Stacey Leilua

Stacey Leilua is of Samoan, Maori and English heritage and based in New Zealand. She graduated from one of New Zealand's leading Drama Schools: the Unitec School of Performing & Screen Arts w ...Show More

Stacey Leilua is of Samoan, Maori and English heritage and based in New Zealand. She graduated from one of New Zealand's leading Drama Schools: the Unitec School of Performing & Screen Arts where she majored in Acting and worked on a variety of local productions, including New Zealand's longest running TV series, Shortland Street. Other credits of note are the UK / NZ Feature film Love Birds and the acclaimed web series The Factory which she also co-executive produced with Kila Kokonut Krew under the mentorship of one of New Zealand's well known producers, Robin Scholes.Stacey performed as part of the ensemble cast of Tusiata Avia's Wild Dogs Under My Skirt, which won Production of the Year at the 2018 Wellington Theatre Awards. This production was then picked up for a season at the Soho Playhouse in New York, January 2020 where it played to full houses every night and won first place in the Fringe Encore Series. Hide