Rachel House

Acting · Directing · Writing

Born October 20, 1971, Auckland, New Zealand

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.

Filmography

• 2026Klara and the Sun — Melania
• 2025A Minecraft Movie — Malgosha (voice)
• 2025Kangaroo — Jesse
• Sunny Nights — Mony
• 2025Zootopia 2 — Gramma Taller (voice)
• 2024Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire — Hampton
• 2024Moana 2 — Gramma Tala (voice)
• 2024The Moon Is Upside Down — Tuffy
• 2024The Mountain — Writer, Director
• Time Bandits — Fianna
• Bay of Fires — Airini
• Kiff — Mary Buns (voice)
• 2023Next Goal Wins — Ruth
• 2023The Portable Door — Professor Nienke Van Spee
• Heartbreak High — Woodsy
• 2022Millie Lies Low — Marlene
• Our Flag Means Death — Mary Read
• Pinecone & Pony — Gladys (voice)
• 2022Tales from the Apocalypse — System (voice)
• The Legend of Vox Machina — Dohla (voice)
• 2021Back to the Outback — Jacinta (voice)
• 2021Cousins — Older Missy
• Cowboy Bebop — Mao
• Creamerie — Doc Harvey
• Foundation — Tellem Bond
• 2021Penguin Bloom — Gaye Hatfield
• 2021Rhys Darby: Mystic Time Bird — Voice of The Shaman
• What If...? — Topaz (voice)
• 2020Baby Done — Principal Mullins
• 2020Ellie and Abbie (and Ellie's Dead Aunt) — Patty
• SIS — Moana Thompson
• 2020Soul — Terry (voice)
• Stateless — Harriet
• 2019Bellbird — Connie
• Sherwood — Tui
• 2018Team Darryl — Topaz
• The New Legends of Monkey — Monica
• 2017Thor: Ragnarok — Topaz
• 2016Cradle — System (voice)
• 2016Hunt for the Wilderpeople — Paula
• 2016Moana — Gramma Tala (voice)
• Wolf Creek — Ruth
• Wrecked — Martha
• Find Me a Māori Bride
• Hope and Wire — Joycie Waru
• 2014The Dark Horse — Vagrant Woman
• Aroha Bridge — Whaea Bubbles (voice)
• The Blue Rose — Tina
• 2013White Lies — Maraea
• Super City
• 2010Boy — Aunty Gracey
• 2010The Winter Boy — Director
• 2007Eagle vs Shark — Nancy
• 2007Perfect Creature — Forensic Woman
• Maddigan's Quest
• 2004Fracture — Taxi Driver
• 2003Whale Rider — Shilo
• Ally — (voice)