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- Simone Kessell: acting at home and abroad...
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Simone Kessell first appeared on-screen playing teenager Hannah Tumai on short-lived soap Homeward Bound. She acted in Hercules before being cast as a TV journalist on Cover Story, and starring in period drama Greenstone. Kessell has worked in both America and Australia, and appeared in Aussie TV dramas Underbelly and Wonderland. In this ScreenTalk interview, Kessell talks about: Learning an Australian accent to play a Māori role on Homeward Bound Getting a role on Cover Story when she was ...
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- simone kessell / actor / underbelly / homeward bound / hannah tumai / acting / terra nova / wonderland / greenstone / don selwyn / cover story / the lovers / roland joffe / crying scenes / wellington / australia / lip balm / costume drama / physical fitness / screen acting / audition / carmex / te reo / accents / youth / young actor / costumes
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