For all Shortland Street viewers. Did you know, two of our previous students are now screening as Shortland Street actors.

After falling in love with an August Strindberg play during one of her first trips to the theatre, Jess Sayer changed trajectory from journalism to acting studies. Sayer is also an acclaimed and award-winning playwright (Wings, Elevator). On-screen, her writing skills have been utilised for web series Auckward Love (which she co-starred in), Filthy Rich and Shortland Street. Sayer went on to join the hit soap as an actor, debuting as fiery Nurse Maeve Mullens in 2020. The previous year she co-starred in tele-movie Runaway Millionaires, playing one half of a real life couple who fled New Zealand with $10 million.

Actor Milo Cawthorne has won international acclaim and drawn in fans of all ages for his roles in horror flicks such as Blood Punch and Deathgasm and children’s series Power Rangers RPM and P.E.T. Detectives. He is finding his latest role, as Shortland Street’s bumbling Dr Vincent Hughes, a real shot in the arm.