Erana James is currently in production on the Amazon Original series The Wilds, created by Sarah Streicher. James plays Toni Shalifoe, a tomboy with anger issues who feels like everyone is out to screw her over since almost everyone in her life has. Despite her aggression, Toni has a softer side and a high capacity for love, as evidenced by her fierce loyalty to her best friend, Martha.
James recently guest-starred in the Australian series My Life Is Murder for Network 10 alongside Lucy Lawless and starred in the New Zealand comedy series Golden Boy alongside James Rolleston for ThreeNow NZ. She will next be seen guest-starring in the second season of the Network 10 Australian series Playing For Keeps. She has also completed filming on the short film The Sauna.
Erana James is currently in production on the Amazon Original series The Wilds, created by Sarah Streicher. James plays Toni Shalifoe, a tomboy with anger issues who feels like everyone is out to screw her over since almost everyone in her life has. Despite her aggression, Toni has a softer side and a high capacity for love, as evidenced by her fierce loyalty to her best friend, Martha.
James recently guest-starred in the Australian series My Life Is Murder for Network 10 alongside Lucy Lawless and starred in the New Zealand comedy series Golden Boy alongside James Rolleston for ThreeNow NZ. She will next be seen guest-starring in the second season of the Network 10 Australian series Playing For Keeps. She has also completed filming on the short film The Sauna.
James made her feature film debut playing the lead role of Laura in the NZ film The Changeover, alongside Timothy Spall, Melanie Lynskey, Lucy Lawless and Nicholas Galitzine. The film screened as part of the Alice nella Citta sidebar at the Rome Film Festival in 2017, the 2018 Sydney Film Festival and the 2018 Bucheon International Film Festival in South Korea. Co-directed by Miranda Harcourt and Stuart McKenzie, the film is an adaptation of the novel of the same name.
James is of Māori heritage. Her iwi are Ngāti Whātua o Ōrākei and Waikato Tainui.
