Deirdre Wolhuter

Deirdre Wolhuter
Born
Deirdre Wolhuter

NationalitySouth African
Canadian
Alma materUniversity of Cape Town
OccupationActress
Years active1991–present
SpouseJonathan Pienaar

Deirdre Wolhuter is a South African actress. She is best known for her roles in the popular films Friend Request, Charlie Jade and Kalahari Harry.

Personal life

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She was born in Canada as the daughter of an Afrikaans father and a Canadian mother. In 1989, she completed her diploma in speech and drama from the University of Cape Town and later graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree from the same university.[1]

She is married to fellow actor and writer Jonathan Pienaar.[2]

Career

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She has involved in several theater plays: Outpost, King Lear, Circles in a Forest, Macbeth, The Man with the Thirteen Children and The Tempest.[2] In 2006, she received a Micheal Mac Liammoir award for her role in the play Happy Endings Are Extra. Apart from them, she acted in the films such as The Crane Man, How Expensive was the Sugar, Hollywood in My House, Jimmy in Pink, A Pawpaw for My Darling, The Red Phone, Borderline, Master Harold, Boys and Forever.[1]

In the television, she played the role 'Franci Roos' in Fluiters, and as 'Elsabet Langhans' in Meeulanders. In 2016, she was invited to play the role 'Mariaan' in the series 7de Laan.[2] Apart from them, she appeared in the television serials: Going Up and Going Up Again, Madam and Eve, Orion, Charlie Jade, Khululeka, Backstage, Egoli and League of Glory.[1]

Apart from acting, she is also a newsreader and presenter at Good Hope FM and where she conducted many Afrikaans and English radio dramas and serials. During the work, she is also a prolific bilingual voice artist.[1]

Filmography

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Year Film Role Genre Ref.
1993 Arende III: Dorsland Woman TV series
1994 Kalahari Harry Prostitute Film
1996 Meeulanders Elsabet Langhans TV movie
2000 Soutmansland Leendra van Hellberg TV series
2002 Borderline Little Lila's Mother TV movie
2005 Charlie Jade Newscaster TV series
2013 Jimmy in Pienk Mrs. Taljaardt Film
2013 Hoe duur was de suiker Film
2014 Agterplaas Ma Sannie de Beer Short film
2014 Hollywood in my Huis Angelique's Mother Film
2015 'n Pawpaw Vir My Darling Soufie Beeslaar Film
2015 Destination Short film
2016 Friend Request Ada Nedifar Film
2016 Vir Altyd Christellle Film
2016 Fluiters Franci Roos TV series
2019 Playboyz Diaan TV movie
2016 - present 7de Laan Mariaan Welman TV series

References

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  1. ^ a b c d "Deirdre Wolhuter career". tvsa. Retrieved 29 November 2020.
  2. ^ a b c "Deirdre Wolhuter bio". ESAT. Retrieved 29 November 2020.
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