![]() In 1983 she went on her overseas experience, a common Kiwi pursuit and landed in London. At 18, she moved to Auckland to pursue a nursing career, and qualified as a general and obstetric nurse (SRN). Despite knowing her talents laid in creativity, the arts were not considered a viable career. Throughout her youth she was active in the Maori Culture Club, high school musical productions, and community theater events. ![]() ![]() One of nine children, born and bred in the Bay of Islands, New Zealand (NZ) to a Maori/Welsh father and a European mother, Rena was first published at age eight when she won a national children's poetry contest. Rena Owen is an international award-winning actress, and one of only six in the world and the only female to date to have worked with both filmmaking legends George Lucas and Steven Spielberg during her illustrious career that spans 35 years working in theater, television, film and voice work.
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