Luciane is of Tongan descent but she was born in Aotearoa (New Zealand). Her early acting training was with Fiona Edgar as a student of TAPAC's Acting for Screen course. Luciane has recently completed studying towards a Bachelor of Arts in Drama and Psychology at The University of Auckland. Luciane Buchanan's first screen role was as comedian Billy T James' daughter Cherie in Peter Burger's biopic Billy. She has since gone on to perform in The Blue Rose, Power Rangers and as core cast in two seasons of Filthy Rich playing the role of Kennedy Truebridge. Her most recent role is in The Legend of Monkey playing one of the lead roles Tripitaka.