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Articles and Interviews
Writer Profile: Rena Owen
by Rena Owen, The New Zealand Writers Guild, January 1, 2010
The way we were
by Kim Knight, Sunday Star Times, August 30, 2009
Rena Owen returns to rural roots
Vincent Ward's latest film, Rain Of The Children, required Rena Owen to return to her rural roots. It wasn't difficult.
by Shane Gilchrist, Otago Daily Times, September 13, 2008
An interview with Rena Owen, the star of Once Were Warriors
by Tobe A. Roberts IV, CINEMA WITHOUT BORDERS, June 19, 2007
Rena's happy in Hollywood
FROM TUNA TO TINSEL: Rena Owen is enjoying being back home in Moerewa.
by Helen Castles, Fairfax New Zealand Limited, May 8, 2007
Fijian family's tale told through 'Eyes' of a camera
by Wayne Harada, HonoluluAdvertiser.com, March 11, 2005
Wizard World Wows ’em in the Windy City
by Steve Woolf, Autograph Collector, November 1, 2004
Mastering The Standard Generic
Cannes Film Festival 2004
by Elspeth Tavares, The Business of Film, July 19, 2004
Interview : Rena Owen
by Clint Morris, Moviehole, March 9, 2004
DVDTalk Interview - Rena Owen
by James W. Powell, DVD Talk, January 1, 2004
Rena Owen: Acting her age
Rena Owen will speak openly about her addiction, prison time and love life - just don't ask how old she is, says Megan Nicol Reed.
by Nicol Reed, Sunday Star Times, November 16, 2003
Rena Owen
Star of Once Were Warriors
by Daniel Robert Epstein, Suicidegirls, November 12, 2003
Nemesis Dame
by Onfilm Magazine, Onfilm, November 1, 2003
Interview: Rena Owen
by Andrew Sweeney, CHUD.com, September 26, 2003
Once was a warrior - now a Hollywood star
by Rob Messenger, ABC Wide Bay Queensland, August 21, 2003
"Con" Jobs
by Jamie Painter Young, Backstage.com, May 16, 2003
Rena Owen Interview
by Mark Dermul, December 1, 2002
Role for kids excites Owen
by Sue Fea, Southland Times, April 26, 2002
Rena Owen's Magical Wedding
by Vicky Tyler, New Idea Magazine, April 20, 2002
Taun We Speaks
by Star Wars Homing Beacon #35, starwars.com, May 17, 2001
Rena Gives Up Money for Love
by Vicky Tyler, New Idea Magazine, January 1, 2001
Rena Owen's First "Star Wars" Interview
by Stein Carlsen, renaowen.com, October 15, 2000
Rena's Big Break in Hollywood
by Elizabeth Tindall, New Idea Magazine, January 1, 2000
From New Zealand with love
by Gemma Files, eye weekly, December 9, 1999
Portrait of a Warrior
Rena Owen is happy. So happy she wouldn't change her life for the world.
by Amber Smith, Lifestyle, June 1, 1999
Toronto Premiere for New Film Starring Rena Owen
by NZfilm, October 1, 1998
Stylish Comedy - Heist Movie Mixes Hilarity and Reality
by NZfilm, October 1, 1998
Proud Warrior: Actress Rena Owen
by Ed Rampell, Win Magazine, June 1, 1998
Rena, Warrior Princess
Beating a bad attitude
by Tom Hyde, Metro, June 30, 1997
Warrior Woman
Beth Heke is the central figure in 'Once Were Warriors', a film based on the novel by Alan Duff. Beth is played, unforgettably, by Rena Owen.
by Katherine Findlay, Mana Magazine, May 1, 1995
Once Were Warriors, Now Are Movie Stars
Kiwi actress Rena Owen, newly crowned Best Actress at the Montreal Film Festival, stars in New Zealand's biggest box-office smash.
by Cullen Gerst, MovieMaker, April 1, 1995
For Actress Rena Owen, 'Warriors' Is More Than a Role
The 34-year-old Maori has personal experience with the cultural subjugation portrayed in the film about New Zealand's indigenous people
by Ken Shulman, Los Angeles Times, March 10, 1995
Film on Abuse Takes New Zealand
by Edward Guthmann, San Francisco Chronicle, March 3, 1995
On Top of Down Under
It was a battle between a Kiwi and a Tyrannosaurus Rex - and the Kiwi won
by Juan Morales, Detour Magazine, March 1, 1995
Warrior Woman
by Alex Patterson, Voice, February 28, 1995
Surviving the Game
Rena Owen fights her way from ex-con to icon
by Holly Millea, Premiere Magazine, February 1, 1995
A Bette Davis from Down Under
A new film from New Zealand is hard-boiled, gritty, and fascinating. So is its powerhouse star.
by B. Ruby Rich, Elle Magazine, February 1, 1995
The Warrior Woman
by Murray Waldren, The Australian Magazine, December 10, 1994
The Dynamic Duo
Warriors star Rena Owen and funster Rima Te Wiata team up in a new off-beat movie
by Brenda Ward, New Idea Magazine, August 16, 1994
Rena Owen: Acting on Instinct
Rena Owen confronted family ghosts for the inspiration behind her riveting performance in 'Once Were Warriors'
by Pamela Stirling, New Zealand Listener, July 30, 1994
Warriors Stars Pick Up the Pieces
Actors Temuera Morrison and Rena Owen had to dig deep for the emotionally demanding roles they play in a film that forces us to confront some painful truths
by James Graham, Woman's Day Magazine, May 10, 1994