Nyree Dawn Porter

Nyree Dawn Porter OBE , born Ngaire Dawn Porter , was a New Zealandborn stage, film and television actress.

Porter was born in Napier, New Zealand in 1940. Her first professional work was touring with the New Zealand Players Trust. She was acclaimed for such roles as Jessica in The Merchant of Venice and Juliet in Romanoff and Juliet. She also performed in revues and musicals. She moved to Britain in 1958 after winning a Miss Cinema talent competition for young actresses organised by Rank, with the prize of a roundtheworld trip and a film test in London. Although the test was probably little more than a publicity stunt, she decided to stay and was soon acting in the theatre. Look Whos Here at the Fortune Theatre in Drury Lane was her first West End appearance. She followed this with the role of Connie in Neil Simons first West End play, Come Blow Your Horn, and a string of other appearances. She had two roles in Stephen Sondheims Sunday in the Park with George, at the National Theatre in 1990 and played Olivia in Twelfth Night at the Shaw Theatre, and Rosalind in As You Like It at the Ludlow

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