Biography
Tandi Wright is a New Zealand actress. She was born on 4 May 1970 in Zambia to New Zealand parents and grew up in Wellington, where she attended Wellington High School and Victoria University of Wellington. She graduated from Toi Whakaari: New Zealand Drama School with a Diploma in Acting in 1994.
Wright first gained recognition for her role as Nurse Caroline Buxton in the New Zealand soap opera Shortland Street (1995–2000). She is also known for television work in Seven Periods with Mr Gormsby, Nothing Trivial and 800 Words, and for film roles including Dr Astrid Rush in Black Sheep (2006), the Queen in Jack the Giant Slayer (2013), Joel's mother in Love and Monsters (2020), Ruth in Pearl (2022) and Susan in Evil Dead Burn (2026). Her husband, Michael Beran, is also an actor.
