Frances Rose McIver (born October 10, 1988) is an actress from Auckland, New Zealand. Her first role was at the age of three— she played an angel in The Piano. She was primarily known in New Zealand TV (including Power Rangers RPM) before landing the lead roles of Liv on iZombie and Amber in A Christmas Prince and its sequels. She currently stars as Samantha in the American version of the sitcom Ghosts.
Filmography:
- The Piano (1993) - Angel
- Shortland Street (1993) - Holly
- Hercules: The Legendary Journeys (1994-1997) - Hydra's human form and Ilea
- Xena: Warrior Princess (1999) - Daphne
- Eddies Million Dollar Cook Off (2003) - Hannah
- Maddigan's Quest (2006) - Garland
- Legend of the Seeker (2009) - Alice
- Power Rangers RPM (2009) - Summer Landsdown/Yellow Ranger
- The Lovely Bones (2009) - Lindsay Salmon
- Super City (2011) - Candice
- CSI (2012) - Bridget Byron
- Masters of Sex (2013-2014) - Vivian Scully
- Once Upon a Time (2013-2017) - Tinker Bell
- Petals on the Wind (2014) - Cathy Dollanganger
- iZombie (2015-2019) - Liv Moore
- A Christmas Prince (2017) - Amber Moore
- The Royal Wedding (2018)
- The Royal Baby (2019)
- Dragons: Riders of Berk (2017) - Atali
- Ghosts (US) (2021-Present) - Samantha
Rose McIver provides examples of the following tropes:
- The Cast Showoff: She gets to sing in several iZombie episodes.
- Fake American: Most of her roles have her play Americans or speak with an American accent despite being from New Zealand.
- Playing with Character Type: She usually plays women with tragic backstories, or who have gone through Break the Cutie in some way. Tinker Bell in Once Upon a Time is similar but recovers from her damage and reverts to The Cutie pretty quickly.
