She is an American-New Zealand actress, born in Maryland, USA, and, at the age of eight, she moved to Mount Maunganui in the Bay of Plenty, New Zealand. Before going to the New York Film Academy in the United States, she went to Mount Maunganui College in New Zealand. After that, she moved to Auckland to study at the Academy of Film and Television. She is known for King Kong (2005) and Sorority Forever (2008).