Despite the strange accent, Nancy has been a part of New Zealand for the last 20yrs, and considers New Zealand her home, the place her heart identifies with. Also she has been apart of the theatre and television industry for most of that time. Popping up in Shortland St, Hercules, appearing at the Mercury, Court Theatre, in plays and musicals, notably The Crucible as Abigail, and Daughters of Heaven as Juliet Hulme. Last year she made her debut with ATC, as Nadya Krupskaya (Lenin's wife), requiring once again the accent and language of Russia. Including in last year she appeared as 'the woman' in Pinta's 'a kind of alaska', for which she had to learn a mere 20 pages of non stop dialogue, compared to the glorious 35 pages of words for the wonderful Shirley Valentine.