Jennifer Ward-Lealand

Jennifer Ward-Lealand
Birth name	Jennifer Cecily Ward-Lealand
Born	November 8, 1962 in Wellington, New Zealand
Notable Roles	Isobel Kearney in Shortland Street
Notable Episodes
Awards

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Roles

Starring Roles

Series	Role	Year(s)	Season(s)
Seekers	Nardia Alterman	1986	1
Full Frontal	Various Characters	1993–1994
Buzzy Bee and Friends	Dorable Duck	2009–2013
Auckland Daze	Wanda	2012–	1	2
Dirty Laundry	Donna Rafferty	2016	1
Find Me a Maori Bride	Narrator	2015–2017	1	2
The Adventures of Suzy Boon	Warden Touro	2018		2
The Seagull	Arkadina	2020	miniseries

Guest Starring Roles

Series	Role	Episode	Airdate
Close to Home	Jan	4x?? - Episode ??	January 16, 1978
Close to Home	Jan	5x?? - Episode ??	March 27, 1979
Close to Home	Jan	5x?? - Episode ??	July 16, 1979
For the Love of Mike	Betty-Sue	1x06 - Episode 106	July 25, 1991
Hercules: The Legendary Journeys	Voluptua	2x02 - All that Glitters	September 11, 1995
Shortland Street	Isobel Kearney	unknown episodes -	1996-1998
Letter to Blanchy	Jane	2x05 - Love Makes The World Go Wrong	June 5, 1996
Letter to Blanchy	Jane	2x06 - China Syndrome	June 12, 1996
Letter to Blanchy	Jane	3x11 - Garage Sale of the Century	September 20, 1997
Xena: Warrior Princess	Boadicea	3x04 - The Deliverer	November 1, 1997
Xena: Warrior Princess	Zehra	4x17 - The Play's the Thing	March 20, 1999
Duggan	Joanne Taylor	1x03 - A Shadow of Doubt (1)	July 27, 1999
Duggan	Joanne Taylor	1x04 - A Shadow of Doubt (2)	August 3, 1999
Interrogation	Gail Mary Abbot	1x12 - True Confessions	November 20, 2005
The Jaquie Brown Diaries	Louise Bouchet	2x04 - Brown's Bush (1)	November 13, 2009
The Jaquie Brown Diaries	Louise Bouchet	2x05 - Brown's Bush (2)	November 20, 2009
Sunny Skies	Penny	1x03 - Episode 103	February 22, 2013
The Almighty Johnsons	Karen	3x04 - Like the Berserkers of Old	July 25, 2013
The Almighty Johnsons	Karen	3x05 - Unleash the Kraken!	August 1, 2013
The Almighty Johnsons	Karen	3x06 - And Then on to Norsewood	August 8, 2013
High Road	Camilla Harrison-Smyth	2x05 - The Party	November 20, 2014
High Road	Camilla Harrison-Smyth	2x07 - Who Drunk All the Vodka?	November 20, 2014
Terry Teo	Barbara Bertinelli	1x03 - Baby Takes a Bullet	July 19, 2016
Friday Night Bites		2x07 - Beyond Youth Inc.	February 20, 2018
Funny Girls		3x02 - Episode 302	May 17, 2018
Colonial Combat	Catherine	1x09 - Kua Hinga te Kauri Nui	September 18, 2019
Colonial Combat	Catherine	1x10 - Episode 110	September 18, 2019
The Ring Inz	Astrid	2x06 - Episode 206	October 11, 2018
The Ring Inz	Astrid	2x07 - Episode 207	October 18, 2018
The Brokenwood Mysteries	Patricia Wells	7x05 - Exposed to the Light	April 26, 2021
My Life Is Murder	Eva Borges	3x01 - It Takes Two	August 29, 2022

Specials and Made-for-TV Movies

Title	Role	Airdate	Series/Banner
Gone Up North for a While	Child	1972
Love Mussel	Doctor	July 19, 2001
Elgar's Enigma: Biography of a Concerto	Narrator	May 21, 2006

Trivia

• Married since 1988 to Michael Hurst with two children, Jack Louis (born 1997) and Cameron Lane (born 1999).