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Shaleen Surtie-Richards

Birthday: Born in 1955-05-07 in Upington, South Africa

Deathday: 2021-06-07

Shaleen Surtie-Richards was a South African television, stage, and film actress, perhaps best known for her starring roles in the 1988 film Fiela se Kind and the long-running series Egoli: Place of Gold. She performed in both Afrikaans and English.

TV Credits

Republiek van Zoid Afrika

Character: Self

Karen Zoid's talk show with comic sketches, visits with influential and exceptional people, and music that will take your breath away....

Egoli: Place of Gold

Character: Ester "Nenna" Willemse

A South African television soap opera created by Franz Marx which revolves around the daily ups, downs, trials and tribulations of a handful of families in and around Johannesburg (which is often referred to as eGoli - the City of Gold)...

Villa Rosa

Character: Fran Jacobs

In Bloemfontein there is a guest house where the walls have ears and where there is daily drama, intrigue and also a lot of comedy....

Supersterre

Character: Judge

Supersterre is an Afrikaans language singing talent show created by South African singer Patricia Lewis and produced by Lewis and her husband Mark Whitfield in which contestants work with a celebrity coach each week and are eliminated by public vote until one winner remains....


Movie Credits

Fiela's Child

Character: Fiela Komoetie

The acclaimed drama based on Dalene Matthee´s award-winning novel. "Fiela se Kind" (Fiela's Child) is the story of a white foundling boy that is raised by a brown family. But the childs life changes irrevocably when white census officials discover him living across the established borders of society, and he is removed from his foster parents. "This is the moving story about a close family being torn apart by the social convictions of the day. It is the story of a mother´s enduring love and hop...

Mama Jack

Character: Mayoress

Set in Cape Town, South Africa Mama Jack is the story of Jack Theron, an ordinary person working on a film set. However, his movie producer boss hates him and wants to remove him from the production of the film. In a bid to get rid of Jack, the producer spikes his drink with a drug at a glamorous function, and before long Jack has got himself on the wrong side of the law. While on the run, Jack turns to his friend, a make-up artist, who turns him into "Mama Bolo". Mama Bolo soon finds “herself”...

Susanna van Biljon

Character: Jo-Ann

Rebecca Dreyer (Karen Zoid) is almost forty, lives with her mother (Marie du Toit) and works in a café in a small Karoo town. To escape her depressing life, Rebecca dreams of getting as far away as possible from her smothering mother and pursue the stardom her mother never experienced – that of a successful singer....

Jimmy in Pink

Character: Ouma Grietjie

Jimmy in Pienk is a quirky comedy about Jimmy Bester, a rugged seventh generation "mielie" farmer. Jimmy’s father suddenly dies in a freak accident, he is confronted by two loan sharks who come to collect what his father owes. Jimmy gathers the courage to leave his home and travel to Cape Town to seek help from his uncle, and he is not prepared for what awaits him....

Agent 2000

Character: Juffrou Schutte

Walter du Toit is the secret agent known "Agent 2000". He is hired to find the bully terrorizing the school, known only as the Laksman (The Executioner). Before he unmask his foe he finds friendship and the girl of his dreams....

Knysna

Character: Gerda

Dolf is a regular guy from a modest background in Knysna. He is content with his normal small town existence, his group of friends and his eccentric grandparents. His life is thrown upside down when he falls for a beautiful stranger Stephanie, a somewhat wealthy visitor to the sleepy coastal resort. What she has not been honest about, is that she is engaged to the Prince of Lichtenstein, but has a cold feet, and is hiding out in Knysna. Stephanie is drawn to the simplicity of Dolf's life and yea...

Treurgrond

Character: Katie

Treurgrond tells the painful story of a farming community in South Africa trying to survive the numerous farm attacks confronting farmers almost every day. These gruesome acts affect not just those closely related to the victims, but set in motion a chain of events. Amidst the pressure and anxiety increased by the growing number of farm murders, Lukas Van Staden tries to protect his family, his friends and his farm....

Two Degrees of Murder

Character: Fy Abrahams

An Afrikaans film. Two women, two murders. One homicide reflects the ultimate act of self-centredness, the other the greatest selfless act of them all....

Vaselinetjie

Character: Grandma Kitta

At the age of 8, Vaselinetjie is taken away by the Welfare and send to the orphanage. It's a strange, hard, dangerous world of rebel children, fierce house mothers,friends, first loves and where she finally finds true self-acceptance....

Snaaks Genoeg

Character: Cynthia

Snaaks Genoeg (Funny Enough) is an entertaining and poignant dark comedy, which explores the pain inflicted by humour on the average human being. The film, an original piece written and directed by David Moore, follows a down-and-out comedian (Casper de Vries) who drifts from one small town to another. Having alienated his audience with his crude comments and dirty humours, his popularity has faded. He hits the road fighting not only for survival, but also to find the spark he once had. He has ...

Comedy Central Roast of Steve Hofmeyr

Character: Self

The Comedy Central Roast of Steve Hofmeyr, Comedy Central's first ever African "Roast" featured the roasting of controversial public figure, Steve Hofmeyr, by an all star "roasting" panel consisting of Kuli Roberts, Casper De Vries, John Vlismas, Robert Whitehead, Anele Mdoda, Shaleen Surtie-Richards, David Kau, Minki Van Der Westhuizen and Trevor Noah....

Droomdag

Character: Sherildene

A young bride's dream day turns into her worst nightmare. A tale about Tanya Stark, a young woman who's biological clock is ticking towards desperation. Tanya is forever getting involved with the wrong sort of guy, who is seemingly unable to be faithful. She decides to take a break from men and concentrate on herself for a change. Little did she know that she was about to bump into the man of her dreams, who would sweep her off her feet...Then the unthinkable happens....


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