She’s best known as murdered wife Julia Reinhart from Shortland Street, but actress Jessica Joy Wood is also the writing genius behind some of the show’s most dramatic storylines, such as the death of Harper Whitley and the arrest of Harry Warner.
And with those credits under her belt, the star, 42, recently left New Zealand to pen scripts for the UK’s biggest medical drama, Casualty.
“I’d been at Shorty for nine years and I needed to spread my wings,” she explains. “It’s important to take risks.”
When Woman’s Day catches up with Jess, it’s from her rented “proper terrace house” in Cardiff, Wales, where she lives with her husband Carl Dixon, 41, and their son Wyn.
“Wales is awesome!” she enthuses. “There are a lot of similarities to New…
