Mia Blake
New Zealand actress
Mia Blake (née Mia Taumoepeau) is a New Zealand based actress. She won the 2006 New Zealand Screen Award for Best Performance by Actress in a Supporting Role for her role in No. 2.
Career
In 2000, Blake secured a role in film Hopeless as Maryann Moore. Taumoepeau then starred in the sci-fi drama series The Tribe in which she portrayed the character of Ginny. She later reprised the role of Maryann in a television series spin-off titled Lovebites.
2006 saw her playing Charlene in No. 2 and in 2007 she featured in The Tattooist playing a beautiful Samoan girl, Sina.
Personal life
Blake was born in Tonga to Togan and Scottish parents.
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