New Zealand Woman’s Weekly

Shorty’s comeback queen ‘I’VE NEVER BEEN SO EXHAUSTED!’

She’s been a body double for Sigourney Weaver in Avatar, played a beloved Shortland Street character and won awards for her work in theatre, but Laurel Devenie says no acting job could have prepared her for her hardest role yet – keeping up with the active imagination of her three-year-old daughter Lyra.

“She loves to role play and she loves being told bespoke stories,” tells Laurel, who shares Lyra with partner Matt Keene, 52. “All

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