Gloss was a television drama series in New Zealand

New Zealand

New Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses and numerous smaller islands. The country is situated some east of Australia across the Tasman Sea, and roughly south of the Pacific island nations of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga...

 that screened from 1987-1990. The series was about a fictional publishing

Publishing

Publishing is the process of production and dissemination of literature or information—the activity of making information available to the general public...

 empire run by the Redfern family.

It was a starting point for many actors who went on to many productions in New Zealand, Australia

Australia

Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...

 and around the world including Temuera Morrison

Temuera Morrison

Temuera Derek Morrison is a New Zealand-born actor. He has become one of the country's most famous stars for his roles as the abusive Jake "the Muss" Heke in 1994's Once Were Warriors and as bounty hunter Jango Fett and the Clone Troopers in the Star Wars series...

, Miranda Harcourt

Miranda Harcourt

Miranda Catherine Millais Harcourt, ONZM is a New Zealand actress and acting coach. She is best known for her role as "Gemma" in the 1980s TV drama series Gloss, and has appeared in such films as For Good in 2003 and Fracture in 2004. Her mother is actress Dame Kate Harcourt...

, Peter Elliott

Peter Elliott (actor)

Peter Elliott is a leading New Zealand actor. He has appeared in numerous television shows including Shortland Street, Gloss and Homeward Bound. He has also appeared in several movies including Heavenly Creatures.-Shortland Street:...

, Lisa Chappell

Lisa Chappell

Lisa Irene Chappell is an actress and musician from Auckland, New Zealand. She is best known for playing Claire McLeod on the Nine Network drama series McLeod's Daughters.-Early life and career:...

, Danielle Cormack

Danielle Cormack

Danielle Cormack is a stage and screen actress from New Zealand. She was one of the original core cast of the long-running soap opera Shortland Street, though she is also known for her role as the Amazon Ephiny in the television series Xena: Warrior Princess, Cynthia Ross in The Cult, and Shota in...

 and Kevin Smith.

Writers for the show included James Griffin, who went on to write Outrageous Fortune

Outrageous Fortune (TV series)

Outrageous Fortune was a New Zealand comedy/drama television series, which was created by James Griffin and Rachel Lang and was produced by South Pacific Pictures...

, Rosemary McLeod and Ian Mune

Ian Mune

Ian Barry Mune, OBE is a New Zealand character actor and director. He co-wrote and starred in Roger Donaldson's first film, Sleeping Dogs. He also directed Came a Hot Friday, which featured comedian Billy T. James as the Tainui Kid, and What Becomes of the Broken Hearted?, the sequel to Once Were...

.

The show has not been rescreened since its original screening.

Major characters

Geoff Dolan

Geoff Dolan

Geoff Dolan is a New Zealand actor, singer and corporate entertainer. He resides in Auckland, New Zealand....

 .... Neil Palmer

Ilona Rodgers

Ilona Rodgers

Ilona Rodgers is a British actress and television presenter who has lived and worked in several countries.In the United Kingdom in 1964 she played the role of Carol in The Sensorites, a six episode adventure of the BBC science-fiction series Doctor Who...

 .... Maxine Redfern

Miranda Harcourt

Miranda Harcourt

Miranda Catherine Millais Harcourt, ONZM is a New Zealand actress and acting coach. She is best known for her role as "Gemma" in the 1980s TV drama series Gloss, and has appeared in such films as For Good in 2003 and Fracture in 2004. Her mother is actress Dame Kate Harcourt...

 .... Gemma

Simon Prast

Simon Prast

Simon Prast is a director and actor from Auckland, New Zealand. Prast was the founder of the Auckland Theatre Company and director of the first Auckland Festival AK03.-Early life:...

 .... Alistair

Peter Elliott

Peter Elliott (actor)

Peter Elliott is a leading New Zealand actor. He has appeared in numerous television shows including Shortland Street, Gloss and Homeward Bound. He has also appeared in several movies including Heavenly Creatures.-Shortland Street:...

 .... Rex

Lisa Chappell

Lisa Chappell

Lisa Irene Chappell is an actress and musician from Auckland, New Zealand. She is best known for playing Claire McLeod on the Nine Network drama series McLeod's Daughters.-Early life and career:...

 .... Chelsea

Andy Anderson

Andy Anderson (actor)

Andy Anderson is an actor best known for his roles on both Australian and New Zealand television.-Career:...

 .... Matt Winter

Judy McIntosh .... Jessica Dunbar

Ross Girven .... Chris

Yvonne Lawley .... Olivia

Minor characters

Danielle Cormack

Danielle Cormack

Danielle Cormack is a stage and screen actress from New Zealand. She was one of the original core cast of the long-running soap opera Shortland Street, though she is also known for her role as the Amazon Ephiny in the television series Xena: Warrior Princess, Cynthia Ross in The Cult, and Shota in...

 .... Tania

Mark Ferguson

Mark Ferguson

Mark Ferguson is a New Zealand-based Australian actor and television presenter.-Biography:Ferguson was born in Sydney, Australia, in family of Scottish ancestry . He attended the National Institute of Dramatic Art and graduated in 1981...

 

Temuera Morrison

Temuera Morrison

Temuera Derek Morrison is a New Zealand-born actor. He has become one of the country's most famous stars for his roles as the abusive Jake "the Muss" Heke in 1994's Once Were Warriors and as bounty hunter Jango Fett and the Clone Troopers in the Star Wars series...

 .... Sean

Geeling Ng

Geeling Ng

Geeling Ng is a New Zealand model, actress and restaurateur who is best known as the title character in David Bowie's music video "China Girl". She was a waitress when Bowie spotted her and wanted her in the video....

 .... Jasmine

Craig Parker

Craig Parker

Craig Parker is a New Zealand actor who was based in the United Kingdom for some time, but now resides in New Zealand. His grandfather moved from Edinburgh, Scotland to Fiji when he was stationed during his years of service in the British Army...

 .... Justin Grieg

Kerry Smith

Kerry Smith

Kerry Lois Smith was a New Zealand actor and broadcaster. She was a presenter on the radio station The Breeze from 2006 to 2011. She was also a presenter for Radio Pacific and Radio Live. On television she was known for her role as "Magda" in the 1980s drama series Gloss...

 .... Magda

Kevin Smith .... Demian Vermeer