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.

Stage work

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, iNkaba (2012, playing "Prevashnee") and later became a stand-up comedian, appearing in both international and local theatres. Locally 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 Ronnie Govender's solo play At the Edge at the International Theater Festival in New Delhi, India, in 2000, playing a range of characters. She later took it on tour in South Africa, and performed it at the Edinburgh Festival. She also played thirty different characters in another one-woman show, simply entitled Ronnie Govender.

TV and Film

She began in television as a TV host of the magazine shows, such as Big City and Citylife.

Her TV acting has included Scandal! (as "Vanashree Devan", 2005-2006), Backstage, Isidingo ("Priya Kumar", 2015) and 'Cape Town (as "Kumari Nayar", 2016).

Films have included Mr. Bones 2: Back from the Past (2008), Diana (2013), The Dark Tower (2017, as "Dr. Weizak")

In 2008 she co-founded of the film production company Mustard Seed Productions with Krijay Govender. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leeanda_Reddy