Deirdre Wolhuter

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Deirdre Wolhuter
Born
Deirdre Wolhuter

Nationality South African
Canadian
Alma mater University of Cape Town
OccupationActress
Years active1991–present
SpouseJonathan Pienaar

Deirdre Wolhuter is a South African actress. She is best known for her roles in the popular films Friend Request, Charlie Jade and Kalahari Harry.

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Personal life

She was born in Canada as the daughter of an Afrikaans father and a Canadian mother. In 1989, she completed her diploma in speech and drama from the University of Cape Town and later graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree from the same university. [1]

She is married to fellow actor and writer Jonathan Pienaar. [2]

Career

She has involved in several theater plays: Outpost, King Lear, Circles in a Forest, Macbeth, The Man with the Thirteen Children and The Tempest. [2] In 2006, she received a Micheal Mac Liammoir award for her role in the play Happy Endings Are Extra. Apart from them, she acted in the films such as The Crane Man, How Expensive was the Sugar, Hollywood in My House, Jimmy in Pink, A Pawpaw for My Darling, The Red Phone, Borderline, Master Harold, Boys and Forever. [1]

In the television, she played the role 'Franci Roos' in Fluiters, and as 'Elsabet Langhans' in Meeulanders. In 2016, she was invited to play the role 'Mariaan' in the series 7de Laan . [2] Apart from them, she appeared in the television serials: Going Up and Going Up Again, Madam and Eve, Orion, Charlie Jade, Khululeka, Backstage, Egoli and League of Glory. [1]

Apart from acting, she is also a newsreader and presenter at Good Hope FM and where she conducted many Afrikaans and English radio dramas and serials. During the work, she is also a prolific bilingual voice artist. [1]

Filmography

YearFilmRoleGenreRef.
1993Arende III: DorslandWomanTV series
1994Kalahari HarryProstituteFilm
1996MeeulandersElsabet LanghansTV movie
2000SoutmanslandLeendra van HellbergTV series
2002BorderlineLittle Lila's MotherTV movie
2005Charlie JadeNewscasterTV series
2013Jimmy in PienkMrs. TaljaardtFilm
2013Hoe duur was de suikerFilm
2014AgterplaasMa Sannie de BeerShort film
2014Hollywood in my HuisAngelique's MotherFilm
2015'n Pawpaw Vir My DarlingSoufie BeeslaarFilm
2015DestinationShort film
2016Friend RequestAda NedifarFilm
2016Vir AltydChristellleFilm
2016FluitersFranci RoosTV series
2019PlayboyzDiaanTV movie
2016 - present 7de Laan Mariaan WelmanTV series

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Deirdre Wolhuter career". tvsa. Retrieved 29 November 2020.
  2. 1 2 3 "Deirdre Wolhuter bio". ESAT. Retrieved 29 November 2020.