Vanessa Stacey

Vanessa Stacey (born August 7, 1977) is a New Zealand film, television and stage actress as well as a Musician , Director, Producer Playwright, Comedienne . Well known as Alice in the New Zealand cult science fiction series The Tribe and as Brenda Blue in the British children's television show Jay Jay the Jet Plane, she also had roles in the first and third parts of The Lord of the Rings (The Fellowship of the Ring and The Return of the King), Outrageous Fortune, Out of the Blue , Woodville, and How to Murder Wife.

Biography

Vanessa Stacey was born in Invercargill, New Zealand. At the age of 7, she and her older brother Martin appeared as film extras with her father, a stuntman, in the 1984 post-apocalyptic film Battle Truck and the 1988 fantasy-adventure film Willow. She became involved with community theatre groups, debating teams and theatre sports groups during high school as well as performing in a number of school choirs. Stacey also joined her first band during this time, recording several cover songs, and began performing at local nightclubs the following year.