Roxie Mohebbi

Acting

Roxie Mohebbi

Roxie Mohebbi is an Iranian–New Zealand director, writer, and actor. Her work explores themes of identity, migration, and intergenerational memory with emotional nuance and cultural specificity. With a background in performance and a commitment to story sovereignty, Roxie brings emotional, layered stories to the screen - centering voices often left at the margins.

Known For

Head SouthHead South · 2024
Head South
5.72024
MovieDramaMusic
Christchurch, Aotearoa New Zealand, 1979. During a fortnight with his world-weary father, Angus is drawn to the underground post-punk music scene. With the support of his friend Kirsten, Angus navigates self doubt, derision and a family tragedy to take the stage for the first time.
MaysaMaysa · 2025
Maysa
2025
MovieDrama
Maysa unfolds over a single afternoon as a young woman and her stoic middle eastern mother navigate the quiet tension of a long-held silence. As memories of migration and girlhood surface in fractured flashbacks, their unspoken history begins to unravel. A tender, restrained portrait of love, resilience, and the things women carry - even when they no longer have to.
RochelleRochelle · 2024
Rochelle
2024
MovieComedyDrama
A brazen young man takes it upon himself to send his friend’s busted up car, Rochelle, out in style by entering it in a local demolition derby, but to get there he needs help from an unexpected source.
The Moon Is Upside DownThe Moon Is Upside Down · 2024
The Moon Is Upside Down
2024
MovieDramaComedy
Loren Taylor's directorial debut, “The Moon is Upside Down”, is an uproarious and cleverly dark-humoured rollercoaster. Against the backdrop of New Zealand's stunning countryside and gritty urban suburbs, three characters grapple with an insatiable yearning for connection.
Writers in LoveWriters in Love · 2025
Writers in Love
2025
MovieComedy
A comedy about two writers whose romantic entanglement takes a sharp turn when they realize they have conflicting ideas about the ethics of writing. As their boundaries clash, the line between storytelling and manipulation begins to blur.
Give Me BabiesGive Me Babies · 2024
Give Me Babies
2024
MovieActionComedy
Meet Ari, an average 20-something millennial living at home with her parents. She also happens to be an MMA fighter with a mum who doubles as her coach. Her mother, Mei, has always planned everything for Ari - her training regime and now her dating regime so she can find the perfect partner, and have the perfect baby at the perfect time in her life. In a bid to escape her overbearing mum-coach, Ari enters an illegal underground MMA fight where she manages to piss off the most dangerous man in town, James Lee. Swords, cakes and the truth go flying when they all collide at her cousin's big fat Indian wedding.
The Brokenwood MysteriesThe Brokenwood Mysteries · 2014
The Brokenwood Mysteries
7.62014
SeriesMysteryDrama
In a seemingly quiet country town the newest resident, Detective Inspector Mike Shepherd, finds that murder lurks in even the most homely location.
Power RangersPower Rangers · 1993
Power Rangers
7.11993
SeriesAction & AdventureSci-Fi & Fantasy
A team of teenagers with attitude are recruited to save Angel Grove from the evil witch, Rita Repulsa, and later, Lord Zedd, Emperor of all he sees, and their horde of monsters.

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