Natasha Sutherland

Natasha Sutherland (1970-) is an actress, writer, public speaker, and former presenter..

Also known as Natasha Sutherland-Hofmeyer

In 1997 she was cast in a bilingual South African soap opera Egoli: Place of Gold as Samantha Ryan du Plessis alongside Louise Barnes, Steve Hofmeyr, Christel Smith and Dawn Matthews.

She currently stars as Layla McKenzie on e.tv's soap opera Scandal! alongside Kgomotso Christopher, Lusanda Mbane, Wayne van Rooyen, Sive Mabuya, Nunu Khumalo, Zane Meas and Bongile Mantsai.

Biography

Born on November 20, 1970 in Durban, South Africa, the daughter of Geoffrey Sutherland.

She married Steve Hofmeyr in 1998 and they divorced in 2008. They have two children.

Contribution to SA theatre, film, media and/or performance

Stage work

She alternated with Julie Hartley in the title role of Lerner and Loewe's Gigi, at the Pretoria State Theatre in 1992.

She played "Jean" in The Revlon Girl (Docking) at Sandton’s Auto & General Theatre on the Square

TV and film

She began her TV career as presenter of the children’s show Kideo and her other film and TV roles include Honeytown (I and II, 1994-1995) and Tarzan: The Epic Adventures (1996), Operation Delta Force (1997), Egoli: Place of Gold (1997-), and Wycliffe (TV Series, 1998), and Scandal! .

Sources

https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0840148/

Tucker, 1997

Lesley Stones "The Revlon Girl: Humour throughout keeps the tragedy from becoming too heavy", Daily Maverick (8 November 2018)[1]

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