---
name: "Erana James"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/erana-james"
fi1m_id: "erana-james"
imdb_id: "nm7193146"
tmdb_id: 1708744
wikidata_id: "Q104732834"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "17 February 1999"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-17T21:07:54.120122+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."
---

# Erana James

## Identity

Erana James

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/erana-james
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** erana-james
- **IMDb ID:** nm7193146
- **TMDB ID:** 1708744
- **Wikidata ID:** Q104732834
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erana_James, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q104732834, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm7193146/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1708744

Actor. Born 17 February 1999 in Whangarei, New Zealand.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 17 February 1999, Whangarei, New Zealand
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erana_James, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q104732834, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm7193146/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1708744

## Streaming the US now

- **Disney+:** [*Alien: Earth*](https://film.one/tv/alien-earth.md) (76)

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## Biography

Erana James is a New Zealand actress of Māori descent. She was born on 17 February 1999 in Whangārei and grew up on a farm before moving to Wellington at the age of ten. She trained at Rata Studios, a performing arts school run by director Miranda Harcourt, and made an uncredited appearance in *The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug* (2013).

James's first major film role was as Laura Chant in *The Changeover* (2017). She gained wider recognition playing Toni Shalifoe in the Amazon Prime Video series *The Wilds* (2020–2022). Other credits include *My Life Is Murder* (2019) as Juliana Lloyd, *Uproar* (2023) and *We Were Dangerous* (2024). In 2025 she joined the main cast of the FX series *Alien: Earth* as Curly.

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

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Alien: Earth* (2025), Fi1m 76, as Curly — [page](https://film.one/tv/alien-earth.md)

## Complete filmography (12)

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

- *Alien: Earth* (2025), series, as Curly — Fi1m 76, [page](https://film.one/tv/alien-earth.md)
- *We Were Dangerous* (2024), as Nellie
- *Uproar* (2023), as Samantha
- *Bad Behaviour* (2023), series, as Ronnie
- *The Wilds* (2020), series, as Toni Shalifoe
- *Hot Mother* (2020), as Sofia
- *Southland's Home* (2019), as Nell
- *My Life Is Murder* (2019), series, as Juliana Lloyd
- *Golden Boy* (2019), series, as Kahu
- *Playing for Keeps* (2018), series, as Samira
- *1882* (2017), as Marama
- *The Changeover* (2017), as Laura Chant

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