Sapeta Taito


Sapeta Sokag‘aitu Taito is a Fijian actress. She played the lead role in Fiji's first feature film, The Land Has Eyes, in 2004.

Biography

Born in Suva, Fiji, Taito moved to Rotuma at a young age. She studied at the Lelean Memorial School in Suva, and then studied science at the University of the South Pacific, majoring in biology and chemistry, with the aim of later studying medicine and becoming a surgeon.

The Land Has Eyes

She auditioned successfully for the lead role, that of a young Rotuman woman, in the film The Land Has Eyes, despite never having seen a film before. She attended the film’s world premiere at the 2004 Sundance Film Festival, travelling outside Fiji for the first time to do so.