Helena Kriel

(19**-) Actress, playwright, filmmaker, director

Biography
She was born and brought up in Johannesburg.

Training
She graduated with BA Honours in Drama from Wits university as the top actress and overall top directing student of her year.

Contribution to SA theatre, film, media and/or performance
She wrote or co-wrote the plays Pigs on Passion, Arachnid, K+M+B, I Can't Wait to Tie You to the Sofa (Arena, Windybrow, March 1990); co-wrote the screenplays for Tsotsi, Skin. She acted in Pigs on Passion, Beirut.

Awards, etc
She was the winner in 1991 of the Diane Thomas Screen-writing Award.

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