George byrne

Rose Frances McIver (most known as Rose McIver) is born on October 10, 1988 in Auckland (New Zaeland). She is best known for her role as Summer Landsdown in 2009’s ‘Power Rangers: RPM‘ and ‘Lindsey Salmon’ on the supernatural drama film ‘The Lovely Bones‘. Most recently she was seen as as TinkerBell on ‘Once Upon A Time‘ and Vivian Scully on ‘Masters of Sex‘.

Born in October 1988, she was raised in Titirangi (a suburb in the Waitakere Ward of the city of Auckland) with her father, John George Whitfield McIver -a photographer- and her mother, Annie McIver (born Coney) an artist. She has an older brother, Paul McIver, who is salso a musician and a former actor.

As a child Rose was talkative and precocious. She began acting at the age of two, after following her older brother Paul’s example and appearing in a television advertisement.

My parents were very hesitant at first,” she says. “They didn’t want us to be out there as working children but we enjoyed it, so th

Rose McIver

Alongside Anna Paquin and Martin Henderson, Rose McIver is part of a small troupe of New Zealanders who began acting early, then kept at it. For McIver acting was just part of growing up."Some kids played hockey in their school holidays and I just worked. Acting was always more of a hobby than a serious pursuit."

Born in 1987 to a ceramic artist mother and photographer father, Rose McIver followed her older brother Paul into acting. Rose was 18 months old when she debuted in Aileen O'Sullivan's short film The Joker. By age five, she'd played a hydra and daughter to Hercules in a trio of Hercules TV movies, acted on Shortland Street, and already had one classic film under her belt —  a brief role in The Piano saw her in angel wings, as a performer in desperate need of the toilet.

Post Piano, McIver was having her first encounters with an American accent. She played preppy schoolgirl roles in a number of American productions filming downunder. At the 2002 NZ Television Awards she was named Best Juv

Rose McIver

New Zealand actress

Rose McIver

McIver at WonderCon in April 2015

Born

Frances Rose McIver


(1988-10-10) 10 October 1988 (age 36)

Auckland, New Zealand

EducationAvondale College
OccupationActress
Years active1993–present
Spouse

George Byrne

(m. 2023)​
Children1
RelativesPaul McIver (brother)
Rose Byrne (sister-in-law)

Frances Rose McIver (born 10 October 1988[1]) is a New Zealand actress. She has portrayed Samantha Arondekar in Ghosts since 2021, Olivia "Liv" Moore in The CW supernatural comedy-drama series iZombie (2015–2019), Summer Landsdown the Yellow Ranger in Power Rangers RPM (2009), and Amber Moore in the romantic comedy film A Christmas Prince (2017) and its two sequels, The Royal Wedding (2018) and The Royal Baby (2019).

McIver began her career with guest appearances in New Zealand–based series, such as Xena: Warrior Princess, Hercules: The Legendary Journeys and Legend of the Seeker. She had recurring roles in the Showtime peri

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