Rena Owen

Q: Has Rena Owen won any awards?

Yes, Rena Owen has received several awards for her performances, including the Best Actress Award at the 1995 New Zealand Film and Television Awards for her role in 'Once Were Warriors.'

Q: What was Rena Owen's first film?

Rena Owen's film debut was in the 1994 film 'Once Were Warriors,' which catapulted her to fame and showcased her acting talent.

Q: What is Rena Owen's estimated net worth?

Rena Owen's estimated net worth is around $1 million, reflecting her successful career in film and television.

Q: What is Rena Owen's acting style?

Rena Owen is known for her emotionally charged performances and strong character portrayals, often bringing depth to Indigenous stories.

Q: How many children does Rena Owen have?

Rena Owen has one child, whose name is not publicly known, maintaining her family's privacy.

Q: What is Rena Owen's background?

Rena Owen is of Māori descent, specifically belonging to the Ngāti Awa and Ngāti Porou iwi, and she often incorporates her cultural heritage into her work.

Q: What other roles has Rena Owen played?

Besides her film work, Rena Owen has appeared in various television series and has been involved in theater, showcasing her versatility as an actress.

Known for

Siren (2018–2020)

IMDb 7 / 10

2018–2020 / Drama, Fantasy / 60 min

The coastal town of Bristol Cove is known for its legend of once being home to mermaids. When the arrival of a mysterious girl...

Star Wars: Episode II – Attack of the Clones poster

Star Wars: Episode II – Attack of the Clones (2002)

IMDb 6.6 / 10

2002 / Action, Adventure / 142 min

Following an assassination attempt on Senator Padmé Amidala, Jedi Knights Anakin Skywalker and Obi-Wan Kenobi investigate a mysterious plot that could change the galaxy...

Once Were Warriors (1994)

IMDb 7.9 / 10

1994 / Crime, Drama / 102 min

A drama about a Maori family living in Auckland, New Zealand. Lee Tamahori tells the story of Beth Heke’s strong will to keep her...

Name

Rena Owen

Height

5 ft 4 in (1.63 m)

Born

22 July 1966, Rotorua, New Zealand

Spouses

None

Children

1 child, name not publicly known

Parents

Tama Owen, Rina Owen

Estimated Net Worth

$1 million

Year	Title	Character	Rating
2026	Movie Moana Moana answers the Ocean's call and, for the first time, voyages beyond the reef of her island of Motunui with...	Gramma Tala	Not rated
2023	Movie Maya When a 15-year old, seeking an escape from her alcoholic mother's abusive boyfriend, is lured into a sex trafficking scheme...	Sandy	TMDB 6.3 / 10
2023	Movie A Mistake In the midst of a new scheme to publicly report surgeons’ performance, a gifted surgeon’s life is thrown into disarray...	Tessa	TMDB 6.1 / 10
2022	TV Super Giant Robot Brothers Once the squabbling stops, the battling begins! Robot siblings Shiny and Thunder and their whiz inventor must defend Earth when...	Sarge (voice)	TMDB 6.7 / 10
2022	Movie Whina The story of Dame Whina Cooper, the beloved Māori matriarch who worked tirelessly to improve the rights of her people,...	Older Whina Cooper	TMDB 7.6 / 10
2021	TV Star Wars: The Bad Batch The 'Bad Batch' of elite and experimental clones make their way through an ever-changing galaxy in the immediate aftermath of...	Taun We (voice)	TMDB 8.2 / 10
2021	TV Drag Race Down Under Drag queen contestants compete in an elimination-style contest and strut their stuff in a variety of challenges - all to...	Self - Guest Judge	TMDB 5.1 / 10
2021	TV Vegas A business owner is thrust into New Zealand's dark underbelly after a million-dollar drug deal goes wrong on a blood-stained...	Rawinia Duncan	TMDB 6.0 / 10
2020	Movie Without a Body After moving into a run-down farmhouse with his two daughters, a skeptical author seeks to uncover a sinister past that...	Unknown character	TMDB 1.0 / 10
2020	TV The Gloaming When an unidentified woman is found brutally murdered, Detective Molly McGee teams up with fellow cop, Alex O’Connell—with whom she...	Grace Cochran	TMDB 6.3 / 10
2019	Movie Escape and Evasion After his men are killed in Burma, a lone soldier returns home in search of solace. Hiding a dark secret...	Michelle Pennyshaw	TMDB 6.1 / 10
2018	TV Siren The coastal town of Bristol Cove is known for its legend of once being home to mermaids. When the arrival...	Helen Hubbell	TMDB 7.7 / 10
2017	TV The Orville Follow the crew of the not-so-functional exploratory ship in the Earth's interstellar fleet, 400 years in the future.	Heveena	TMDB 7.6 / 10
2015	Movie The Last Witch Hunter The modern world holds many secrets, but by far the most astounding is that witches still live among us; vicious...	Glaeser	TMDB 6.0 / 10
2014	Movie The Dead Lands Hongi, a Maori chieftain’s teenage son, must avenge his father’s murder in order to bring peace and honour to the...	Grandmother	TMDB 6.1 / 10
2014	Movie Once Were Warriors: Where Are They Now? It's been 20 years snce Once Were Warriors was made. Julian Arahanga aka 'Nig' takes us on a journey to...	Self	TMDB 7.1 / 10
2014	Movie The Last Survivors In the near future, society collapses and water becomes scarce. When a greedy water baron starts violently clearing out survivors,...	Claire	TMDB 6.0 / 10
2012	TV Longmire A Wyoming sheriff rebuilds his life and career following the death of his wife. Based on the “Walt Longmire” series...	Unknown character	TMDB 7.7 / 10
2012	TV Longmire A Wyoming sheriff rebuilds his life and career following the death of his wife. Based on the “Walt Longmire” series...	Medicine Woman	TMDB 7.7 / 10
2012	TV The Straits Set among the turquoise waters and lethal wildlife of Australia’s Far North Queensland and the Torres Strait, The Straits is...	Kitty Montebello	TMDB 6.2 / 10
2011	Movie Absolute Killers Johnny Graham, raised by the Torino crime family after the death of his parents, is repeatedly torn between loyalty to...	Unknown character	TMDB 1.0 / 10
2011	Movie Alyce Kills After accidentally knocking her best friend off a roof, Alyce is haunted by guilt and delves into a brutal nightmare...	Danielle	TMDB 5.2 / 10
2009	Movie Piece of My Heart Adapted from Renee's 1995 novel Does This Make Sense to You?, the TV movie lays bare the pain caused by...	Kat	TMDB 6.0 / 10
2009	Movie Spout A young boy and his grandmother become unlikely serial killers in a quest to eliminate his father's girlfriends, in this...	Oma	Not rated
2009	Movie A Beautiful Life A love story about the encounter of two drifting souls. Escaping her abusive past, a woman stays the night with...	Sam	TMDB 3.0 / 10
2009	Movie Veronika Decides to Die After a frantic suicide attempt, Veronika awakens inside a mysterious mental asylum. Under the supervision of an unorthodox psychiatrist who...	Nurse Josephine	TMDB 5.9 / 10
2008	Movie Ocean of Pearls As a Sikh man with a full beard and turban, AMRIT SINGH is often the target of racial profiling. But...	Anna Berisha	TMDB 4.9 / 10
2008	Movie Amusement While being interrogated by a police psychiatrist, the near-catatonic Tabitha tries to explain why she and two of her childhood...	Psychiatrist	TMDB 5.6 / 10
2008	Movie Rain of the Children In Rain of the Children, Ward further explores the subject of his earlier film, In Spring One Plants Alone when,...	Puhi	TMDB 6.5 / 10
2007	TV East West 101 Zane Malik and the Major Crime Squad investigate crime and murder in all quarters of multicultural Sydney.	Mere Hahunga	TMDB 6.7 / 10
2006	Movie The Horrible Flowers Afraid of her imminent success, Bettina, the leader of a threadbare garage band, nearly destroys herself when she returns to...	Linda	TMDB 7.0 / 10
2005	Movie Mee-Shee: The Water Giant A New York City oil company troubleshooter is brought to a remote B.C. lake to look for some lost machinery....	"Crazy" Norma	TMDB 5.5 / 10
2005	Movie Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith When the sinister Sith unveil a thousand-year-old plot to rule the galaxy, the Republic crumbles and from its ashes rises...	Nee Alavar	TMDB 7.5 / 10
2005	Movie The Crow: Wicked Prayer After ex-con Jimmy and his girlfriend are brutally murdered by a biker gang, he is resurrected by the power of...	Mary	TMDB 3.8 / 10
2004	Movie The Land Has Eyes Coming of age story about Viki a young pacific islander attempting to escape the stifling conformity of island culture. Inspired...	Warrior Woman	TMDB 5.8 / 10
2003	Movie Nemesis Game Sara Novak is an introverted college student with a few skeletons in her closet. Shying away from classmates, she prefers...	Emily Gray	TMDB 5.0 / 10
2002	Movie Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones Following an assassination attempt on Senator Padmé Amidala, Jedi Knights Anakin Skywalker and Obi-Wan Kenobi investigate a mysterious plot into...	Taun We (voice)	TMDB 6.6 / 10
2001	Movie Soul Assassin A security agent at an investment bank uncovers espionage that is linked to his girlfriend's murder. He vows to seek...	Karina	TMDB 4.7 / 10
2001	Movie A.I. Artificial Intelligence David, a robotic boy—the first of his kind programmed to love—is adopted as a test case by a Cybertronics employee...	Ticket Taker	TMDB 7.1 / 10
2000	Movie All-American Girl: The Mary Kay Letourneau Story A teacher is arrested and jailed for raping her 13-year-old student, and twice gives birth to his child.	Soona Fualaau	TMDB 4.8 / 10
1999	TV Angel The vampire Angel, cursed with a soul, moves to Los Angeles and aids people with supernatural-related problems while questing for...	Dinza	TMDB 7.9 / 10
1999	Movie What Becomes of the Broken Hearted? Five years have passed and Jake has turned his back on his family. He's still up to his usual tricks...	Beth Heke	TMDB 6.6 / 10
1999	Movie I'll Make You Happy Siggy (Jennifer Ward-Lealand) is a teenage "bad girl" who lives and works in a red-light district of Auckland, New Zealand....	Mickie	TMDB 7.0 / 10
1998	Movie Dance Me to My Song The story of Julia, a disabled woman in a wheelchair and voice synthesizer, who's trapped psychologically by a cruel, manipulative...	Rix	TMDB 5.9 / 10
1998	Movie When Love Comes Between getting trashed, tripping, blowing guys off and writing songs, Mark falls for Stephen. Fig and Sally put perform Marks...	Katie	TMDB 5.0 / 10
1998	Movie 9 Across A story of two prison cellmates, a crossword puzzle, and a dramatic escape.	The Woman in the Bank	TMDB 8.0 / 10
1996	TV Medivac Medivac was an Australian television drama series that ran on Network Ten from 1996 to 1998. There were 48 episodes...	Unknown character	TMDB 9.0 / 10
1995	Movie Savage Play During a rugby tour of Britain and Ireland in 1888, a young New Zealander searches for his father who he...	Takiora	TMDB 8.0 / 10
1994	Movie Once Were Warriors In a violent relationship, it takes a mother’s strength to save herself and her children from the man she loved....	Beth Heke	TMDB 7.4 / 10
1994	Movie Rapa Nui Inter-tribal rivalry leads to a competition to erect a huge Maoi statue in record time before Make can take part...	Hitirenga	TMDB 6.4 / 10
1994	Movie Hinekaro Goes on a Picnic and Blows Up Another Obelisk A Maori writer meets a trickster spirit guide and conjures new worlds from the words she inks on a page.	Hinekaro (voice)	Not rated
1989	Movie Roimata Roimata, a young Maori woman from the East Coast, travels to the city to meet her half-sister Girlie. Introduced to...	Girlie	TMDB 4.5 / 10
TBA	Movie The Mark When Eden, an enigmatic spy on a covert and dangerous mission, pulls single father Ben Dawson into her world of...	Unknown character	Not rated

Year	Title	Role	Rating
2022	Movie Whina The story of Dame Whina Cooper, the beloved Māori matriarch who worked tirelessly to improve the rights of her people,...	Associate Producer Production	TMDB 7.6 / 10
2017	Movie Out of the Shadows A newly married detective and his pregnant wife move into their dream home unaware of its dark history. When his...	Writer Writing	TMDB 6.6 / 10

Maya

2023 / TMDB 6.3

A Mistake

2023 / TMDB 6.1

Whina

2022 / TMDB 7.6

Without a Body

2020 / TMDB 1.0

Escape and Evasion

2019 / TMDB 6.1

The Last Witch Hunter

2015 / TMDB 6.0

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Got a question about Rena Owen?

What are Rena Owen's most notable films?

Rena Owen is best known for her roles in 'Once Were Warriors' and 'Whina.' She has also appeared in 'The Strength of Water' and 'Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones.'

Has Rena Owen won any awards?

What was Rena Owen's first film?

What is Rena Owen's estimated net worth?

What is Rena Owen's acting style?

How many children does Rena Owen have?

What is Rena Owen's background?

What other roles has Rena Owen played?