Leeanda Reddy
Leeanda Reddy is a stage, film and TV actress, writer, director, producer and TV presenter.
Born Leeanda Antoinette Reddy in Durban, South Africa, she spent childhood in the Chatsworth and Phoenix regions of Durban.
She completed education from Crystal Point Secondary school and completed a BA degree in Speech and Drama at the University of KwaZulu-Natal in Durban.
She is married to her longtime partner Clive Chetty. The couple has two sons: Yorke and Zion Chetty.
She initially performed in stage plays, inter alia playing "Lady Macbeth" in Stephen Gurney's Macbeth, "Viola" in Ralph and "Titania" in A Midsummer Night's Dream. Over the years she has appeared on the stages of a range of South African theatres, including The Loft Theatre, The Market Theatre, the Johannesburg Civic Theatre, the Durban playhouse, the Elizabeth Sneddon Theatre and at the Grahamstown Festival. Her real breakthrough came with when she was invited to present Govender's solo play At the Edge at the International Theater Festival in New Delhi, India, in 2000, later taking it on tour in South Africa, and performing it at the Edinburgh Festival.
She is also a stand-up comedian, having performed in both international and local theaters.[5] In stage, she has performed comedy roles including: 'Lady Macbeth' in Stephen Gurney's Macbeth, 'Viola' in Ralph, and 'Titania' in A Midsummer Night's Dream. She also played thirty different characters in a one-woman show titled Ronnie Govender.[2]
