Petmal Lam | Know Your Roots 2022
This competitor is coming in hot and repping her home on her back!
Petmal Petelo Lam is an actress, theatre star and dancer! She’s what show business calls a triple threat. You may recognize her is an original member of the Wild Dogs Under My Skirt cast and crew which toured New York in 2019.
She has been involved in numerous productions with different independent companies both on and off stage. The actress made her TV screen acting debut on Teine Sā: The Ancient Ones.
The actress enters Know Your Roots as our first contestant born and raised in the islands. She hails from the villiages of Saleaula and Samatau. On this season Petmal will answer the question if being island-raised really is an advantage in the game.
“I was born and raised in Samoa. If there’s anything that comes my way that’s cultural I can handle it” she tells us. Petmal who says her friends would describe her as “the queen” is competition ready.
The Queen tells us, “When I got the email I was in this season I knew that there would be a lot of running and physical activities. So I’ve been training since the beginning of the year to not just be physically prepared but also mentally”
Petmal also joing this season open to learning from her Pacific neighbours and finding new ways of doing everyday island life chores. She mentions, “I want to learn something new from other cultures. Learn some new feaus”
The is no doubt that she is prepared for all the challenge. When we asked her if her other competitors should feel threatened by her she replies, “Absolutely! I am a woman of many talents. I come with my family, my community and everything that’s helped make me”
Her final comment was “O lo’u mana lae ai le kaimi gei e destroy gei all nine competitors”. Which if you couldn’t catch the Samoan words woven in means that her inner strength and mana right now is what she will use to destroy her 9 contenders.
You do not want to miss Petmal on Know Your Roots premiering Saturday 24th of September 10am on TVNZ2!
Until then meet more of the Know Your Roots Season 4 cast right here on the Coconet! Stay tuned for another profile tomorrow.