Frankie Adams
Acting
Biography
Frankie Adams is a New Zealand actress and amateur boxer of Samoan heritage. She is 6 ft (1.8 m) tall. Adams' first role, aged 16, was that of Ula Levi in the soap opera Shortland Street. She has also had roles in the television series Wentworth and in the film 1000 Ropes. As a boxer, Adams has participated in a Fight For Life charity boxing event
Born: January 3, 1994
Place of Birth: Auckland City, Auckland, New Zealand
Known For
The Expanse
A thriller set two hundred years in the future following the case of a missing young woman who brings a hardened detective and a rogue ship's captain together in a race across the solar system to expose the greatest conspiracy in human history.
The Lost Flowers of Alice Hart
After losing her parents in a mysterious fire, nine-year-old Alice Hart is raised by her grandmother June on a flower farm where she learns there are secrets within secrets. But years on, an unearthed betrayal sees Alice forced to face her past.
The Expanse: One Ship
An anthology of short webisodes of The Expanse, all relating to the Doctrine of One Ship - that there is only one ship, and it has countless parts as a single body has countless cells.
The Wrecking Crew
Estranged half-brothers Jonny and James reunite after their father's mysterious death. As they search for the truth, buried secrets reveal a conspiracy threatening to tear their family apart.
Mortal Engines
Many thousands of years in the future, Earth’s cities roam the globe on huge wheels, devouring each other in a struggle for ever diminishing resources. On one of these massive traction cities, the old London, Tom Natsworthy has an unexpected encounter with a mysterious young woman from the wastelands who will change the course of his life forever.
One Thousand Ropes
The father of a deeply troubled household that endured tragedy both from without and within, seeks to reconcile with his youngest daughter by making a journey to both symbolically and culturally lay the family "ghosts" to rest.
Teine Sā: The Ancient Ones
Teine Sā - the ancient spirits of the Pacific are stirring. Revered and feared in equal measure, these sacred gods have crept back into the modern world to engage with five different women facing their own demons.. Teine Sā is a series of stories of modern day issues impacting Pacific women who look to the atua of the past for guidance. Teine Sā are the ancient spirit women, with the ability to bless and curse in equal measure. From the notorious goddess Telesa to the Hiama of the Solomon Islands, these tales of the unexpected take age-old stories on many twists and turns.
Moana
Prompted by a summons from the ocean, Moana departs her home island of Motunui for the first time and travels past its barrier reef. Accompanied by the demigod Maui, she undertakes a voyage aimed at recovering the well-being of her community.
Minimum Mass
Love, loss, and black holes. Minimum Mass is the story of couple who experience a series of miscarriages and come to believe their children are being born in another dimension. Set in contemporary Rotorua, New Zealand and the speculative world of black holes, it is a 20 minute interactive narrative virtual reality. Minimum Mass takes place in a real-time, photorealistic computer generated story world and has been developed as an in-headset experience.
The Panthers
Auckland, 1974 - in the face of increased racial-targeting, a group of Polynesian students and street gangsters form a revolutionary movement for justice and equality.
Filmography
as Sina
as Haunani Palakiko
as Candy
as Roberta 'Bobbie' W. Draper
as Tessa
as Various
as Rabia
as Yasmina Rashid
as Ilisa
as Bobbie Draper