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Stage and TV Actor. Born in Cape Town. Started his acting career in in David Kramer/Taliep Pietersen’s District Six - The Musical. Other roles include Poison (David Kramer and Taliep Petersen, 1992), Kat and the Kings (1999), Klop-Klop, Die Ballade van Koos Sas (David Kramer, 2001, 2009), Ghoema (2006), Vatmaar, Under the Fig Tree, (2009), Is, Ja! (2009), Second Time Around’ (2009/2010). Awards include, besides a number of Fleur du Cap Awards and Vita Awards locally, the Sir Laurence Olivier Award for Kat and the Kings(1999) and a Tony nomination for the same production. Founder of and co-producer (with Diaan Lawrenson) for Jester Productions. [TH]

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Return to [[South_African_Theatre/Personalities|South African Theatre Personalities]]

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 '''For Stage'''
-Started his professional acting career at 11 year of age with the role of "Broertjie" in [[David Kramer]] and [[Taliep Petersen]]’s  ''[[District Six – The Musical]]'' and worked for almost two years on this show, including a tour to Johannesburg and finally Edinburgh.  Other roles include ''[[Poison]]'' ([[David Kramer]] and [[Taliep Petersen]], 1992), ''[[Kat and the Kings]]'' (1999),  ''[[Klop-Klop]]'' ([[David Kramer]] and [[Taliep Petersen]], [[Die Ballade van Koos Sas]] ([[David Kramer]], 2001, 2009), ''[[Ghoema]]'' (2006)  (performed in London as ''[[Spice Drum Beat]]''),''[[Vatmaar]]'', ''[[ Under the Fig Tree]]'', (2009), ''[[Is, Ja!]]'' (2009), ''[[Second Time Around]]'' (2009/2010).
+Started his professional acting career at 11 year of age with the role of "Broertjie" in [[David Kramer]] and [[Taliep Petersen]]’s  ''[[District Six – The Musical]]'' and worked for almost two years on this show, including a tour to Johannesburg and finally Edinburgh.  Other roles include ''[[Poison]]'' ([[David Kramer]] and [[Taliep Petersen]], 1992), ''[[Kat and the Kings]]'' (1999),  ''[[Klop-Klop]]'' ([[David Kramer]] and [[Taliep Petersen]], ''[[Die Ballade van Koos Sas]]'' ([[David Kramer]], 2001, 2009), ''[[Ghoema]]'' (2006)  (performed in London as ''[[Spice Drum Beat]]''),''[[Vatmaar]]'', ''[[ Under the Fig Tree]]'', (2009), ''[[Is, Ja!]]'' (2009), ''[[Second Time Around]]'' (2009/2010).
 '''For Film'''
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 '''For Television'''
 Television has provided a steady income, and among the series he has appeared in are  ''[[Scandal!]]'', ''[[Hard Copy]]'', ''[[Backstage]]'',  ''[[Interrogation Room]]'', ''[[7de Laan]]'' and ''[[Fishy Feshuns]]''.
 == Awards, etc ==

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-(1974-) Stage and TV Actor.
+[[Jody Abrahams]] (1974-) Stage and TV Actor.
 == Biography ==
-Born in Cape Town, where he grew up with his grandparents.
+Born in Cape Town, where he grew up with his grandparents. He matriculated from St George's Grammar School in 1991.
 Twice married. He married  actress [[Diaan Lawrenson]] in St Martin's-in-the-Veld Anglican Church in Rosebank, Johannesburg in March 2014. They have two children, Olivia-Rose and James.
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 '''For Stage'''
-Started his professional acting career at 11 year of age with the role of "Broertjie" in [[District Six: The Musical]] in in [[David Kramer]] and[[Taliep Petersen]]’s  ''[[District Six - The Musical]]''.  Other roles include ''[[Poison]]'' ([[David Kramer]] and [[Taliep Petersen]], 1992), ''[[Kat and the Kings]]'' (1999),  ''[[Klop-Klop]]'' ([[David Kramer]] and [[Taliep Petersen]], [[Die Ballade van Koos Sas]] ([[David Kramer]], 2001, 2009), ''[[Ghoema]]'' (2006)  (performed in London as ''[[Spice Drum Beat]]''),''[[Vatmaar]]'',''[[ Under the Fig Tree]]'', (2009),  ''[[Is, Ja!]]'' (2009), ''[[Second Time Around]]'' (2009/2010).
+Started his professional acting career at 11 year of age with the role of "Broertjie" in [[David Kramer]] and [[Taliep Petersen]]’s  ''[[District Six – The Musical]]'' and worked for almost two years on this show, including a tour to Johannesburg and finally Edinburgh.  Other roles include ''[[Poison]]'' ([[David Kramer]] and [[Taliep Petersen]], 1992), ''[[Kat and the Kings]]'' (1999),  ''[[Klop-Klop]]'' ([[David Kramer]] and [[Taliep Petersen]], [[Die Ballade van Koos Sas]] ([[David Kramer]], 2001, 2009), ''[[Ghoema]]'' (2006)  (performed in London as ''[[Spice Drum Beat]]''),''[[Vatmaar]]'', ''[[ Under the Fig Tree]]'', (2009), ''[[Is, Ja!]]'' (2009), ''[[Second Time Around]]'' (2009/2010).
 '''For Film'''
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 http://www.etv.co.za/news/2013/08/28/jody-abrahams-joins-scandal
 Go to [[ESAT Bibliography]]

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 == Training ==
-He had no formal training, but was exposed to theatre as a child, and had his first role at the age of seven, with a line in a production of ''[[The Ha’Penny Opera]]''.
+He had no formal training, but was exposed to theatre as a child, and had his first role at the age of seven, with a line in a production of ''[[The Threepenny Opera|The Ha’Penny Opera]]''.
 ==Contribution to SA theatre, film, media and/or performance==

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 == Training ==
-He had no formal training,m but began in theatre at the age of seven, in  was seven, with a line in a production of ''[[The Ha’Penny Opera]]''
+He had no formal training, but was exposed to theatre as a child, and had his first role at the age of seven, with a line in a production of ''[[The Ha’Penny Opera]]''.
 ==Contribution to SA theatre, film, media and/or performance==
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 === Actor ===
 '''For Stage'''
 Started his professional acting career at 11 year of age with the role of "Broertjie" in [[District Six: The Musical]] in in [[David Kramer]] and[[Taliep Petersen]]’s  ''[[District Six - The Musical]]''.  Other roles include ''[[Poison]]'' ([[David Kramer]] and [[Taliep Petersen]], 1992), ''[[Kat and the Kings]]'' (1999),  ''[[Klop-Klop]]'' ([[David Kramer]] and [[Taliep Petersen]], [[Die Ballade van Koos Sas]] ([[David Kramer]], 2001, 2009), ''[[Ghoema]]'' (2006)  (performed in London as ''[[Spice Drum Beat]]''),''[[Vatmaar]]'',''[[ Under the Fig Tree]]'', (2009),  ''[[Is, Ja!]]'' (2009), ''[[Second Time Around]]'' (2009/2010).
 '''For Film'''
 Films include ''[[Safe House]]'' (2012), ''[[The Quarry]]'' (1998) and ''[[American Ninja 4: The Annihilation]]'' (1990).
 '''For Television'''
-Roles include "Benny Jacobs" in ''[[Hard Copy]]'', "Marcel" in ''[[Scandal!]]'' as the violent and abusive Marcel
+Television has provided a steady income, and among the series he has appeared in are  ''[[Scandal!]]'', ''[[Hard Copy]]'', ''[[Backstage]]'',  ''[[Interrogation Room]]'', ''[[7de Laan]]'' and ''[[Fishy Feshuns]]''.
 == Awards, etc ==
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 Interview by Caroline Ansdell (2006) in ''What's on Stage''[http://www.whatsonstage.com/west-end-theatre/news/12-2006/20-questions-with-jody-abrahams_21762.html]
 Go to [[ESAT Bibliography]]

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 == Biography ==
-Born in Cape Town.
+Born in Cape Town, where he grew up with his grandparents.
 Twice married. He married  actress [[Diaan Lawrenson]] in St Martin's-in-the-Veld Anglican Church in Rosebank, Johannesburg in March 2014. They have two children, Olivia-Rose and James.
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 == Training ==
+He had no formal training,m but began in theatre at the age of seven, in  was seven, with a line in a production of ''[[The Ha’Penny Opera]]''
 == Career ==
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-Started his acting career in in [[David Kramer]] and[[Taliep Petersen]]’s  ''[[District Six - The Musical]]''.  Other roles include ''[[Poison]]'' ([[David Kramer]] and [[Taliep Petersen]], 1992), ''[[Kat and the Kings]]'' (1999),  ''[[Klop-Klop]]'' ([[David Kramer]] and [[Taliep Petersen]], [[Die Ballade van Koos Sas]] ([[David Kramer]], 2001, 2009), ''[[Ghoema]]'' (2006),  ''[[Vatmaar]]'',''[[ Under the Fig Tree]]'', (2009),  ''[[Is, Ja!]]'' (2009), ''[[Second Time Around]]'' (2009/2010).
+Started his professional acting career at 11 year of age with the role of "Broertjie" in [[District Six: The Musical]] in in [[David Kramer]] and[[Taliep Petersen]]’s  ''[[District Six - The Musical]]''.  Other roles include ''[[Poison]]'' ([[David Kramer]] and [[Taliep Petersen]], 1992), ''[[Kat and the Kings]]'' (1999),  ''[[Klop-Klop]]'' ([[David Kramer]] and [[Taliep Petersen]], [[Die Ballade van Koos Sas]] ([[David Kramer]], 2001, 2009), ''[[Ghoema]]'' (2006)  (performed in London as ''[[Spice Drum Beat]]''),''[[Vatmaar]]'',''[[ Under the Fig Tree]]'', (2009),  ''[[Is, Ja!]]'' (2009), ''[[Second Time Around]]'' (2009/2010).
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 '''For Television'''
 == Awards, etc ==
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 http://www.all4women.co.za/entertainment/celebrity-gossip/7de-laan-s-diaan-lawrenson-weds-beau-jody-abrahams
 Go to [[ESAT Bibliography]]

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 ==Contribution to SA theatre, film, media and/or performance==
 Founder and co-producer (with [[Diaan Lawrenson]]) of [[Jester Productions]].
-=== Stage ===
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-=== Film ===
+'''For Film'''
 Films include ''[[Safe House]]'' (2012), ''[[The Quarry]]'' (1998) and ''[[American Ninja 4: The Annihilation]]'' (1990).
-=== Television ===
+'''For Television'''
 == Awards, etc ==

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-(197*-) Stage and TV Actor. Born in Cape Town. Started his acting career in in [[David Kramer]] and[[Taliep Petersen]]’s  ''[[District Six - The Musical]]''.  Other roles include ''[[Poison]]'' ([[David Kramer]] and [[Taliep Petersen]], 1992), ''[[Kat and the Kings]]'' (1999),  ''[[Klop-Klop]]'' ([[David Kramer]] and [[Taliep Petersen]], [[Die Ballade van Koos Sas]] ([[David Kramer]], 2001, 2009), Ghoema (2006),  ''[[Vatmaar]]'',''[[ Under the Fig Tree]]'', (2009),  ''[[Is, Ja!]]'' (2009), ''[[Second Time Around]]'' (2009/2010). Awards include, besides a number of Fleur du Cap Awards and Vita Awards locally,  the Sir Laurence Olivier Award for ''[[Kat and the Kings]]''(1999) and a Tony nomination for the same production.  Founder and co-producer (with [[Diaan Lawrenson]]) of [[Jester Productions]].   [TH]
+(1974-) Stage and TV Actor.
 == Sources ==
-== For more information ==
+Go to [[ESAT Bibliography]]
-== Return to ==
+Return to [[ESAT Personalities  A]]
 Return to [[South_African_Theatre/Personalities|South African Theatre Personalities]]

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−	(197*-) Stage and TV Actor. Born in Cape Town. Started his acting career in in [[David Kramer]]/[[Taliep ~~Pietersen~~]]’s ''[[District Six - The Musical]]''. Other roles include ''[[Poison]]'' ([[David Kramer]] and [[Taliep Petersen]], 1992), ''[[Kat and the Kings]]'' (1999), ''[[Klop-Klop]]'' ([[David Kramer]] and [[Taliep Petersen]], [[Die Ballade van Koos Sas]] ([[David Kramer]], 2001, 2009), Ghoema (2006), ''[[Vatmaar]]'',''[[ Under the Fig Tree]]'', (2009), ''[[Is, Ja!]]'' (2009), ''[[Second Time Around]]'' (2009/2010). Awards include, besides a number of Fleur du Cap Awards and Vita Awards locally, the Sir Laurence Olivier Award for ''[[Kat and the Kings]]''(1999) and a Tony nomination for the same production. Founder and co-producer (with [[Diaan Lawrenson]]) of [[Jester Productions]]. [TH]	+	(197*-) Stage and TV Actor. Born in Cape Town. Started his acting career in in [[David Kramer]] and[[Taliep Petersen]]’s ''[[District Six - The Musical]]''. Other roles include ''[[Poison]]'' ([[David Kramer]] and [[Taliep Petersen]], 1992), ''[[Kat and the Kings]]'' (1999), ''[[Klop-Klop]]'' ([[David Kramer]] and [[Taliep Petersen]], [[Die Ballade van Koos Sas]] ([[David Kramer]], 2001, 2009), Ghoema (2006), ''[[Vatmaar]]'',''[[ Under the Fig Tree]]'', (2009), ''[[Is, Ja!]]'' (2009), ''[[Second Time Around]]'' (2009/2010). Awards include, besides a number of Fleur du Cap Awards and Vita Awards locally, the Sir Laurence Olivier Award for ''[[Kat and the Kings]]''(1999) and a Tony nomination for the same production. Founder and co-producer (with [[Diaan Lawrenson]]) of [[Jester Productions]]. [TH]

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−	Stage and TV Actor. Born in Cape Town. Started his acting career in in David Kramer/Taliep ~~Pietersen’s~~ District Six - The Musical. Other roles include Poison (David Kramer and Taliep Petersen, 1992), Kat and the Kings (1999), Klop-Klop, Die Ballade van Koos Sas (David Kramer, 2001, 2009), Ghoema (2006), Vatmaar, Under the Fig Tree, (2009), Is, Ja! (2009), Second Time ~~Around’~~ (2009/2010). Awards include, besides a number of Fleur du Cap Awards and Vita Awards locally, the Sir Laurence Olivier Award for Kat and the Kings(1999) and a Tony nomination for the same production. Founder of and co-producer (with Diaan Lawrenson) ~~for~~ Jester Productions. [TH]	+	(197*-) Stage and TV Actor. Born in Cape Town. Started his acting career in in [[David Kramer]]/[[Taliep Pietersen]]’s ''[[District Six - The Musical]]''. Other roles include ''[[Poison]]'' ([[David Kramer]] and [[Taliep Petersen]], 1992), ''[[Kat and the Kings]]'' (1999), ''[[Klop-Klop]]'' ([[David Kramer]] and [[Taliep Petersen]], [[Die Ballade van Koos Sas]] ([[David Kramer]], 2001, 2009), Ghoema (2006), ''[[Vatmaar]]'',''[[ Under the Fig Tree]]'', (2009), ''[[Is, Ja!]]'' (2009), ''[[Second Time Around]]'' (2009/2010). Awards include, besides a number of Fleur du Cap Awards and Vita Awards locally, the Sir Laurence Olivier Award for ''[[Kat and the Kings]]''(1999) and a Tony nomination for the same production. Founder and co-producer (with [[Diaan Lawrenson]]) of [[Jester Productions]]. [TH]