Antoinette Louw
Antoinette Louw (1975-) is an actress, playwright, translator and journalist.
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Biography
Born in Pretoria on 9 May 1975, because of her parent's itinerant lifestyle, she was raised in Potchefstroom, Vanderbijlpark and Bloemfontein, also attending school in the United States of America for a time. The family moved to Bloemfontein in 1991, where Antoinette matriculated at Sentraal Hoërskool in 1993
She studied drama at the University of the Free State (UOFS), completing her degree cum laude in 1996. In this period she and won several awards, including the André du Plessis award for best second year drama student, the South African Theatre Journal award for best third year drama student, The Elsa Krantz award for best drama student 1994–1996, the UOFS Merit Bursary for Arts and Culture, and UOFS Honorary Colours for Arts and Culture.
After a short period in London, she returned to study film acting at the African Film and Drama Academy (AFDA)
She writes an occasional column for Die Burger.
Contribution to SA theatre, film, media and/or performance
Stage appearances:
She had a role in Die Trommel in 2002, played Anna in the upsetting Dis ek, Anna - the stage adaptation of the popular Afrikaans book with the same title.
Other roles include Nag, Ma (2011), Die Vagina Monoloë in 2012 at The Artscape Theatre Centre as part of the Women's Day celebrations, Kinders van Stilte (2013), The House of O: A Reconstruction of Hamlet, Engele Sonder Vlerke and Bagasie.
Films
Die Laaste Tango (2013) and 'n Man soos My Pa (2015), second series of Swartwater on SABC television channel 2.
As a translator:
Translated a number of English plays into Afrikaans, including Night Mother by Marsha Norman (as Nag, Ma , 2011), Children of a Lesser God by Mark Medoff as Kinders van Stilte (2013), .
Awards, etc
One of the winners in 2000 of the Rewards for Playwrights Initiative for her play Elemente.
Sources
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antoinette_Louw
Cape Times, 1 May 2000, 6.
The Star, 5 July 2013.
Volksblad, 10 July 2013.
IMDb [1].
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