Iris Matthews

Iris Matthews was born in the UK a week prior to the start of WW2. She has lived in Japan, Australia but mainly in New Zealand. She has by turns been a schoolteacher, a ‘pro’ actor and a painter/potter. Iris began life as a ‘he’ and in November 1991, properly became a ‘she’.

Prior to this in NZ, ‘he’ was married and fathered two children, with whom ‘she’ has a strong and ongoing relationship. Occasionally gets roles in TV and film but mostly, these days, directs plays for community theatres. Has a regular fishing mate and enjoys confounding the fish-face denizens of the Hauraki Gulf.