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She played Stella in the TV series ''Isidingo''.
 
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Aside from theatre and television, she does training, facilitation and Business Role Play in the corporate world, both here and Internationally. She recently (2015) started a company with [[Jocelyn Broderick]] and [[Charlotte Butler]], called Performance Role Play Training (or PRPT).
  
 
== Awards, etc ==
 
== Awards, etc ==

Revision as of 21:36, 3 September 2015

(19**-) Actress on stage and television, Singer, Writer.

Biography

Born Judy Broderick circa 1963. She is married to Paul Ditchfield; they have two sons, Keaton, also an actor, and Tom.

Training

Completed a B.A. degree in Psychology, Speech and Drama at the University of Natal, Pietermaritzburg in 1984.


Career

She joined the Loft Theatre Company, NAPAC, 1984. Started a freelance career in Johannesburg in 1987.

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

She performed in Comrades Arms, Heel Against the Head, Every Good Boy Deserves Favour, Travelling Shots, When the Cat's Away, The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole, Aged 13¾, Fringe Benefits, Kwamanzi, Tales from the Pleasure Palace, Christian, Boo to the Moon, and Maid in South Africa.

Played in Fiela's Child - The Musical, Menopause - The Musical and Tarts.

The Boys in the Photograph at the Joburg Theatre.

Sister Act (2015), Six Dance Lessons in Six Weeks as Lily Harrison.


She played Stella in the TV series Isidingo.

Aside from theatre and television, she does training, facilitation and Business Role Play in the corporate world, both here and Internationally. She recently (2015) started a company with Jocelyn Broderick and Charlotte Butler, called Performance Role Play Training (or PRPT).

Awards, etc

FNB/Tonight Vita Comedy Award for Heel Against the Head, 1994/1995.

Nomination, Regional Vita Awards, Kwazulu Natal, Best supporting actress for Heel Against the Head, for her role as Celeste, 1995/1996

Nomination, Regional Vita Awards, Cape, Best Supporting Actress for Fiela's Child - The Musical, for her role as Barta, 1998/1999.

Nomination, Regional Vita Awards, Kwazulu Natal, Best Performance In A Comedy, Female, in Comrades Arms, 2000/2001.

Nomination, 2006 Naledi Theatre Awards, Best Comedy Performance (Female) in a Play, Musical or Revue for Menopause - The Musical

Nomination, FNB 2009 Naledi Theatre Awards, Best supporting actress for Footloose: The Musical as Vi Moore.

Sources

When the Cat's Away theatre programme, 1993.

Personal communication from Judy Ditchfield, 28 August 2015.

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