
Acting
Davida McKenzie
Davida McKenzie is a blossoming young actress from Aotearoa, New Zealand. Davida has been acting from as early on as 9 years old and was brought up in a multi generational creative Kiwi family. She has worked with directors such as Taika Waititi, Jane Campion, James Ashcroft and has collaborated with actors such as Kiera Knightley, Jenna Ortega, Lily Rose-Depp and Joseph Zada. She is known for her roles in films such as Leviticus (2026), Klara & The Sun (2026), Silent Night (2021) and The Speedway Murders (2024).
Acting credits
6.7Two teenage boys must escape a violent entity that takes the form of the person they desire most: each other.
Leviticus
2026
5.9Nell, Simon, and their boy Art are ready to welcome friends and family for what promises to be a perfect Christmas gathering. Perfect except for one thing: everyone is going to die.
Silent Night
2021
NRWhen Klara, an Artificial Friend who wants nothing more than to find the perfect home, meets Josie, each immediately senses a kindred spirit in the other. Josie has a fraught relationship with her mother and they've suffered great loss, but Klara's innocent wonder and unwavering loyalty begin to heal the family and bring light to Josie's complicated world.
Klara and the Sun
2026
NRKatherine Mansfield’s The Garden Party is modernised in this contemplative short, following teenage Laura as she hosts a party up the road from a mourning family.
Our Party
2025
5.7In the small town of Speedway, Indiana in 1978, four young employees of a Burger Chef restaurant went missing at the end of a Friday night shift. The police initially suspected a petty theft by the work crew. By the time their bodies were found on Sunday and the investigation elevated to multiple murders, the crime scene had been cleaned and re-opened for business.
The Speedway Murders
2024
A portrait of a family, centred on 95-year old New Zealand actress, Dame Kate Harcourt and her life living with her daughter, acting coach Miranda Harcourt.
No Acting In It
2023