Rachel House

Rachel House

1971-10-20 Auckland, New Zealand 31 Credits

Biography

Rachel Jessica Te Ao Maarama House ONZM (born 20 October 1971) is a New Zealand actress and director. She is best known for her roles in the films of Taika Waititi. She has received numerous accolades, including an Arts Laureate, the NZ Order of Merit, 'Mana Wahine' from WIFT NZ, and Te Waipuna a Rangi (Matariki Awards) for her contributions as an actor and director. Description above from the Wikipedia article Rachel House, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

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Kangaroo

Kangaroo

2025

as Jesse

Acting

Ex TV personality, Chris Masterman, becomes stranded in an Outback town outside Alice Springs. There, he teams up with 12-year-old Indigenous girl Cha...

A Minecraft Movie

A Minecraft Movie

2025

as Malgosha (voice)

6.5
Acting

Four misfits find themselves struggling with ordinary problems when they are suddenly pulled through a mysterious portal into the Overworld: a bizarre...

Moana 2

Moana 2

2024

as Gramma Tala (voice)

7.1
Acting

After receiving an unexpected call from her wayfinding ancestors, Moana journeys alongside Maui and a new crew to the far seas of Oceania and into dan...

The Moon Is Upside Down

The Moon Is Upside Down

2024

as Tuffy

Acting

Loren Taylor's directorial debut, “The Moon is Upside Down”, is an uproarious and cleverly dark-humoured rollercoaster. Against the backdrop of New Ze...

The Mountain

The Mountain

2024

Director, Writer

8.0
Directing Writing

Sam, a fearless young girl raised outside of her Māori culture, is determined to fulfill her mission of connecting with her mountain. She hopes it can...

Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire

Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire

2024

as Hampton

7.1
Acting

Following their explosive showdown, Godzilla and Kong must reunite against a colossal undiscovered threat hidden within our world, challenging their v...

Next Goal Wins

Next Goal Wins

2023

as Ruth

6.4
Acting

Dutch coach Thomas Rongen attempts the nearly impossible task of turning the American Samoa soccer team from perennial losers into winners.

The Portable Door

The Portable Door

2023

as Professor Nienke Van Spee

6.5
Acting

Paul and Sophie, interns at a mysterious London firm, become steadily aware their employers Humphrey and Dennis are anything but conventional – they a...

Tales from the Apocalypse

Tales from the Apocalypse

2022

as System (voice)

5.1
Acting

This gripping sci-fi anthology film features five thrilling stories about space travel and black holes, family and loss, and artificial intelligence.

Millie Lies Low

Millie Lies Low

2022

as Marlene

4.5
Acting

A panic attack causes Millie to miss her flight to New York. Everyone thinks she’s made it though, thanks to her fake Instagram posts from the “Big Ap...

Back to the Outback

Back to the Outback

2021

as Jacinta (voice)

7.7
Acting

Tired of being locked in a reptile house where humans gawk at them like they are monsters, a ragtag group of Australia’s deadliest creatures plot an e...

Rhys Darby: Mystic Time Bird

Rhys Darby: Mystic Time Bird

2021

as Voice of The Shaman

7.0
Acting

Kiwi comic Rhys Darby brings silly wonder to the stage in his latest stand-up show. His unique brand of physical comedy combines obscure observations ...

Cousins

Cousins

2021

as Older Missy

6.9
Acting

Connected by blood but separated by circumstances, three cousins spend a lifetime in search of each other.

Penguin Bloom

Penguin Bloom

2021

as Gaye Hatfield

6.9
Acting

When an unlikely ally enters the Bloom family's world in the form of an injured baby magpie they name Penguin, the bird’s arrival makes a profound dif...

Soul

Soul

2020

as Terry (voice)

8.1
Acting

Joe Gardner is a middle school teacher with a love for jazz music. After a successful audition at the Half Note Club, he suddenly gets into an acciden...

Baby Done

Baby Done

2020

as Principal Mullins

6.3
Acting

Wannabe-adventurer Zoe freaks out when she falls pregnant to her long-term boyfriend Tim. As Tim embraces the prospect of fatherhood, Zoe attempts to ...

Ellie and Abbie (and Ellie's Dead Aunt)

Ellie and Abbie (and Ellie's Dead Aunt)

2020

as Patty

6.6
Acting

School captain Ellie is seriously crushing on her rebellious classmate Abbie. Determined to ask her first love to the year 12 formal, Ellie devises a ...

Bellbird

Bellbird

2019

as Connie

5.8
Acting

In the wake of the loss of his beloved wife, a rural community rallies around a farmer to help him deal with his grief.

Team Darryl

Team Darryl

2018

as Topaz

6.2
Acting

Fresh off being unseated as the ruler of Sakaar, the Grandmaster makes his way to Earth to start a new life. It's been over a year since Thor left Aus...

Thor: Ragnarok

Thor: Ragnarok

2017

as Topaz

7.6
Acting

Thor is imprisoned on the other side of the universe and finds himself in a race against time to get back to Asgard to stop Ragnarok, the destruction ...

Moana

Moana

2016

as Gramma Tala (voice)

7.6
Acting

In Ancient Polynesia, when a terrible curse incurred by Maui reaches an impetuous Chieftain's daughter's island, she answers the Ocean's call to seek ...

Cradle

Cradle

2016

as System (voice)

Acting

Eade is a fourteen year old girl who has spent her entire life on the spaceship Cradle. Eade and her dad are on the return journey to Earth when an ex...

Hunt for the Wilderpeople

Hunt for the Wilderpeople

2016

as Paula

7.7
Acting

Ricky is a defiant young city kid who finds himself on the run with his cantankerous foster uncle in the wild New Zealand bush. A national manhunt ens...

The Dark Horse

The Dark Horse

2014

as Vagrant Woman

6.3
Acting

One-time Maori speed-chess champ, Genesis Potini, lives with a bi-polar disorder and must overcome prejudice and violence in the battle to save his st...

White Lies

White Lies

2013

as Maraea

5.8
Acting

A medicine woman - a giver of life - is asked to hide a secret which may protect one life but which will destroy another.

The Winter Boy

The Winter Boy

2010

Director

Directing

A mother tries to comfort her grieving son, but on each attempt her son’s silence becomes more and more deafening. An outing to the local aquarium pla...

Boy

Boy

2010

as Aunty Gracey

7.3
Acting

Boy, an 11-year-old child and devout Michael Jackson fan who lives on the east coast of New Zealand in 1984, gets a chance to know his absentee crimin...

Perfect Creature

Perfect Creature

2007

as Forensic Woman

5.3
Acting

The vampire myth is given a stylish 1960s treatment, where a human cop partners with a vampire cop to stop a vamp bent on creating a war between the t...

Eagle vs Shark

Eagle vs Shark

2007

as Nancy

6.5
Acting

Love blossoms for Lily over double Meaty Boy burgers at mid-day when uber-computer nerd Jarrod comes in and leaves with free extra large fries. After...

Fracture

Fracture

2004

as Taxi Driver

7.2
Acting

A young solo mother loves her son and his needs are formost, but she still has room in her heart for her very broken brother, even as her fundamentali...

Whale Rider

Whale Rider

2003

as Shilo

7.1
Acting

A contemporary story of love, rejection, and triumph as a young Maori girl fights to fulfill a destiny her grandfather refuses to recognize.