Background
Vandervis was born in Dunedin in the South Island of New Zealand in 1984.
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She attended Columba College in the Dunedin suburb of Roslyn, followed by Auckland"s UNITEC School of Performing & Screen Arts, where she completed a three-year course in acting.
Career
She played the role of the villainess Miratrix in Power Rangers Operation Overdrive, and portrays Emergency Department Surgeon prodigy Harper Whitley on the long-running TV2 soap opera Shortland Street. From 2002 to 2006, Vandervis acted in multiple UNITEC theatre productions and short films, and she also had a supporting role in the film The Devil Dared Maine To. In June 2007, Vandervis attended the Power Morphicon, the first Power Rangers fan convention of any kind, in Los Angeles with her fellow Operation Overdrive cast members.
Vandervis had roles in The Cut (Australian television series), Underbelly: A Tale of Two Cities and Rescue: Special Operations
She also played Layla Soubrani in the Australian hit drama, Packed to the Rafters in series 2. In 2010, Vandervis played the regular role of Senior Constable Roxanne Perez in the Nine Network police drama Cops London Athletic Club
In 2013, Vandervis played Detective Christie Mills in the TV3 police drama Harry.
