After dinner, Master of Ceremonies. Wellington based. Fee range; $2,500.00 to $3,500.00 Speaking style; Warm, engaging, very funny, great control, empathetic.

“Cultural Ambassador and Certifiable Living Treasure” Ginette McDonald is everybody's favourite. Whether your looking for a humorous after dinner speaker, a great MC or a celebrity debater Ginette will bring excellence to the role.

From a large Irish/French family, Ginette began acting professionally at age 14 at Wellington’s Downstage Theatre. Her vowel-challenged alter ego Lyn of Tawa was born two years later. Lyn has become, in her own words, a “ Certifiable Living Treasure”.

Ginette’s career has spanned over 30 years, including a five year stint in England in the 1970s. As an actress, she has done an enormous amount of theatre, television and radio in both countries. For many years she worked for TVNZ as a drama producer /director. She has written articles, opinion columns, reviews, after dinner speeches and debates. She has won numerous awards for acting, producing and public speaking.

A nominee for Best Presenter in the TV Guide Awards, Ginette’s TV roles include 5 years hosting the garden makeover show ‘Ground Force’ and the reality series ‘PA for a Day’. Her recent documentaries have probed the New Zealand police, alternative health and the nations’ chefs.

In 2005,Ginette appeared in the BBC drama “Kidnapped” as a Gaelic speaking Highland rebel, and the TV3 drama “Doves of War” as the Italian war crimes prosecutor. She played Madame Ranevskaya and Lady Bracknell in Circa Theatre’s “The Cherry Orchard” and “The Importance of being Earnest”

Also in 2005 Ginette became the NZ’s first female narrator of "Thge Rocky Horror Picture Show" 30th Anniversay in Hamilton. Workinclosely with the creator, Richard O'Brien, Ginette was wonderful in the role.

She is a regular on TV1’s Good Morning as a social commentator and agony aunt. Ginette is currently relaunching Lyn of Tawa as an Islamfriendly cultural ambassador and living Taonga. A believer in the healing power of humour and always willing to face any challenge, Ginette is much in demand as an empathetic MC and warm and friendly after dinner speaker.