Antonia Mary Prebble (born 6 June 1984) is a New Zealand actress, best known for her role as Loretta West in the hit NZ comedy-drama Outrageous Fortune, as Trudy in The Tribe, as Jane in The Blue Rose, and as Rita West, the grandmother of her character in Outrageous Fortune, on the prequel series Westside. Internationally she's best known for her role as Clare Langtree, the Gatekeeper in the 2006 series Power Rangers Mystic Force.
Early life and education
Born on 6 June 1984 in Wellington, New Zealand, Antonia Mary Prebble is the middle of three children of John Prebble, a Sussex-born barrister and solicitor and a law professor at Victoria University of Wellington, and Nicola Mary Riddiford, an English teacher; Prebble has an older sister, Becky, and a younger brother, Ben, both of whom studied law. She then matriculated to Victoria University of Wellington, where she studied a Bachelor of Arts in Linguistics.
Prebble speaks fluent French.
Since 2016, Antonia has been an ambassador for New Zealand department store Smith & Caughey's. Prebble was the face of Smith & Caughey's Spring 2018 campaign and lookbook, photographed and styled in a series of images by fashion photographer Nicole Ku. Antonia Prebble has featured on the covers of Next Magazine, Remix Magazine, Mindfood Style, and Fashion Quarterly.
In early 2019, Prebble frequented New Zealand TV show The Project after having her first child with Dan Musgrove. During the same year she featured in the music video for "Help You Now" by Auckland band Alae.
In April 2020, Prebble participated in an Outrageous Fortune virtual greeting in the fight against the coronavirus pandemic.
On 19 November 2020, Prebble was the guest host on The Project before the final episode of Westside.
In November 2022, Prebble joined the cast of Shortland Street as Dr Rebekah Anderson.
In 2023 Prebble alongside Madeleine Sami-filmed NZ series Double Parked.
In late 2022 Prebble was announced as part of the cast for SBS legal drama Safe Home and in 2023, the series aired with Prebble playing the role of Grace MacDonald.
Personal life
In 2016, Prebble began dating her then Westside co-star, Dan Musgrove. The couple announced their engagement in July 2018 and pregnancy in February 2019. They married in 2024 and have two children together. Prebble lives in Auckland.
Filmography
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Film
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! Year
! Title
! Role
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|2013
|White Lies
|Rebecca
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|-
|2014
|'
|Beth Wakefield
|
|-
|2015
|Timeslow
|Amelia
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|-
|2017
|Pork Pie
|Suzie Davidson
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|-
|2017
|'
|Hayley
|Short
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|2025
|Heart Eyes
|Jane
|
|}
Television
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! Year
! Title
! Role
! class="unsortable" | Notes
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|1997–1998
|Mirror, Mirror II
|Mandy McFarlane
|Main role
|-
|1999
|'
|Jem
|Episode: "A Crack in Time"
|-
|1999–2003
|'
|Trudy
|Main role
|-
|2001
|Dark Knight
|Ruth
|Episode: "Damned"
|-
|2004
|Power Rangers Dino Thunder
|Krista
|Episodes: "The Passion of Conner", "Thunder Struck: Part II"
|-
|2005
|Interrogation
|Saskia
|Episode: "Where There's Smoke"
|-
|2005
|Power Rangers S.P.D.
|Nova Ranger (voice)
|Episode: "Endings: Part II"
|-
|2005–2010
|Outrageous Fortune
|Loretta West
|Main role: Granddaughter of Rita West in "Westside"
|-
| rowspan="2" |2006
|Power Rangers Mystic Force
|Clare Langtree
|Regular role
|-
|'
|Caterina
|Episode: "1.11"
|-
|2010
|Spies and Lies
|Mavis
|TV film
|-
| rowspan="2" |2011
|'
|Sonja Freeman
|Episode: "God's Gift to Zebras"
|-
|Super City
|Toni
|Episodes: "1.1", "1.4", "1.5"
|-
|2012
|Auckland Daze
|Antonia
|Episode: "1.1"
|-
|2013
|'
|Jane March
|Main role
|-
| rowspan="2" |2014
|Salem
|Bridget Bishop
|Episode: "The Stone Child"
|-
|Anzac Girls
|Hilda Steele
|TV miniseries
|-
|2015
|Winter
|Alesia Taylor
|Main role
|-
|2015–2020
|Westside
|Rita West
|Main role
|-
| rowspan="3" |2017
|Stand Up Girl
|Drunk Bride
|Episode: "Decent Woman"
|-
|Sisters
|Edie Flanagan
|Main role
|-
|My Life Is Murder
|Ramona Church
|Episode: "Hidden Gems"
|-
|2020
|Power Rangers Beast Morphers
|Astronema/Karone (voice)
|1 episode
|-
|2021
|One of Us Is Lying
|Robyn
|2 episodes
|-
|2022–23
|Shortland Street
|Rebecka Anderson
|50 episodes
|-
|2023
|Safe Home
|Grace Macdonald
|Main role; 4 episodes
|-
|2023–24
|Double Parked
|Steph
|Main role; 14 episodes
|}
See also
- List of New Zealand television personalities