New Zealand Woman’s Weekly

Elisabeth spreads her wings ‘WHY I’M A RARE BIRD!’

Is there life after Shortland Street? Countless Kiwi actors have asked themselves that question after leaving Ferndale. Me included.

After playing the murderous Nurse Carla Crozier in the ’90s, only to return 25 years later to play the same character, only she’d reinvented herself as psychotherapist Carla Summerfield, I’ve often wondered how many acting opportunities have been lost to me as a result of playing such an unhinged individual.

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