Alison Bruce

Alison Bruce is a New Zealand television and film actress, who starred in the 2001 feature film Magik and Rose. She also appeared in the teen series Being Eve and Xena: Warrior Princess, and had a recurring role as Simula in Young Hercules. Early life and education Bruce was born in Tanzania to a Scottish father and an English mother. Her family moved to New Zealand when she was around eight. She trained at Auckland's Theatre Corporate in the early 1980s. Career Bruce soon began a busy acting career with stage roles that include starring in Hamlet (as Ophelia) and Cyrano de Bergerac (as Roxane).