Michele Louise Amas (8 October 1961 – 26 December 2016) was a New Zealand actress of stage, screen, television and radio, poet and playwright.
and her first collection of poetry, After the Dance, published in 2006 was shortlisted for a Montana New Zealand Book Award and nominated for the 2008 Prize in Modern Letters.
She earned a Chapman Tripp Theatre Award for her portrayal of Barbara in the 2011 play August: Osage County.
[5] In 1985, She portrayed Olwen as a young woman in the fourth and sixth episodes of the New Zealand television programme Heart of the High Country.
[11] That same year, Amas acted in the short film Sox and was the narrator of the television programme Tutus & Town Halls.
[1][4] Amas portrayed Lauren in two episodes of the mid-2000s television programme Seven Periods with Mr Gormsby and Kate McKenzie in Holly's Heroes.
"[1][9] New Zealand Poetry Shelf's Paula Green added: "There is a tenderness, a maternal cord that feeds the poems and ignites every mother cell in your body as you read.
"[1] Actor Ray Henwood commented on Amas' acting style: "She was able to pick up a character immediately and absorb it from the very first rehearsal.