Amanaki Lelei Prescott-Faletau is an actor, writer, dancer, choreographer, producer and director of Tongan descent, living in New Zealand.

[1] As a playwright, she became the first fakaleitī to have her work published in New Zealand with Inky Pinky Ponky (co-written with Leki Jackson-Bourke).

Her acting credits include The Breaker Upperers (2018), SIS (2020), The Panthers (2021), The Pact (2021) and Sui Generis (2022), in which she is also a writer for the TV series.

[9] In 2013 Faletau co-founded the performing arts collective Fine Fatale with frequent collaborator Mario Faumui, to provide a platform that highlights and amplifies the voices of Māori and Pasifika Trans and Queer artists and is the lead choreographer.

[15][16][17] Fine Fatale premiered a new work Geish/Tuiga welding contemporary movement with tradition Samoan dance for the 2018 Auckland Pride Festival.

[23] MVPFAFF is an acronym for Pacific indigenous identifying terms - Mahu (Hawai'i), Vakasalewalewa (Fiji), Palopa (Papua New Guinea), Fa’afafine (Samoa), Akava’ine (Cook Islands), Fakafifine (Niue), and Fakaleiti/leiti (Tonga).

[30] She has also featured in a number of theatre and live performances directly tied to the issues that the MVPFAFF+ and LGBTQIA+ community continue to face, such as Music and Me (2012), Teen Faggots Come to Life (2014) and Fala Muncher (2018 and 2021).

[40] Faletau has also won the Fresh Factor Pageant (2012), and modelled for New Zealand Samoan fashion designer Lindah Lepou.

[42] In 2016 Faletau spoke on a panel platforming women of influence and innovation in New Zealand, Extraordinary Tales of Strength & Daring.