Kirsty Hamilton

Kirsty was born and raised in New Zealand and is of Maori (Tuhoe), Scottish (McKenzie and Ross), Irish, French and English descent. Hamilton trained as an actress at Toi Whakaari - The New Zealand Drama School. She played Catherine in Simon Bare's short film - Eau De La Vie and Grace in Costa Botes feature film Saving Grace (1997). Kirsty has played numerous roles in theater including Rosalind in Miranda Harcourt's production of Shakespeare's play As You Like It, Juliet in Romeo and Juliet, Mouse in Riwia Brown's Roimata, Mrs Cheavely in An Ideal Husband directed by Patrick Graham, Valerie in Connor Mc Pherson's The Weir, Lorraine in Elaine Murphy's Little Gem and a host of classical roles. In 2007 Kirsty was chosen as a Shakespeare Globe Center of New Zealand's Fellow at Shakespeare's Globe theater alongside Rawiri Paratene in London, where she studied acting Shakespeare for the summer with a number of tutors including Patsy Rodenburg and Giles Block. In 2009 she graduated from Europe