Awhimai Fraser

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Hair Brown - Dark
Eyes Blue
Height 175cm
Location New Zealand - Auckland
Notes

Photographs by Dean O’Gorman

Notes

Photographs by Dean O’Gorman

Acting

Skills

Composer, Dancer, Full Licence, Mezzo Soprano, Netball, Piano, Presenter, Singer, Soprano, Swimming, Yoga

Acting Experience

Feature Film

2024Moana 2, 'Matangi (Voice)'

Disney Dir: David Derrick Jr., Jason Hand & Dana Ledoux Miller

Television

2024Toi Time! season III, 'Maia (core cast)'

Rogue Productions Limited Dir: Tarita Baquie
2023Toi Time! season II, 'Maia (core cast)'

Rogue Productions Limited Dir: Wayne Leonard & Rob McLaughlin
2022Toi Time!, 'Maia (core cast)'

Rogue Productions Limited Dir: Wayne Leonard & Rob McLaughlin
2021Ahikaroa: season IV, 'Chantelle'

Kura Productions, Maori Television Dir: Various
2020Ahikaroa: season III, 'Chantelle (core cast)'

Kura Productions, Maori Television Dir: Various
2019Ahikaroa: season II, 'Chantelle (core cast)'

Kura Productions, Maori Television Dir: Various
2018Shortland Street, 'Becky Burrows'

South Pacific Pictures Dir: Various
2017Ahikaroa: season I, 'Chantelle (recurring)'

Maori Television Dir: Various

Theatre

2024Toi Time: Live Concert, 'Maia (core cast)'

Storytime with the NZSO Dir: Various
2015The Beautiful Ones, 'Hana'

Circa Theatre Dir: Hone Kouka
2015The Mystery of Edwin Drood, 'Edwin Drood/Dick Datchery/Alice Nutting'

Circa Theatre Dir: Lyndee-Jane Rutherford
2014Red Riding Hood, 'Red Riding Hood'

Circa Theatre Dir: Susan Wilson

Television Commercials

2023My Food Bag - Bargain Box, 'Presenter'

NZ

Voice Work

2024Moana 2 (Te Reo Maori), 'Matangi'

Disney/Matewa Media Dir: David Derrick Jr., Jason Hand & Dana Ledoux Miller
2024Encanto (Te Reo Maori), 'Dolores'

Disney/Matewa Media
2022Frozen (Te Reo Maori), 'Elsa'

Disney/Matewa Media
2022Good Grief (web series), 'Finale Singer'

Brown Sugar Apple Grunt Dir: Kiel McNaughton
2021Vegas, 'Titles Vocalist '

TV2

Musical Theatre

2017Into The Woods, 'Cinderella'

Fortune Theatre Dir: Jonathan Hendry
2016Edges

Rebel Theatre Dir: Jason Te Mete
2016Mary Poppins, 'Miss Lark/Ensemble'

The Court Theatre Dir: Stephen Robertson & Ross Gumbley
2014Grease, 'Sandy'

Wellington Musical Theatre Dir: Lyndee-Jane Rutherford
2013Jane Eyre, 'Jane Eyre'

Whitireia New Zealand Dir: Alan Palmer
2012Hairspray, 'Lorraine'

Wellington Musical Theatre

Radio

2024Te Whatu Ora Smokefree

NZ

Creator

Creator

Biography

Awhimai Fraser is a singer, actor, songwriter and multidisciplinary creative from Waikato, with whakapapa to Ngāti Pūkenga, Ngāi Tāmanuhuri and Ngāti Kahungunu.

She plays Matangi in Moana 2, part of the film’s original motion picture soundtrack, which was nominated for both an American Music Award and a Golden Globe for Best Motion Picture.

Awhimai’s also well known for her voice work in the Reo Māori adaptations of Disney favourites – voicing Matangi in Moana 2 Reo Māori, Elsa in Frozen Reo Māori, and Dolores in Encanto Reo Māori.

On screen, she’s appeared in Shortland Street, four seasons of Ahikāroa, and plays Maia in three seasons (and counting) of the children’s series Toi Time!

Awhimai is a graduate of Whitireia Performing Arts and has been performing live, both nationally and internationally, for over a decade – across music, theatre and musical theatre – including recent shows with the NZSO (Toi Time Live, Hans Zimmer Live).

She also lends her voice to radio and television campaigns, is a singer-songwriter, and features vocally on soundtracks for shows like TVNZ’s Good Grief and TV2’s VEGAS.