---
name: "Carolyn Dando"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/carolyn-dando"
fi1m_id: "carolyn-dando"
imdb_id: "nm2762245"
tmdb_id: 53486
wikidata_id: "Q5045346"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "28 April 1989"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-10-01T21:11:32.193317+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Carolyn Dando

## Identity

Carolyn Dando

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/carolyn-dando
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** carolyn-dando
- **IMDb ID:** nm2762245
- **TMDB ID:** 53486
- **Wikidata ID:** Q5045346
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carolyn_Dando, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5045346, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2762245/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/53486

Actor. Born 28 April 1989 in Auckland, New Zealand.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 28 April 1989, Auckland, New Zealand
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carolyn_Dando, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5045346, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2762245/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/53486

## Streaming the US now

- **Apple TV:** [*The Lovely Bones*](https://film.one/film/the-lovely-bones.md) (46)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

Carolyn Dando is a New Zealand actress and singer. Born on 28 April 1989 in Auckland, she began performing as a child, initially focusing on classical singing before moving into acting.

Her first professional screen role was as Lauren Connelly in the television film *Fatal Contact: Bird Flu in America* (2006). She gained wider recognition for portraying Ruth Connors in Peter Jackson's *The Lovely Bones* (2009). Subsequent credits include appearances in *Legend of the Seeker* (2009), *Shortland Street* (2010), *Nothing Trivial* (2011), *Girl vs. Boy* (2012–2013), *The Blue Rose* (2013), *The Monster of Mangatiti* (2015), *Power Rangers Dino Charge* (2015), *The Shannara Chronicles* (2016) and *The Brokenwood Mysteries* (2023).

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *The Lovely Bones* (2009), Fi1m 46, as Ruth Connors — [page](https://film.one/film/the-lovely-bones.md)

## Complete filmography (8)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *The Shannara Chronicles* (2016), series, as Utopian Woman
- *The Monster of Mangatiti* (2015), as Christine
- *The Brokenwood Mysteries* (2014), series, as Sister Angelica
- *The Blue Rose* (2013), series, as Hayley
- *The Lovely Bones* (2009), as Ruth Connors — Fi1m 46, [page](https://film.one/film/the-lovely-bones.md)
- *Legend of the Seeker* (2008), series, as Veta
- *Fatal Contact: Bird Flu in America* (2006), as Lauren Connelly
- *Power Rangers* (1993), series, as Assistant

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