Antonia Prebble

Antonia Prebble
Born Antonia Mary Prebble
(1984-06-06) 6 June 1984
Wellington, New Zealand
Occupation Actress
TV presenter
Model
Years active 1993–present
Partner(s) Daniel Musgrove (2014-present; engaged)[1]
Website www.antoniaprebble.com

Antonia Mary Prebble (born 6 June 1984 in Wellington) is a New Zealand actress, best known for her role as Loretta West in the hit NZ comedy-drama Outrageous Fortune, as Trudy in The Tribe, and as Jane in The Blue Rose. Internationally she's best known for her role as Clare Langtree, the Gatekeeper in Power Rangers Mystic Force.

She is currently portraying Rita West in the television programme Westside and Edie Flanagan in the Australian TV programme Sisters.

Early life and education

Born on 6 June 1984 in Wellington, New Zealand, Antonia Mary Prebble is the middle of three children of John Prebble, a Sussex-born[2] barrister and solicitor and a law professor at Victoria University of Wellington,[3] and Nicola Mary Riddiford, an English teacher;[4] Prebble has an older sister, Becky, and a younger brother, Ben, both of whom studied law.[4] Her uncle Richard Prebble is a former politician. Another uncle, Mark Prebble, is the former head of the State Services Commission.

Prebble attended Queen Margaret College between 1999 and 2001 and was Prefect in charge of Arts and Proxime Accessit in her final year.[5] She then matriculated to Victoria University of Wellington, where she studied a Bachelor of Arts in Linguistics.[4] Initially, Prebble had been studying for a Bachelor of Laws before she switched programs.[4][6]

Prebble speaks fluent French.[4]

Career

She became interested in acting at an early age, starring in the stage play The Magical Kingdom of Thingymijig in 1993. Throughout the late 1990s Antonia started to work a lot with New Zealand children's TV production companies, having starring and guest roles in several programmes. Two of her larger roles include that of Mandy McFarlane in the second season of Mirror, Mirror in 1997, and as Trudy in five series' of The Tribe from 1999 to 2003. She has also guest starred in two episodes of Power Rangers: Dino Thunder as Krista, alongside two of her fellow cast members from The Tribe. In 2006, she began her role in Power Rangers: Mystic Force as Clare Langtree, the Gatekeeper and Udonna's apprentice.

Prebble made a cameo appearance in the band Flip Grater's music video for "Careful". She is also a television presenter, having hosted New Zealand's WNTV (What Now Television) from 2002 to 2003.

In 2005, she won a place in the main cast of the new New Zealand comedy-drama Outrageous Fortune, where she played 15-year-old movie buff Loretta West. In February 2010, filming wrapped for the sixth and final series of Outrageous Fortune. At the end of the fifth series, Loretta had married Hayden Peters (played by Shane Cortese), her partner and the father of her child. By the end of the series, Loretta West had become a smart and successful business entrepreneur and a madame of a brothel. The final episode of the series aired 9 November 2010.

Prebble had a cameo role in the TVNZ series The Almighty Johnsons as a red-herring for the identity of the Norse goddess, Frigg in the show's first season in 2011. The real 'Frigg' was eventually played by her former Outrageous Fortune co-star Siobhan Marshall, who had played her on-screen sister, Pascalle.

Prebble and Marshall teamed up again in 2013 for the mystery thriller, The Blue Rose.

In 2015 she had the lead role of Rita West in Westside, a prequel to Outrageous Fortune, about Ted and Rita West in the 1970s.

Antonia has given birth on screen five times, starting with The Tribe as a fourteen-year old, then Outrageous Fortune, a short film, White Lies, and a play as Mary mother of Jesus (who just popped out .... and we all sang a song).[7]

Since 2016, Antonia has also been the official ambassador for New Zealand department store Smith & Caughey's.[8] Prebble was the face of Smith & Caughey's Spring 2018 campaign, photographed in a series of images by photographer Nicole Ku. Antonia Prebble has fronted various prestigious publication covers such as Next, Remix Magazine, Mindfood, and Fashion Quarterly.

Filmography

Film

Title Year Role Notes
Futile Attraction 2004 N/A special thanks
White Lies 2013 Rebecca Nominated — New Zealand Film Award for Best Supporting Actress
The Cure 2014 Beth Wakefield Nominated — New Zealand Film Award for Best Actress
Timeslow 2015 Amelia
Pork Pie 2017 Susie Davidson
A Woman's Right to Shoes Hayley Short film

Television

Title Year Role Notes
Mirror, Mirror 1997–98 Mandy McFarlane Main role (series 2)
A Twist in the Tale 1999 Jem Episode: "A Crack in Time"
The Tribe 1999–2003 Trudy Main role (197 episodes)
Dark Knight 2001 Ruth Episode: "Damned"
WNTV 2002–03 Host
Power Rangers Dino Thunder 2004 Krista 2 episodes
Outrageous Fortune 2005–10 Loretta West Main role
Nominated — New Zealand Screen Award for Best Performance by a Supporting Actress (2006)
Interrogation 2005 Saskia Episode "Where There's Smoke"
Power Rangers S.P.D. Nova Ranger (voice) Episode" "Endings: Part 2"
Power Rangers Mystic Force 2006 Clare Langtree / Niella (2 episodes) Main role (28 episodes)
The Lost Children Caterina Episode: "Chapter 11"
The Jaquie Brown Diaries 2008 Herself Episode: "Brown Sweat"
Spies and Lies 2010 Mavis Television film
Super City 2011 Toni 3 episodes
The Almighty Johnsons Sonja Freeman Episode: "God's Gift to Zebras"
Auckland Daze 2012 Antonia Episode 1
The Blue Rose 2013 Jane March Main role
Salem 2014 Bridget Bishop Episode: "The Stone Child"
ANZAC Girls Hilda Steele Main role; miniseries
Winter 2015 Alesia Taylor Main role
Westside 2015–present Rita West Main role, prequel to Outrageous Fortune
Stand Up Girl 2017 Drunk Bride Episode: "The Fault Line"
Sisters Edie Flanagan Main role

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Outrageous Fortune actress Antonia Prebble announces engagement to Dan Musgrove". Stuff. 16 July 2018.
  2. ↑ "John Prebble CV" (PDF). Faculty of Law, Victoria University of Wellington.
  3. ↑ "John Prebble". Faculty of Law, Victoria University of Wellington.
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 Scarr, Natalie (1 November 2010). "Antonia Prebble from television to textbooks". New Idea Magazine. Yahoo! New Zealand Lifestyle.
  5. ↑ "Past Pupils". Queen Margaret College.
  6. ↑ "Antonia Prebble". Outrageous Fortune.
  7. ↑ "Antonia Prebble on fame nudity and ugg boots". Stuff (Fairfax). 23 May 2015.
  8. ↑ "Antonia Prebble New Smith & Caughey's Ambassador". Smith & Caughey's. Retrieved 5 October 2018.
  • Antonia Prebble website
  • Antonia Prebble on IMDb
  • Antonia Prebble at TV.com
  • "Sneak peek at Outrageous Fortune prequel Westside". Stuff (Fairfax). 12 May 2015.
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