Alison Bruce

Alison Bruce is a New Zealand television and film actress known for her roles in various TV shows and movies. She starred in the 2001 feature film Magik and Rose and appeared in the teen series Being Eve and Xena: Warrior Princess. Bruce also had a recurring role as Simula in Young Hercules. Born in Tanzania to a Scottish father and an English mother, she moved to New Zealand when she was eight. Bruce trained at Auckland's Theatre Corporate in the early 1980s and made her screen debut in the 1984 teleplay The Minders. With over 30 screen roles to her name, including stage performances in Hamlet and Cyrano de Bergerac, Bruce has established herself as a versatile and talented actress.