Alison Routledge

Alison Routledge

Born: April 29, 1960
The globetrotting daughter of an English army officer, Alison Routledge moved to NZ as a teen. After winning a place at Drama School on a dare, Routledge scored lead roles in TV’s The Garden Party (1983) and end-of-the-world classic The Quiet Earth. Since then the singer and ex-Wildtrack presenter has acted in ghost tale The Returning, acclaimed movie Rain, and played a memorably loopy Mum in 2005 short Nothing Special.

Movies for Alison Routledge...

Nothing Special
Title: Nothing Special
Character: Heather
Released: May 1, 2005
Type: Movie
A young boy is tormented by his mother's conviction that he is the new Messiah, and after leaving home, he tries to limit all human contact and adopt a completely boring, normal lifestyle. This resolution is tested when he meets an exceedingly attractive young woman at work just as he is named employee of the month: an occasion which allows his crazed mother to locate him.
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Her Majesty
Title: Her Majesty
Character: Victoria Wakefield
Released: October 6, 2001
Type: Movie
Her Majesty is a coming-of-age film about a young girl who realizes her lifelong dream when Queen Elizabeth II comes to visit her small hometown.
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Rain
Title: Rain
Character: Heather
Released: May 14, 2001
Type: Movie
Janey is on vacation with her brother, Jim, mother, Kate, and father Ed, at their beach house on the Mahurangi Peninsual in New Zealand. Ed and Kate, who are on the verge of divorce, sit around in the back yard all day drinking whiskey and Janey and Jim are left to their own devices. Cady, a local boaty who is having an affair with Kate, catches Janey's pubescent eye. In response to his wife's drinking problem and recurring infidelity, Ed turns to alcohol, ignoring his children almost as much as his wife, which eventually leads to a character's fate.
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The Returning
Title: The Returning
Character: Jessica Scott
Released: December 10, 1990
Type: Movie
A successful city lawyer abandons his practice and heads out to the country. There he comes upon a stately, but neglected, homestead. He moves in, and during his first night a beautiful ghostly woman makes love to him, in his sleep. Soon his dreams become more engrossing than his everyday world and girlfriend. Gradually he unravels the tragedy of his spirit lovers' past. To respond to her call, he needs to embrace the hearafter.
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Bridge to Nowhere
Title: Bridge to Nowhere
Character: Lise
Released: May 16, 1986
Type: Movie
Kids on an outing in the forest come up against a mysterious hermit who lives on the other side of a bridge, and he is definitely not happy to see them.
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The Quiet Earth
Title: The Quiet Earth
Character: Joanne
Released: September 8, 1985
Type: Movie
After a top-secret experiment misfires, a scientist may be the only man left alive in the world.
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Other Halves
Title: Other Halves
Character: Paula
Released: October 1, 1984
Type: Movie
A Polynesian street-kid and a much older middle-class housewife are both incarcerated in the same mental hospital - she for attempted suicide and he for habitual crime. A friendship grows between them such that she offers him a place to stay upon his release. However, difficulties arise with his continued criminal activities and dependence on her for support - then his gang moves in with them. The film is based upon Sue McCauley's award winning autobiographical novel.