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| name = Chelsie Preston Crayford<br />
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| birth_date = {{Birth year and age|1987}}<br />
| birth_place = [[Wellington]], New Zealand<br />
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| nationality = New Zealand<br />
| occupation = Actress<br />
| parents = [[Gaylene Preston]] and Jonathan Crayford<br />
| education = [[Wellington East Girls' College]]<br />[[Wellington High School (New Zealand)|Wellington High School]]<br />[[Toi Whakaari]]<br />
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| awards = [[Logie Award for Most Outstanding Newcomer]] (2012)<br />
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'''Chelsie Florence Preston Crayford''' (born 1987) is a [[New Zealand]] actress.<br />
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==Early life==<br />
Preston Crayford was born in [[Wellington]] to film maker [[Gaylene Preston]] and musician Jonathan Crayford. Apart from appearing in a water safety commercial at the age of four, her acting debut was at the age of 13 in the New Zealand-made TV series ''[[A Twist in the Tale (1998 TV series)|A Twist in the Tale]]'' starring [[William Shatner]]. Several years later, her performance in a stage production was praised by [[Ian McKellen]], encouraging her to pursue an acting career and enrol in the [[Toi Whakaari]] national drama school from 2006 to 2008.<ref name=dompost>{{cite news|title=Rising star prepares for disaster|url=http://www.stuff.co.nz/dominion-post/archive/national-news/39680/Rising-star-prepares-for-disaster|accessdate=22 October 2014|work=The Dominion Post|date=29 July 2007}}</ref> She graduated in 2008 with a Bachelor of Performing Arts.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Graduate|url=https://www.toiwhakaari.ac.nz/graduate|access-date=2021-08-09|website=www.toiwhakaari.ac.nz}}</ref><br />
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==Career==<br />
Preston Crayford played a guest role in the soap opera ''[[Shortland Street]]'' in 2003, and made her feature film debut in the comedy ''[[Eagle vs Shark]]'' in 2007. In 2009, she played a major role in the TV series ''[[The Cult (TV series)|The Cult]]''. In 2011, she played brothel madam [[Tilly Devine]] in the Australian crime drama ''[[Underbelly: Razor]]'', a role for which she won the [[Logie Award for Most Outstanding Newcomer|Graham Kennedy Award for Most Outstanding Newcomer]] at the [[Logie Awards of 2012|2012 Logie Awards]].<ref name=three>{{cite news|title=Chelsie Preston Crayford wins Logie Award|url=http://www.3news.co.nz/entertainment/chelsie-preston-crayford-wins-logie-award-2012041610|accessdate=22 October 2014|work=3 News|date=16 April 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141022062000/http://www.3news.co.nz/entertainment/chelsie-preston-crayford-wins-logie-award-2012041610|archive-date=22 October 2014|url-status=dead}}</ref><br />
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Since then she has appeared in an ABC TV adaptation of ''[[The Mystery of a Hansom Cab]]'', in ''Hope and Wire'' (a mini-series produced by her mother about the [[2010 Canterbury earthquake]]), and as government communications advisor Sophie Walsh in the Australian techno-thriller ''[[The Code (2014 TV series)|The Code]]''.<ref name=nzherald>{{cite news|last1=Dixon|first1=Greg|title=Chelsie Preston Crayford: Act natural|url=http://www.nzherald.co.nz/entertainment/news/article.cfm?c_id=1501119&objectid=11218352|accessdate=22 October 2014|work=New Zealand Herald|date=15 March 2014}}</ref><br />
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[[Category:21st-century New Zealand actresses]]<br />
[[Category:AACTA Award winners]]<br />
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[[Category:Logie Award winners]]<br />
[[Category:New Zealand film actresses]]<br />
[[Category:New Zealand television actresses]]<br />
[[Category:People educated at Wellington East Girls' College]]<br />
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