---
name: "Iris Churn"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/iris-churn"
fi1m_id: "iris-churn"
imdb_id: "nm0161515"
tmdb_id: 28737
wikidata_id: "Q134272357"
roles: ["Actor"]
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-17T21:46:53.461766+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."
---

# Iris Churn

## Identity

Iris Churn

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/iris-churn
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** iris-churn
- **IMDb ID:** nm0161515
- **TMDB ID:** 28737
- **Wikidata ID:** Q134272357
- **Same entity:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q134272357, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0161515/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/28737

Actor.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q134272357, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0161515/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/28737

## Streaming the US now

- **The Criterion Channel:** [*An Angel at My Table*](https://film.one/film/an-angel-at-my-table.md) (87)

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

## Biography

Iris Churn is an actress. She played the Mother in the 1990 New Zealand film *An Angel at My Table*, directed by Jane Campion. Her other screen credits include the role of Member Jury 1 in the 1980 film *Beyond Reasonable Doubt*, appearances as Mrs Leach and Mrs Tatlin in the television series *Shortland Street* (1993–1995), and Desiree Smeltz in the 2017 episode of *The Brokenwood Mysteries*.

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

## On Fi1m (1)

- *An Angel at My Table* (1990), Fi1m 87, as Mother — [page](https://film.one/film/an-angel-at-my-table.md)

## Complete filmography (2)

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

- *The Brokenwood Mysteries* (2014), series, as Desiree Smeltz
- *An Angel at My Table* (1990), as Mother — Fi1m 87, [page](https://film.one/film/an-angel-at-my-table.md)

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