Joanne Mildenhall plays Dorothy in Atlantis High

Joanne Mildenhall plays Dorothy in Atlantis High



What word best describes you? – Mum

What is your all time favourite line of your character? “You’re the Big D!!”

 

What aspect of your character would you like to have? Her height

 

If you could have one superpower what would it be? Flying

 

Define the perfect day? At the movies or at the beach

 

Which person – living, dead or fictional – do you most identify with? My mother

 

What book or movie title best describes your life so far? Gone with the wind

 

Bread

 

What’s your favourite movie of all time? The Sound of Music

What’s your biggest complaint in life? Nasty people

Who are your favourite actors? Julianne Moore and Alan Rickman

Name your greatest achievement – My two children

Name your greatest regret. Not having done more

What do you like most about acting? The people I meet

If you weren’t in show business, you would be? Unhappy

What’s something in the world you’d like to see outlawed? Rudeness

Joanne Mildenhall plays Dorothy Gordon in Atlantis High

Joanne Mildenhall plays Dorothy Gordon in Atlantis High



Full Name? – Joanne Elizabeth Mildenhall
Date of Birth – Yes I’ve got one of those

Star Sign? – Virgo

Place of Birth – Wellington, NZ

Height – 165cm

Natural hair colour – Dark Brown

Natural eye colour – Hazel

Do you wear glasses/contacts – No

Favourite meal – Chicken, advocado and brie

Favourite drink – Champagne

 

Single/attached – Attached

 

Favourite holiday destination – Paris or London or New York

 

Favourite pastimes/hobbies – Cooking, the dog (that’s and the dog, not cooking the dog, obviously)

Top 3 CD’s of the moment – Rolf Harris, Val Doonican, Roger Whittaker

Top 3 movies of the moment – Die Hard 1, 2 and 3

Favourite book of all time – Middlemarch by George Eliot

Favourite actor/actress – Keanu Reeves, Liz Hurley

Most kissable person – Madonna

 

Favourite saying – No worries

 

Brothers/sisters – Yes

 

Live at home / flatting – Yes

 

Sum yourself up in 5 words – Not very good at questionnaires

Get somebody else to sum you up in 5 words – Big cissy sooky yukky girl

Joanne Mildenhall plays Dorothy in Atlantis High

Joanne Mildenhall plays Dorothy in Atlantis High



Favourite colour?
Dorothy – All colours
Joanne – Pink

 

Best subjects at school?

Dorothy – Cleaning and Cooking for the teachers
Joanne – English and French

 

Worst subjects at school?

Dorothy – Maths
Joanne – Accounting

 

Hobbies and interests in time-off?

Dorothy – Reading a book and riding a motorcycle
Joanne – Underwater basket weaving

Favourite quote, phrase or motto?

Dorothy – To be him or to be her?
Joanne – Carpe diem

 

Left or right handed?

Dorothy – Right
Joanne – Left

 

Favourite food?

Dorothy – Chicken leg soup
Joanne – Tiramisu

Heroes or heroines?

Dorothy – The Big D
Joanne – Ed Hillary

 

Size of feet?

DorothyOne’s a 5 and one’s a 6
Joanne – Both the same

 

Height?

Dorothy – 165 metres
Joanne – 165cm

 

Eyecolour

Dorothy – Hazel
Joanne – Hazel

Glasses or contacts?

Dorothy – Glasses when I’m trying to look smart like my son Giles
Joanne – No

Nickname?

Dorothy – Dennis
Joanne – Joseph

CAST FILES – Dorothy Gordon

CAST FILES

We have managed to get into Vita’s filing cabinet and extract some information about the people in Sunset Cove. This week we dig deep and find out about Joanne Mildenhall and Dorothy Gordon.


Date of Birth?
Dorothy Gordon – Not sure of the exact date – around 1954
Jo Mildenhall – Yes I’ve got one of those
Favourite holiday destination?
Dorothy Gordon – Sunset Cove!
Jo Mildenhall – Paris, London or New York
Pastimes / hobbies?
Dorothy Gordon – Spying, Surfing.
Jo Mildenhall – Cooking, the dog. (that’s and the dog, not cooking the dog)

Left or Right handed?
Dorothy Gordon – Left
Jo Mildenhall – Right.

Glasses or contacts?
Dorothy Gordon – No
Jo Mildenhall – No


Eye Colour?
Dorothy Gordon – Hazel/Green
Jo Mildenhall – Hazel
Favourite food and drink?
Dorothy Gordon Chicken Soup
Jo Mildenhall
– Chicken, Advocado and Brie. Champagne

Height?
Dorothy Gordon – 100cm
Jo Mildenhall – 165cm
Best Subject at School?
Dorothy Gordon – Cooking
Jo Mildenhall – English and French

DOROTHY GORDON

DOROTHY GORDON
Giles has always felt his mother was eccentric but also secretive – could there be more to her move to Sunset Cove than meets the eye? What is her secret? And who does she work for really? What – or who – is she always trying to hide? 

Joanne Mildenhall
Joanne first appeared on the stage in a university revue show at Victoria University in Wellington, where she was studying for a BA in French and English Literature including Drama. Over the past 10 years she has been working in theatre and in front of the camera in a number of productions including Bread and Roses, Fall Out, Cover Story, Tiger Country and as a dialogue coach on Cloud 9’s The Tribe.