Ria Vandervis

ABOUT RIA VANDERVIS

Actress who is best known for her starring as Harper Whitley on the New Zealand TV2 soap opera Shortland Street. She began her tenure on the show in 2013, and has since appeared in over 100 episodes.

She attended Columbia College in Roslyn, New Zealand. She then graduated with a degree in acting from the Auckland UNITEC School of Performing and Screen Arts.

She is also widely known for having portrayed the villainess Miratrix on the Power Rangers Operation Overdrive children's show in 2007. She subsequently attended the inaugural Power Morphicon Power Rangers fan convention that same year.

She was born and raised in Dunedin, New Zealand.

While on Power Rangers Operation Overdrive, she starred alongside Rhoda Montemayor , who played the pink overdrive ranger.