Rose McIver of ‘The Lovely Bones’
Rose McIver was born on October 10, 1988. Her father, Mac, is a photographer, and her mother, Annie, is an artist. She has an older brother, Paul McIver, who is a musician and former actor. Rose once studied ballet and jazz dance. She attended Avondale College and was a prefect in her final year; she graduated in 2006. Currently, Rose attends the University of Auckland and majors in Psychology and Linguistics.
Not long after the age of two, McIver began appearing in commercials; by the age of three, she received the role of an angel in the film, The Piano.
She has mostly worked for New Zealand television, from fantasy like Maddigan’s Quest to dramas such as Rude Awakenings. She has also starred in television movies such as the Hercules film series and Maiden Voyage, as well as two Disney Channel films; Eddie’s Million Dollar Cook-Off in 2003, and Johnny Kapahala: Back on Board in 2007, which is the sequel to the 1999 film Johnny Tsunami. From March to December of 2009, she played Ranger Yellow Summer Landsdown in the television series Power Rangers: RPM for 32 episodes.
McIver’s big screen debut will be in Peter Jackson’s film adaptation of The Lovely Bones, which is scheduled for a limited U.S. release on December 11, 2009. In the film, Rose plays Lindsey Salmon, the younger sister of the main character.
On May 27 2010, the feature film Predicament, based on the novel by Ronald Hugh Morrieson will be released in New Zealand and Australia. Filming took place in July and August 2009 in the towns of Hawera and Eltham. Rose will star as Maybelle Zimmerman in this 1930s drama/comedy.
Recently, she appeared on an episode of the Irish talk show Xposé.
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