Acting

Amanaki Prescott-Faletau

Auckland, New Zealand

Amanaki Lelei Prescott-Faletau is an actor, writer, dancer, choreographer, producer and director of Tongan descent, living in New Zealand. As a playwright, she became the first fakaleitī to have her work published in New Zealand with Inky Pinky Ponky.

Acting credits

5.2

Two women run a business breaking up couples for cash but when one develops a conscience their friendship unravels.

The Breaker Upperers

2018

10.0

This short film takes place one frantic night as a beautiful young sex worker waits for her salesman lover to whisk her away from her last night on the strip to live happily ever after. But it’s 1975 and she’s a Māori drag queen. And he’s not the ‘white knight’ he said he was.

Gurl

2020

When a young fakaleiti falls in love at St Valentine’s Highschool, she must navigate her way through a world of intolerance and bigotry to find happiness - in an unexpected place.

Inky Pinky Ponky

2024

No artwork available

Sequel to the 2023 film Inky Pinky Ponky

Untitled Inky Pinky Ponky Sequel

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Behind the camera