Portrait of Miriama McDowell

Acting

Miriama McDowell

Career

Active from 2004 to 2026, busiest in 2020 and 2021 with 2 main titles each.

Leading roles
5
top three billing
Average score
GoodWatch score64/100
Highest rated
Poster for Coming Home in the Dark
Coming Home in the Dark
GoodWatch score65/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 9 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 5.0 versus catalog average 4.6EnergyHeart: 4.8 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 2.5 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 5.9 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 5.8 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 5.9 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Miriama McDowell Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Physical Comedy
    1.3, average 2.4
  • Fantasy
    0.7, average 1.7
  • Showbiz
    0.2, average 1.2
  • Warfare
    0.3, average 1.2

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Social Commentary 2
  • Emotional Realism 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

20
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

2020s

7 titles · average score 66
Big Girls Don't Cry
Big Girls Don't Cry (2026)

as Lisa

Pike River
Pike River (2025)
GoodWatch score 43

as Mandy

Whina
Whina (2022)
GoodWatch score 90

as Younger Whina Cooper

Coming Home in the Dark
Coming Home in the Dark (2021)
GoodWatch score 65

as Jill

Disrupt
Disrupt (2021)

as Heeni

Head High
Head High (2020)

TV show · as Renee O'Kane

Third Term
Third Term (2020)

TV show · as Lou

2010s

10 titles · average score 75
My Life Is Murder
My Life Is Murder (2019)
GoodWatch score 74

TV show · as Mae

Rū
Rū (2019)

as Kahu

Waru
Waru (2017)
GoodWatch score 83

as Bash

The Great Maiden's Blush
The Great Maiden's Blush (2016)

as Bunny

Mahana
Mahana (2016)
GoodWatch score 79

as Aunt Saphora

The Brokenwood Mysteries
The Brokenwood Mysteries (2014)
GoodWatch score 60

TV show · as Tania Stokes

Hope and Wire
Hope and Wire (2014)

TV show · as Donna

The Dark Horse
The Dark Horse (2014)
GoodWatch score 79

as Sandy

Waitangi Day: What Really Happened
Waitangi Day: What Really Happened (2011)

as Hariata

Stolen
Stolen (2010)

as Sgt Denise Traill

2000s

3 titles · average score 72
Dean Spanley
Dean Spanley (2008)
GoodWatch score 81

as Foxy Lady

No. 2
No. 2 (2006)
GoodWatch score 62

as Hibiscus

Kerosene Creek
Kerosene Creek (2004)

as Wiki