Michala Banas
Biography
Born in Wellington, Michala Banas is a New Zealand actress and singer who began performing as a child, with her first film role at age five in the 1986 action film Dangerous Orphans. After a nomination for Best Young Actress for the 1995 miniseries Mirror, Mirror, she became known for playing Marissa Taylor in Always Greener from 2001 to 2003 and Kate Manfredi in McLeod's Daughters from 2004 to 2008. Her other television work includes Neighbours, Winners & Losers, Nowhere Boys, Beaconsfield, Upper Middle Bogan, and Bad Mothers. On stage, she made her debut in Avenue Q in 2009, winning a Helpmann Award. She released a country-pop single in 2003 and later wrote, starred in, and directed the short film Packed Away. In 2025 she appeared opposite Liam Neeson in Ice Road: Vengeance.
47years old
Turns 48 on November 14in 4 days
- Born Wellington
- Star sign: ScorpioThe sign runs October 23 to November 21
- Michala Elizabeth Laurinda Banas (birth name)
Movie Career
- Films
- 3
- Career span
- 9 years2016 to 2025
Every film, newest first
- 2025Ice Road: VengeanceIMDb rating 4.9
- 2024Run Rabbit RunIMDb rating 5.0
- 2016Nowhere Boys: The Book of ShadowsIMDb rating 5.1
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Beyond film
Banas first appeared on stage in 2009, in the Broadway musical comedy Avenue Q. Her work in that show won her a Helpmann Award.
A change of course
In 2019, Banas trained in the UK as an Intimacy Coordinator under Ita O'Brien, and afterward she started working in that field on screen and stage projects.
Behind the camera
Banas has appeared in multiple stage productions for Melbourne Theatre Company, also called MTC, and she is co-artistic director of The KIN Collective, an independent theater company.
Michala Banas movies on Netflix
Worked with
Michala Banas made one film with each of them. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.
Films together
Liam Neeson's page
Greta Scacchi's page
Bingbing Fan's page
Damon Herriman's page
Sarah Snook's page
Angourie Rice's page
Jonathan HensleighDirector, 1 film, 2025
All films by Jonathan Hensleigh
Daina ReidDirector, 1 film, 2024
All films by Daina Reid
David CaesarDirector, 1 film, 2016
All films by David Caesar
Online
Official profiles and reference pages.