com/static/592cdbd4a5790abc03ddeb92/t/5949af4e1b10e3c738a596e2/1498001243734/AnnualReport2011.pdf|url-status=dead}}</ref>
==The Queens of Panguru== In 2017, Jay Tewake starred in the reality TV Series The Queens of Panguru alongside Ramon Te Wake and Maihi Makiha.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nzherald.co.nz/northern-advocate/news/article.cfm?c_id=1503450&objectid=11628224|title=Performers head home for doco |publisher=The Northern Advocate |date= |accessdate=3 August 2020}}</ref> The five episode short series is about three well known people from the LGBT community who live in the big city of Auckland, return home to their roots.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.teaomaori.news/dragged-panguru|title=Dragged up in Panguru |publisher=Te ao Māori |date= |accessdate=3 August 2020}}</ref> The TV series was televised on Māori Television.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://gayexpress.co.nz/2017/03/having-the-chat-ramon-te-wake/|title=HAVING THE CHAT: RAMON TE WAKE |publisher=Gay Express |date= 2 March 2017|accessdate=3 August 2020}}</ref>
==GURL== In 2020, Tewake starred the lead role in the short film GURL.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.stuff.co.nz/timaru-herald/news/122141840/short-film-on-kiwi-transgender-woman-carmen-rupe-to-premiere |title= Short film on Kiwi transgender woman Carmen Rupe to premiere |publisher=Stuff |date= 15 July 2020|accessdate=3 August 2020}}</ref> The film was a prequel of the biopic "The Book of Carmen" which is currently in pre-production.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/lately/audio/2018755493/gurl-to-premiere-at-the-nz-international-film-festival |title=GURL to premiere at the NZ International Film Festival |publisher=Radio New Zealand |date= 17 July 2020|accessdate=3 August 2020}}</ref> The film is based on the life of Carmen Rupe.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://gayexpress.co.nz/2020/07/mika-hakas-gurl-to-premiere-at-nz-international-film-festival-next-week/|title= MIKA HAKA'S GURL TO PREMIERE AT NZ INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL|publisher=Gay Express |date= 13 July 2020|accessdate=3 August 2020}}</ref> Tewake also sang on the film's soundtrack.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.muzic.net.nz/news/10169/what-kind-of-coffee-do-you-like-single-release |title= Music News - What Kind of Coffee Do You Like? Single Release |publisher=Muzic |date= |accessdate=3 August 2020}}</ref> Winner for Best Actor in Medium Length Film at Brazil International Film Festival.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bimiff.com/winners-from-september-21?pgid=kv1c4omf-b1ca4cc9-fa97-49df-8d28-60a85e65e193 |title= Brazil International Monthly Independent Film Festival - Winners}}</ref>
==Personal life== On the show Queens of Panguru, Tewake describes himself as a "young gay glamboy".<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZnHCVNjOWD8 |title= Queens of Panguru {{!}} Episode 1 {{!}} Te Reo Māori Version |publisher=Mika Haka Studio |date=9 July 2017 |accessdate=7 August 2020}}</ref> He is the descendant of Heremia Te Wake who was a notable tribe leader, who is the father of respected kuia (Māori elder), Dame Whina Cooper.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sfNsazURj7E|title=Queens of Panguru {{!}} Episode 2 {{!}} Te Reo Māori Version |publisher=Mika Haka Studio |date=11 July 2017 |accessdate=3 August 2020}}</ref>
==Discography== ===Single=== {| class="wikitable" ! Year ! Title ! Album |- |2018 |Higher (With Eli Globe & Richie Cattell) |Still Stuck |- |2020 |What Kind of Coffee Do You Like? (With Jackie Clarke & Brady Peeti) |GURL |}
===Albums=== {| class="wikitable" ! Year ! Title ! Details |- | 2020 | GURL | Released: 24 July 2020 |}
==Filmography== ===Films=== {| class="wikitable" ! style="text-align: center; font-weight: bold;" | Year ! style="text-align: center; font-weight: bold;" | Title ! style="text-align: center; font-weight: bold;" | Role ! style="text-align: center; font-weight: bold;" | Note |- | 2020 |''GURL'' | GURL/Young Carmen | {{small|Nominated NZIFF Ngā Whanaunga Māori Pasifika Shorts Best Film Award<br>Won NZIFF Ngā Whanaunga Māori Pasifika Shorts CineMāori Audience Award}} |}
===Documentary=== {| class="wikitable" ! style="text-align: center; font-weight: bold;" | Year ! style="text-align: center; font-weight: bold;" | Title ! style="text-align: center; font-weight: bold;" | Role ! style="text-align: center; font-weight: bold;" | Note |- |2008 |Mika Haka Kids |Self |<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/CU1210/S00047/healthy-lifestyle-show-aims-to-get-viewers-fit.htm|title=Healthy Lifestyle Show Aims to Get Viewers Fit |publisher=Scoop |date=2 October 2012 |accessdate=4 November 2021}}</ref> |}
===Television=== {| class="wikitable" ! style="text-align: center; font-weight: bold;" | Year ! style="text-align: center; font-weight: bold;" | Title ! style="text-align: center; font-weight: bold;" | Role ! style="text-align: center; font-weight: bold;" | Note |- |2011 |KA LIFE |Presenter | |- |2011 |Mika's Aroha Mardi Gras |Performer | |- |2013 |Ka TV |Presenter | |- |2017 |Queens of Panguru |Self |5 Episodes |}
===Music video=== {| class="wikitable" ! style="text-align: center; font-weight: bold;" | Year ! style="text-align: center; font-weight: bold;" | Title ! style="text-align: center; font-weight: bold;" | Artist ! style="text-align: center; font-weight: bold;" | Role |- | 2014 |''Coffee'' | Mika Haka feat Lavina Williams | Zombie |- | 2020 |''What Kind of Coffee Do You Like'' | Featuring Brady Peeti, Jackie Clarke and Jay Tewake | Carmen |}
===Accolades=== {| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="width: 99%;" ! scope="col"| Award ! scope="col"| Date of ceremony ! scope="col"| Category ! scope="col"| Recipient(s) ! scope="col"| Result ! scope="col" class="unsortable"| {{Abbr|Ref(s)|Reference(s)}} |- ! rowspan="2" scope="row"| NZIFF | rowspan="2" | August 2, 2020 | Ngā Whanaunga Māori Pasifika Shorts Best Film Award | rowspan="5" |Mika X | {{nom}} | rowspan="2" | <ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.thebigidea.nz/stories/media-releases/227712-gurl-wins-audience-award|title=GURL Wins Audience Award |publisher=Big Idea|date= 3 August 2020|access-date=3 August 2020}}</ref> |- | Ngā Whanaunga Māori Pasifika Shorts CineMāori Audience Award | {{won}} |- ! Wairoa Māori Film Festival | October 25, 2020 | Whenua Jury - Best Māori Director (Short Film) | {{won}} | |- ! rowspan="2" scope="row" | Calcutta International Cult Film Festival<br>(FILMS OF THE MONTH – JAN-FEB 2021) | rowspan="2" | March 17, 2021 | Best LGBT | {{won}} | rowspan="2" | <ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.hlc-cicff.com/blog/|title=FILMS OF THE MONTH – JAN-FEB 2021 |publisher=CICFF|date= |access-date=8 April 2021}}</ref> |- | Outstanding Achievement Award | {{won}} |- ! Brazil International Monthly Film Festival | September 2021 | Best Actor For Median Length Film | Jay Tewake | {{won}} | <ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bimiff.com/winners-from-september-21?pgid=kv1c4omf-b1ca4cc9-fa97-49df-8d28-60a85e65e193|title=Brazil International Monthly Film Festival September winners |publisher=Brazil International Monthly Film Festival|date= |accessdate=1 November 2021}}</ref> |}
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