Sieni Leo'o Olo
New Zealand comedian and actor
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Sieni Tiana Leo'o Olo (also known as Bubbah Olo or Bubbah) is a Samoan–New Zealand actress and comedian.[1][2] She is "Tina from Turners" in the advertisements of Turners Automotive Group.
Early life
Leo'o Olo is from a self-described "huge" family.[3] She was raised in Māngere, a suburb of Auckland.[4][5] Her nickname comes from her family — Leo'o Olo has the same name as her grandmother, so they called her Bubbah to tell them apart.[6] "They called me that because when I was born I was a little bubbah," she explained.[6]
Career
In 2012, when Leo'o Olo was sixteen, she joined the Massive Theatre Company,[5] which started her path to acting.[3] She was part of an ensemble that traveled in 2016 to Stirling, Scotland to present their play The Island.[7] She appeared in Massive Theatre Company's play Chance To Ignite in 2017.[8][3][5]
Leo'o Olo performed her show The Family Disappointment in 2018.[9] In 2020, she wrote a show called My Ode To South Auckland and performed it in her backyard.[10] She performed the show Catch You Up at the 2021 New Zealand International Comedy Festival.[11]
Leo'o Olo was in the film Mama's Music Box,[12] and on television she has appeared in SIS, Double Parked, Duckrockers, 7 Days, and Guy Montgomery's Guy Mont-Spelling Bee.[13] She also portrayed "Tina from Turners" in a 2023 ad campaign for Turners Automotive Group.[14][15][4][16]
She appeared in the fourth series of Taskmaster NZ in 2023 where she got a tattoo of the other four contestants as part of a task for the show.[17] She began an internship writing for Shortland Street in late 2023.[10] She was a contestant on Celebrity Treasure Island 2024, and in 2025 she co-hosted the three-part television documentary Don't.[18]
Leo'o Olo relocated to Samoa in mid-2025.[18]
She is inspired by Eddie Murphy and Patrice O'Neal.[6]
