• BIRTH 09/01/1968
  • Country Australia
  • SHOWS 4
  • MOVIE 1

Lynette Forday

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Lynette Forday is a trailblazing Australian-born actress, television presenter, and former dancer. After graduating from Australia's prestigious National Institute of Dramatic Art (NIDA), she moved to Auckland and made television history in 1994 as Dr. Grace Kwan on the hit soap opera Shortland Street, becoming one of the first Asian actors to secure a lead role on primetime New Zealand television. Her extensive career includes starring roles in Ride with the Devil, 800 Words, and the international romantic comedy film Choose Love. Most recently, she competed on Celebrity Treasure Island (2022) and stars as Inspector Sharon Li Feng in the murder-mystery series A Remarkable Place to Die.

Lynette Forday

Shows (4)

The Brokenwood Mysteries
The Brokenwood Mysteries
Lydia Lee
2014
800 Words
800 Words
Nurse Crabbe
2015
Shortland Street
Shortland Street
Grace Kwan
1992
Under The Vines
Under The Vines
Petra
2021

Movie

Choose Love
Choose Love
Lena
2023