Willa O'Neill
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Willa O'Neill is an award-winning actress from New Zealand
. She is known to fans of Hercules: The Legendary Journeys
for her recurring role as "Althea" and Xena: Warrior Princess
fans know her from her repeat role as "Lila."
O'Neill is a two-time Film Award winner at the New Zealand Film and TV Awards
. Her first award, for Best Supporting Actress, came for her role in the 1997 film Topless Women Talk About Their Lives. Her second win was for Best Actress in the 1999 film Scarfies
.
1997 :NZ Film and TV Award
, for Topless Women Talk About Their Lives
, for Secrets
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...
. She is known to fans of Hercules: The Legendary Journeys
Hercules: The Legendary Journeys
Hercules: The Legendary Journeys is a television series, filmed in New Zealand and the United States. It was produced from 1995, and was very loosely based on the tales of the classical Greek culture hero Heracles...
for her recurring role as "Althea" and Xena: Warrior Princess
Xena: Warrior Princess
Xena: Warrior Princess is an American–New Zealand supernatural fantasy adventure series that aired in syndication from September 4, 1995 until June 18, 2001....
fans know her from her repeat role as "Lila."
O'Neill is a two-time Film Award winner at the New Zealand Film and TV Awards
New Zealand Film and TV Awards
The New Zealand Film and TV Awards were awarded in New Zealand from 1986 through 2003, and were supplanted by the New Zealand Film Awards.-Film Awards:In 2003 film awards were given in the following categories:*Best Film*Best Actor*Best Actress...
. Her first award, for Best Supporting Actress, came for her role in the 1997 film Topless Women Talk About Their Lives. Her second win was for Best Actress in the 1999 film Scarfies
Scarfies
Scarfies is a low-budget 1999 New Zealand film set in the southern university city of Dunedin. The film's original title comes from the local nickname for university students, scarfie, so called because of the traditional blue and gold scarves worn by students during the city's cool winters in...
.
Filmography
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1990 | The New Adventures of Black Beauty | Willa | Episode: "Hope" |
| 1990 | An Angel at My Table An Angel at My Table An Angel at My Table is a 1990 New Zealand-Australian-British film directed by Jane Campion. The film is based on Janet Frame's three autobiographies, To the Is-Land , An Angel at My Table , and The Envoy from Mirror City .... |
Edith | |
| 1992 | Nadine | TV series | |
| 1992 | Shortland Street Shortland Street Shortland Street is a New Zealand prime-time soap opera, first broadcast on Television New Zealand's TV2 on 25 May 1992. It is the country's longest-running drama and soap opera, being broadcast continuously for over 4500 episodes and 19 years, and is one of the most watched television programs in... |
Serena Hughes | TV series |
| 1992 | Secrets Secrets (1992 film) Secrets, also known as Danielle Steel's Secrets, is a 1992 television film directed by Peter H. Hunt. The film is based upon the 1985 novel of the same name written by Danielle Steel... |
Vicki | |
| 1995 | High Tide | Trudy Carry | Episode: "La Bamba" |
| 1995–2000 | Xena: Warrior Princess Xena: Warrior Princess Xena: Warrior Princess is an American–New Zealand supernatural fantasy adventure series that aired in syndication from September 4, 1995 until June 18, 2001.... |
Lila | 6 episodes |
| 1996 | Hercules: The Legendary Journeys Hercules: The Legendary Journeys Hercules: The Legendary Journeys is a television series, filmed in New Zealand and the United States. It was produced from 1995, and was very loosely based on the tales of the classical Greek culture hero Heracles... |
Phoebe | Episode: "Once a Hero" Episode: "The Wedding of Alcmene The Wedding of Alcmene "The Wedding of Alcmene" is the 21st episode of the second season of the television series Hercules: The Legendary Journeys.-Overview:... " |
| 1997 | Hercules: The Legendary Journeys Hercules: The Legendary Journeys Hercules: The Legendary Journeys is a television series, filmed in New Zealand and the United States. It was produced from 1995, and was very loosely based on the tales of the classical Greek culture hero Heracles... |
Althea | Episode: "...and Fancy Free" |
| 1997 | Short film | ||
| 1997 | Topless Women Talk About Their Lives | Prue | |
| 1998 | Eileen O'Connor | TV movie | |
| 1999 | Hercules: The Legendary Journeys Hercules: The Legendary Journeys Hercules: The Legendary Journeys is a television series, filmed in New Zealand and the United States. It was produced from 1995, and was very loosely based on the tales of the classical Greek culture hero Heracles... |
Althea | Episode: "Greece Is Burning" |
| 1999 | Scarfies Scarfies Scarfies is a low-budget 1999 New Zealand film set in the southern university city of Dunedin. The film's original title comes from the local nickname for university students, scarfie, so called because of the traditional blue and gold scarves worn by students during the city's cool winters in... |
Emma | |
| 2000 | Drosophila |
Wins
2000 :AFI Award, for ScarfiesScarfies
Scarfies is a low-budget 1999 New Zealand film set in the southern university city of Dunedin. The film's original title comes from the local nickname for university students, scarfie, so called because of the traditional blue and gold scarves worn by students during the city's cool winters in...
1997 :NZ Film and TV Award
New Zealand Film and TV Awards
The New Zealand Film and TV Awards were awarded in New Zealand from 1986 through 2003, and were supplanted by the New Zealand Film Awards.-Film Awards:In 2003 film awards were given in the following categories:*Best Film*Best Actor*Best Actress...
, for Topless Women Talk About Their Lives
Nominations
1992 :NZ Film and TV AwardNew Zealand Film and TV Awards
The New Zealand Film and TV Awards were awarded in New Zealand from 1986 through 2003, and were supplanted by the New Zealand Film Awards.-Film Awards:In 2003 film awards were given in the following categories:*Best Film*Best Actor*Best Actress...
, for Secrets
Secrets (1992 film)
Secrets, also known as Danielle Steel's Secrets, is a 1992 television film directed by Peter H. Hunt. The film is based upon the 1985 novel of the same name written by Danielle Steel...