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The native of New Zealand Dianna Fuemana is a playwright, screenplay writer, stage actress, and director. She is well-known for being the partner of Jay Ryan who is also a television, film, and stage actor from New Zealand.
Despite being born into the male-dominated New Zealand Pacific theatre, she stepped forward and created a sphere with her one-woman show ‘Mapaki’ in 1999. Her play was appreciated by critics who earned her nominations at the ‘Chapman Tripp Theatre Awards’.
With the blasting started, she then wrote plays such as ‘Jingle Bells’, ‘The Packer’, ‘My Mother Dreaming’, ‘Falemalama’ and ‘Birds’. Later she turned to screenplay writing and has worked on a few television shows and films.
In 2017, she became the writer, producer, director, and composer of her debut short film, ‘Sunday Fun Day’. For the play ‘The Packer’, she collaborated with her partner Ryan and together they also wrote a few episodes of the TV series ‘Interrogation’, in which he had a guest role.
Height / Weight / Age
| Date Of Birth | 1973 |
| Age | 52 Years |
| Height | In Centimeters – 180 cm
In Feet and Inches – 5’11” |
| Weight | In Kilograms – 70 kg
In Pounds – 154 lbs |
| Eye Color | Brown |
| Hair Color | Black |
| Figure Measurements | 44-36-42 |
| Bra Size | 40B |
| Dress Size | Not Known |
| Shoe Size | 6.5 (US) |
Net Worth
According to the sources, Dianna Fuemana’s estimated net worth is $500K USD approximately.
Education / Family
In the year 1973, Dianna Fuemana was born in New Zealand to Canadian parents who had relocated to New Zealand before her birth.
She attended Henderson High School for elementary education and for further studies, she was enrolled at the University of Auckland where she earned her Master of Creativity and Performing Arts degree.
She has been associated with theatre since her childhood days when she participated in church plays and was always cast in the role of Satan.
At the age of 14, she was exposed to soap operas like ‘The Young and Restless’ and ‘Dynasty’. She is an introvert, hence she did not disclose any information about her parents and family on the Internet.
Name |
Dianna Fuemana |
| Nickname | Dianna |
| Birth Place | New Zealand |
| Profession | Actress, director, playwright, screenwriter |
| Zodiac sign | Not available |
| School | Henderson High School |
| College | The University of Auckland |
| Religion | Christianity |
| Nationality | American |
| Home Town | New Zealand |
| Debut | Not known |
| Fathers Name | Name not known |
| Mothers Name | Name not known |
| Brothers | Name not known |
| Sister | Name not known |
Career / Fashion And Style
In 1999, with her solo project titled ‘Mapaki’, Dianna Fuemana entered the New Zealand theatre scene. The story of the play was inspired by a true incident about a Niuean woman who is “a victim of domestic violence and fantasy”. It was her first playwright from the New Zealand Pacific to merge the Niue and New Zealand ways of life in professional theatre.
She wrote as well as acted in the play and was nominated at the ‘Chapman Tripp Theatre Awards’ in the categories of ‘Outstanding New Writer’ and ‘Best Upcoming Actress of the Year’. The whole team of the play went on to tour across the United States and also held shows in Athens, Greece. In 2001, she had published her second play called ‘Jingle Bells’.
She wrote her third play ‘The Packer’ while studying at the University of Auckland. It was not only performed in New Zealand, Australia, and at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival but also had several revival productions. In 2006, she joined a residency at the Pangea World Theater in Minneapolis, USA.
At the theatre, she published her semi-autobiographical play ‘Falemalama’, which is a dramatized presentation of a journey to get to New Zealand across the Pacific. She also toured across North America and attended several prestigious festivals and held writer residencies in the USA and in Niue.
In 2012, she wrote a screenplay for television shows like ‘Interrogation’ and ‘Good Hands’, and had also worked on a feature film script for the Film Commission. Later, she worked as an intern with Killer Films NYC she won the ‘US Screenwriting Internship Scholarship’ award that year. In July 2017, at the New Zealand International Film Festival, in Auckland her debut short film, ‘Sunday Fun Day’, premiered.
Boyfriends, Affairs, Husband and More
| Boyfriends | Jay Ryan
|
| Marital Status | Divorced |
| Husband | Name not known |
| Children | Son – Solomon
Daughter – Eve Bunyan, Reid
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Favorite Things
Here we are providing you the list of Dianna Fuemana’s favorite things.
| Favorite Actors | Peter Jackson |
| Favorite Actress | Lucy Lawless |
| Favorite Food | Pizza, Ice cream, Fries |
| Favorite Destinations | Paris |
| Favorite Color(s) | Black |
Some Interesting Facts About Dianna Fuemana
- At the age of 17, she got married but the name of her husband is not known. From him, she has a son named Reid.
- Currently, she is in a relationship with her longtime partner Jay Ryan.
- The couple appeared together for the first time in 2003 at ‘Logie Awards’.
- In 2013, she welcomed a daughter named Eve from Jay.
