Millie Manning is a 26-year-old Māori/Pākehā actress based in Auckland. She recently starred in a major guest role on “Shortland Street” as Marama Williams. Millie graduated from Unitec, with a Bachelor of Performing and Screen Arts in 2021 and performed in “Emilia” on the Pop-up Globe stage in 2020 directed by Miriama McDowell. She then played the lead Elinor Dashwood in the play “Sense and Sensibility”, directed by Shane Bosher in 2021. In 2017 Millie modelled for professional photographer Roberta Thornley in her project “A Serious Girl”. She also represented NZ in competitive artistic gymnastics in 2014 in Singapore and 2016 in Hawaii.