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Kiwi actress Thomasin McKenzie and Miranda Harcourt s daring new roles
25 Feb, 2021 06:00 PM
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New Zealand Woman s Weekly
Thomasin McKenzie is used to walking red carpets in glamorous gowns and starring beside Hollywood greats like Scarlett Johansson, but it s the simple pleasures in life, like lemony chickpea soup, that keep the young Kiwi actress happy.
Chatting from her family home in Wellington, beside her acting coach mother Miranda Harcourt, 58, Thomasin credits home-made comfort food for getting her through some big days on set. For a while, it s all I wanted, lemony chickpea soup, grins the blue-eyed beauty, 20, who wowed audiences with her performance as Jewish teen Elsa Korr on Taika Waititi s satire film Jojo Rabbit.
Thomasin Harcourt Mckenzie talked in 2018 about her double life as a high-schooler and actress.
Wellington actress Thomasin Harcourt McKenzie found out she had been named as one of the “rising stars poised to dominate 2021” when her publicist tagged her on social media.
Vogue magazine described the 20-year-old as “dazzlingly talented” as it released its list of 15 stars poised to dominate 2021. Harcourt McKenzie, who is on holiday in the South Island, said by email she was “beyond excited and flattered” to make the list. “This has been a big year, full of lulls and a constant feeling of fear, so this mention fills me with hope and motivation for what s to come.