Kristy was born in Auckland, New Zealand. Her Mother is of Maori descent, her iwi is Ngati Haua. She began acting in commercials as a child and in high school theatre productions. She went on to study acting at WPAC. Her first on screen appearances were on the television shows City Girls and Shortland Street (1992). She then worked behind the scenes on various productions including Grey's Anatomy (2005) before returning to acting in film, television and commercials. Kristy was cast in The Butterfly Tree (2017) starring Ed Oxenbould, Melissa George and Ewen Leslie. She was cast in the award winning spot for Parkinson's Disease by legendary director David Denneen and also features in the latest Amazon, Coca-Cola and Qantas commercials. Kristy's 9 year old daughter Shia Hamby was cast in director/writer Abe Forsythe film Little Monsters (2019) starring Lupita Nyong'o, Josh Gad and Alexander England. Kristy is also a writer/producer starting her own production company Awhina Films named after her great grandmother Te Awhina Bush.
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