Location: Auckland
Age Range: 28 - 38
Ethnicity: New Zealand
Hair Colour: Dark Brown
Eye Colour: Hazel
View on ShowcastCourtney Eggleton is an Auckland-based actor, comedian, clown, and theatre maker working across stage and screen. A graduate of The Actors’ Program, Courtney’s work blends emotional honesty, heightened theatricality, absurd humour, and character-driven performance. In 2025 Courtney made her debut with Auckland Theatre Company as Nurse in Romeo and Juliet. She recently debuted her original solo clown/comedy show Delicate Flowers as part of the 2026 International Comedy Festival, performing to sold out audiences. Her theatre credits include David Ireland’s Everything Between Us (Underground), Mez: Monolog Für Eine Frau as part of the International Theatre Festival, and Precious Little at Basement Theatre. While training at drama school, Courtney also performed a lead role in The Ferryman. Screen credits include My Life Is Murder alongside Lucy Lawless, Shortland Street, Awkward Love, Cowboy Bebop, and most recently Crackhead for TV3. Courtney also performs regularly in improvised comedy and live character work and voices Dr. Lenora Riggs in the Deep Field Games video game Abiotic Factor.
| Year | Role | Production | Company | Director |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 'Haughty' Helen | Crackhead | Warner Bros International | Emmett Skilton |
| 2026 | Dr. Lenora Riggs | Abiotic Factor | Deep Field | Henry Feltham |
| 2026 | Voice Over | Geely | Geely | Franklin Road |
| 2026 | Voice Over | Te Arikinui | PULLMAN | Chester Travis |
| 2026 | Voice Over | Yours Always | PULLMAN | Chester Travis |
| 2026 | Voice Over | Thyronorm | Thyronorm | Native |
| 2026 | Solo Performer | Delicate Flowers | Courtney Elizabeth Eggleton | Ella Blake-Brislen |
| 2025 | Caroline Reece | Shortland Street: New Blood | South Pacific Pictures | Curtis Vowell |
| 2025 | Dr Lenora Riggs | Abiotic Factor | Deep Field | Henry Feltham |
| 2025 | German VO | 100% Pure New Zealand | TNZ | Radiate Studios |
| 2025 | Clarice | Second Skin | Duynhoven | Dwayne F. Kyle |
| 2025 | Emily | The Understudies | Independent | Joshua Strawbridge |
| 2025 | Nurse | Romeo & Juliet | Auckland Theatre Company | Benjamin Kilby-Henson |
| 2025 | Improviser | Bull Rush | Bull Rush | Bull Rush Improv Troupe |
| 2025 | Mum | Geely | Geely | Franklin Road |
| 2025 | Voice Over | Rolleston College Uniforms | NZ Uniform | Native |
| 2025 | Voice Over | Food Snob | TVNZ | Post Production Sound |
| 2024 | Courts | Thicker Than Water | Jovial Entertainment | Isla Macleod |
| 2024 | Dr. Lenora Riggs | Abiotic Factor | Deep Field | Henry Feltham |
| 2023 | Anna Walker | It Happens to a lot of People | Girl Viking | Tanya Wheeler |
| 2023 | Claudia Ellery | Downfall | The Actors' Program | Kacie Stetson |
| 2023 | Prue | My Life is Murder | Greenstone TV | Kiel McNaughton |
| 2023 | Woman in Car | TAB Melbourne Cup | Reel Factory | Andy Morton |
| 2023 | Klytemnestra | Fracture | The Actors' Program | Jennifer Ward-Lealand |
| 2023 | Caitlin Carney | The Ferryman | The Actors' Program | Benjamin Kilby-Henson |
| 2023 | Wedding Planner | Cold Feet | The Actors' Program | Isla Macleod |
| 2022 | Jo | Mr Singh's Death | Ekanta Productions | Kacie Stetson |
| 2022 | Sally Sasspants | Swashbucklin' Shenanigans | Act One Productions | Aimee Gestro |
| 2022 | Max/ Witch/ Petunia / King | The Frog Prince | TAPAC | Sarah Somerville |
| 2022 | Sandra Richardson | Everything Between Us | Cherrystone | Collaboration |
| 2022 | Reginald Rabbit/ Foxy/ Puppeteer | The Gingerbread Man | TAPAC | Sarah Somerville |
| 2022 | Speaker | Westpac Fee Free Card | Westpac/ Lotus | Westpac/ Lotus |
| 2021 | Bern | Vulgaria | Pre-Production | Kacie Stetson |
| 2021 | Witch / Fish & Chips | A Lion in the Meadow | Tim Bray Theatre Company | Tim Bray |
| 2021 | Carey | Facade | Chiaroscuro Productions | Jack Briden |
| 2021 | Tory | Cowboy Bebop | Netflix | Alex Garcia |
| 2020 | Heather | Alice? | Outlook for Someday - Someday Stories 4 | Grace Hood-Edwards |
| 2020 | Sandra | Everything Between Us | Theatre Collaborative | Facilitated by Arlo Green |
| 2020 | Ruby | Revenge | Melopy Films | Bertrand Remaut |
| 2020 | Peacock | Bar of Masks | Unitec Institute of Technology | Jack Briden |
| 2020 | Amanda | Magic Afoot | Tiny Theatre Productions | Verity George |
| 2019 | Felicity Shadbolt | Shortland Street | South Pacific Pictures | Emmett Skilton |
| 2019 | Maisy | My Flatmate is a Monster | Navi Collaborative | Josh Baty & Prema Cottingham |
| 2019 | Producer | Heat | Luftmensch | Will Moffat |
| 2019 | Bern | Manless | NZ Fringe | Kacie Stetson |
| 2019 | The Mother | Whatipu | Navi Collaborative | Prema Cottingham & Dawn Glover |
| 2019 | Anna | It Happens To A Lot of People | Cafe Theatre | Collaboration |
| 2018 | C | Precious Little | Navi Collaborative | Patricia Wichman |
| 2018 | Frau | MEZ | Luftmensch | Kirsty Bruce |
| 2018 | Lawyer | Judge, Jury, Cookie Monster | Burrowed Time | John Burrows |
| 2018 | Bern | Manless Mamet | Kacie Stetson | |
| 2018 | Laura | Laundry | Navi Collaborative | Dawn Glover |
| 2017 | Martha | Lockdown | Matthew Diesch | |
| 2017 | Amber | Bad Habits | Luftmensch Productions | Georgia Agnew |
| 2016 | Charlie | Auckward Love | We Three Productions | Emmett Skilton |
| 2016 | Nancy | Oliver Twist | Julian Harrison | |
| 2016 | Mona | Lost Girls | Theatrewhack | Mark Oughton |
| 2015 | Ned Blunt | The Rover | Theatrewhack | Patrick Graham |
| 2015 | Beth | The Stronger: After Strindberg | Theatrewhack | Patrick Graham |
| 2014 | Pastor | Das Haus in Montevideo | GDC | Geoff Gunn |
| 2013 | Claire Zachanassian | Der Besuch der Alten Dame | GDC | Rebecca Reilly |
| 2013 | Ensemble | Defensability | One Bad Leg Productions | Anjula Prakash |
| 2012 | Narrator | Zombie Survival Guide | Auckland Music Theatre | Lexi Clare |
| 2011 | Madame de la Grande Bouche | Beauty and the Beast | Belinda Williams |