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Dianna Fuemana is best known as the long-time partner of actor Jay Ryan. However, she has her own professional achievements to be reckoned with. She is a professional playwright, stage actress, screenplay writer, and director best known for her critically acclaimed one-woman show Mapaki.
Originally from New Zealand, Dianna Fuemana was born in 1973. The 47-year-old writer is a New Zealander by nationality and belongs to mixed ethnicity as she has Nuiean and American-Samoan heritage. She attended Henderson High School in Auckland and studied a short course in performing arts run by Jay Laga’aia and Cath Cardiff. She graduated from Auckland University with honors with a Master of Creativity and Performing Arts in 2005.
Net Worth, Salary, and Income
Fuemana started her acting career in 1997 by appearing on screen in the play Frangipani Perfume. Two years later, she wrote and performed in her own play called Mapaki. For her solo show, she was nominated at the Chapman Tripp Theatre Awards for Best Upcoming Actress of the Year and Outstanding New Writer.
Fuemana also wrote and directed the short film Sunday Fun Day. Her other screen work includes TV shows like Interrogation and Good Hands and the 2019 film Vai. Besides, she wrote plays such as Jingle Bells, The Packer, My Mother Dreaming, Falemalama, and Birds.
Fuemana has earned a colossal net worth working as a stage actress, writer, and director. As of 2021, she has an estimated net worth of $2 million.
Married, Partner, and Children
Fuemana got married at the age of 16 and soon gave birth to her son named Solomon. Four years later, she gave birth to her second child, daughter Reid. She was a 27-year-old single mother of two when she earned fame as a playwright for Mapaki in 1999.
The playwright often hits the headlines as the longtime partner of actor Jay Ryan. The couple began dating sometime in the mid-2000s.
In June 2013, Ryan revealed that he and Fuemana had welcomed their first child, daughter Eve Bunyan. Their daughter was born in Canada where Ryan was filming Beauty and the Beast.
Unlike her partner Ryan, Fuemana tries her best to stay away from the limelight. However, photos of her and her lovely daughter occasionally appear on the media.
Family, Parents, and Siblings
Fuemana comes from a family of diverse cultural background. Her father is Nuiean, and her mother is American Samoan. She grew up with her six siblings.
Fuemana lost her father, Togavale, in 2000. Her father had written the song that opens her play Mapaki. After her father’s death, she dedicated the Auckland season of Mapaki to him.
Body Measurements: Height and Weight
As Fuemana rarely makes public appearances and is not active on any social media, information related to her height, weight and other body features remain a mystery.
