 Mamaengaroa Kerr-Bell

Mamaengaroa Kerr-Bell (born 1978) is a New Zealand Māori actress.Her breakthrough role as Grace Heke in the Lee Tamahori film, "Once Were Warriors", based on the book of the same name by Alan Duff, was as a "sixteen-year-old newcomer [when Kerr-Bell] was discovered by casting director Don Selwyn while accompanying a friend to the auditions for "Once Were Warriors".