Film and television After graduating from The Actors Program, Shervey was cast in the New Zealand series
Nothing Trivial in 2013. In 2015, she created and starred in
Auckward Love, and in 2016 acted in
American Playboy: The Hugh Hefner Story, playing a real-life former bunny, Teddy Howard. Shervey has played
Zoe Carlson on the long-running New Zealand TV series
Shortland Street since 2018. Her character dealt with several hard-hitting storylines, including themes around sexual assault. Shervey has also featured in New Zealand shows
Kiwi,
Head High, and
Mean Mums, as well as the international feature film,
The Tank, set for cinematic release in 2023. Shervey also created and wrote the television series
Crackhead, which was based on her personal experiences at a psychiatric ward in 2010. Shervey also played the protagonist Frankie Jones, a troubled young woman who is sent to a drug and alcohol rehabilitation centre in lieu of a prison sentence. The series was distributed in mid March 2026 by
Three in New Zealand and
HBO Max in Australia. series
Auckward Love. The series won numerous awards in international film festivals and continued for three seasons on New Zealand’s TVNZ Plus. Shervey then went on to write and star in over fifty episodes of
Millennial Jenny, which too received several local and international award nominations. == Filmography ==