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==Contribution to SA theatre, film, media and/or performance== | ==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]]''; co-wrote the screenplays for ''[[Tsotsi]]'', ''[[Skin]]''. She acted in ''[[Pigs on Passion]]'', ''[[Beirut]]''. | + | 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 == | == Awards, etc == | ||
Revision as of 09:33, 24 October 2014
(19**-) Actress, playwright, filmmaker, director
Contents
Biography
She was born and brought up in Johannesburg.
Training
She graduated with BA Honours in Drama from Wits university as th top actress and overall top directing student of her year.
Career
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.
Sources
Database Africa-Wide Information, 2014.
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