The globetrotting daughter of an English army officer Alison Routledge moved to NZ as a teen After winning a place at Drama School on a dare Routledge scored lead roles in TVs The Garden Party 1983 and endoftheworld classic The Quiet Earth Since then the singer and exWildtrack presenter has acted in ghost tale The Returning acclaimed movie Rain and played a memorably loopy Mum in 2005 short Nothing Special