Rachel House

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

1.4833

Gender

Female

Birthday

20-Oct-1971

Age

(55 years old)

Place of Birth

Auckland, New Zealand

Also Known As
  • Rachel Jessica Te Ao Maarama House

Rachel House

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.


Credits

White Lies White Lies (2013) Character: Maraea
A medicine woman - a giver of life - is asked to hide a secret which may protect one life but which will destroy another.
Millie Lies Low Millie Lies Low (2022) Character: Marlene
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 Apple”. A tragicomic hunt for a new ticket ensues, as she attempts to beat the clock, her fears and the truth.
Perfect Creature Perfect Creature (2007) Character: Forensic Woman
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 two "separate but equal" races.
A Minecraft Movie A Minecraft Movie (2025) Character: Malgosha (voice)
Four misfits find themselves struggling with ordinary problems when they are suddenly pulled through a mysterious portal into the Overworld: a bizarre, cubic wonderland that thrives on imagination. To get back home, they'll have to master this world while embarking on a magical quest with an unexpected, expert crafter, Steve.
Back to the Outback Back to the Outback (2021) Character: Jacinta (voice)
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 escape from their zoo to the Outback, a place where they’ll fit in without being judged.
The Moon Is Upside Down The Moon Is Upside Down (2024) Character: Tuffy
Loren Taylor's directorial debut, “The Moon is Upside Down”, is an uproarious and cleverly dark-humoured rollercoaster. Against the backdrop of New Zealand's stunning countryside and gritty urban suburbs, three characters grapple with an insatiable yearning for connection.
Bellbird Bellbird (2019) Character: Connie
In the wake of the loss of his beloved wife, a rural community rallies around a farmer to help him deal with his grief.
Cousins Cousins (2021) Character: Older Missy
Connected by blood but separated by circumstances, three cousins spend a lifetime in search of each other.
The Portable Door The Portable Door (2023) Character: Professor Nienke Van Spee
Paul and Sophie, interns at a mysterious London firm, become steadily aware their employers Humphrey and Dennis are anything but conventional – they are disrupting the world of magic by bringing modern corporate strategy to ancient magical practices.
Kangaroo Kangaroo (2025) Character: Jesse
Ex TV personality, Chris Masterman, becomes stranded in an Outback town outside Alice Springs. There, he teams up with 12-year-old Indigenous girl Charlie. The pair form an unlikely friendship and work together to rescue and rehabilitate orphaned joeys in the remote but stunning Outback community—an endeavour that proves to be life-changing for them both.
Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire (2024) Character: Hampton
Following their explosive showdown, Godzilla and Kong must reunite against a colossal undiscovered threat hidden within our world, challenging their very existence – and our own.
The Dark Horse The Dark Horse (2014) Character: Vagrant Woman
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 struggling chess club, his family and ultimately, himself.
Moana Moana (2016) Character: Gramma Tala (voice)
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 out the demigod to set things right.
Hunt for the Wilderpeople Hunt for the Wilderpeople (2016) Character: Paula
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 ensues, and the two are forced to put aside their differences and work together to survive.
Next Goal Wins Next Goal Wins (2023) Character: Ruth
Dutch coach Thomas Rongen attempts the nearly impossible task of turning the American Samoa soccer team from perennial losers into winners.
Tales from the Apocalypse Tales from the Apocalypse (2022) Character: System (voice)
This gripping sci-fi anthology film features five thrilling stories about space travel and black holes, family and loss, and artificial intelligence.
Fracture Fracture (2004) Character: Taxi Driver
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 fundamentalist mother rejects her. But when the brother is responsible for a woman's broken neck, during his burglary of her house, families are changed as crisis amplifies and at times the young mother seems to be the only adult.
Baby Done Baby Done (2020) Character: Principal Mullins
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 rush through her dreams.
Zootopia 2 Zootopia 2 (2025) Character: Gramma Taller (voice)
After cracking the biggest case in Zootopia's history, rookie cops Judy Hopps and Nick Wilde find themselves on the twisting trail of a great mystery when Gary De'Snake arrives and turns the animal metropolis upside down. To crack the case, Judy and Nick must go undercover to unexpected new parts of town, where their growing partnership is tested like never before.
Penguin Bloom Penguin Bloom (2021) Character: Gaye Hatfield
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 difference in the struggling family’s life.
Boy Boy (2010) Character: Aunty Gracey
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 criminal father, who has returned to find a bag of money he buried years ago.
Eagle vs Shark Eagle vs Shark (2007) Character: Nancy
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 gatecrashing Jarrod's party and proving her skills on the game console, Lily goes down to Jarrod's home town with him so he can settle an old score with a past school bully.
Whale Rider Whale Rider (2003) Character: Shilo
A contemporary story of love, rejection, and triumph as a young Maori girl fights to fulfill a destiny her grandfather refuses to recognize.
Soul Soul (2020) Character: Terry (voice)
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 accident that separates his soul from his body and is transported to the You Seminar, a center in which souls develop and gain passions before being transported to a newborn child. Joe must enlist help from the other souls-in-training, like 22, a soul who has spent eons in the You Seminar, in order to get back to Earth.
Cradle Cradle (2016) Character: System (voice)
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 explosion cripples the craft and seriously injures her father. As the clock counts down to self-destruction Cradle’s computer, System, assumes control of the ship and refuses to perform the life saving medical procedure that her father desperately needs. Whilst trying to outwit System to save her dad, Eade discovers the shocking truth of her existence and must face her uncertain future armed with the knowledge that her life in space is not as it seems.
Rhys Darby: Mystic Time Bird Rhys Darby: Mystic Time Bird (2021) Character: Voice of The Shaman
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 and sound effects as he takes you on a fantastical journey into the world of mysticism, past lives...and birds.
Thor: Ragnarok Thor: Ragnarok (2017) Character: Topaz
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 of his home-world and the end of Asgardian civilization, at the hands of a powerful new threat, the ruthless Hela.
Team Darryl Team Darryl (2018) Character: Topaz
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 Australia and Darryl has been struggling to pay his rent. Now Darryl needs a new roommate to help make the monthly payments. Unfortunately for Darryl, the Grandmaster was the only one who answered Darryl's "Roommate Needed" ad and with no viable options, the Grandmaster moves in.
Ellie and Abbie (and Ellie's Dead Aunt) Ellie and Abbie (and Ellie's Dead Aunt) (2020) Character: Patty
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 plan to go public with the invitation but before she can go through with it, her dead aunt Tara reappears from beyond the grave. Believing she's been brought back from the dead to be Ellie's fairy godmother, Tara dishes out unwanted dating advice based on her life as an out lesbian in the '80s.
Moana 2 Moana 2 (2024) Character: Gramma Tala (voice)
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 dangerous, long-lost waters for an adventure unlike anything she's ever faced.



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