Anastasiia Aksiuta is an emerging Auckland-based actor with a growing slate of screen credits across short films, feature films, and commercial campaigns. She recently portrayed Francesca in the short film Ata Puao (2025) (premiered at Show Me Shorts), with additional recent credits including Second Nature (2027), Where Beauty Hides, and featured appearances in Klara and the Sun and The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power (2022). Her commercial work includes campaigns for Amazon (Studio 55), Sylvia Park (Hashbrown Creative), Best Foods (Corner Store), and Spark.