Rose McIver

Rose McIver is an actress from New Zealand. She is the daughter of John George Whitfield “Mac” McIver and Ann “Annie” Coney. Her father is a professional photographer, while her mother is an artist. Rose has an older brother, musician Paul McIver.

When only 2-years-old, McIver started appearing in commercials. She made her film actress debut in the film “The Piano” (1993), where she was playing an angel. As a child actress, McIver mainly received roles in fantasy television series. She had roles in the television films “Hercules and the Amazon Women” (1994), “Hercules in the Underworld” (1994), “Hercules in the Maze of the Minotaur” (1994), the television series “Hercules: The Legendary Journeys” (1995 – 1999), and the spin-off series “Xena: Warrior Princess” (1995 – 2001).

McIver received her first lead roles in television with the post-apocalyptic series “Maddigan’s Quest” (2006) and the comedy-drama series “Rude Awakenings” (2007). Both were short-lived. She gained more attention for her role as Summer Landsdown (the Yellow Ranger) in “Power Rangers RPM” (2009). She appeared in all 32 episodes of the series.

McIver had a supporting role in the supernatural drama film “The Lovely Bones” (2009) , as the character Lindsey Salmon. Lindsey is the younger sister of lead character Susie Salmon (played by Saoirse Ronan), and helps investigate the murder of her sister.

McIver had a main cast role in the comedy series “Super City” (2011), and a recurring role in period series “Masters of Sex” (2013-2016). In 2013, she joined the cast of fantasy series “Once Upon a Time” (2011-), where she plays Tinker Bell.

McIver plays the lead character Olivia “Liv” Moore in the comedy-drama series, “iZombie” (2015-). Olivia works coroner’s assistant and tries to control the urges of her transformation into a zombie.