Amalia Uys (born 14 October 1984) is a South African actress. She starred as San-Mari van Graan in the soap opera '' 7^de Laan'' from 2006 to 2013.

Early life

Uys was born in

Springbok, Northern Cape Springbok is the largest town in the Namaqualand area in the Northern Cape province of South Africa. It was called Springbokfontein until 1911, when it was shortened to Springbok. Springbok is located on the N7 road (South Africa), N7 national rou ...

. She matriculated at

Hoërskool Menlopark Die Hoërskool Menlopark (colloquially known as Menlo or Parkies) is a public Afrikaans medium co-educational high school situated in the suburb of Menlo Park in Pretoria in the Gauteng province of South Africa. The school learners call themsel ...

in Menlo Park, Gauteng. She graduated from

Stellenbosch University Stellenbosch University ( af, Universiteit Stellenbosch) is a public research university situated in Stellenbosch, a town in the Western Cape province of South Africa. Stellenbosch is the oldest university in South Africa and the oldest extant ...

in 2003, after which she moved to

Johannesburg Johannesburg ( , , ; Zulu and xh, eGoli ), colloquially known as Jozi, Joburg, or "The City of Gold", is the largest city in South Africa, classified as a megacity, and is one of the 100 largest urban areas in the world. According to Demo ...

2008 helicopter crash

On Saturday 31 May 2008, Uys suffered injuries when a helicopter that she and two fellow 7^de Laan cast members ( Sekoati Tsubane and Hazel Hinda) were traveling in crashed into a car shortly after take off. The actors were in

Kroonstad Kroonstad (Afrikaans directly translated "Crown City") is the third largest city in the Free State (after Bloemfontein and Welkom) and lies two hours' drive on the N1 from Gauteng. Maokeng is an area within Kroonstad, and is occasionally used ...

for the first day of a 12-month promotional tour for

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. Tsubane and Hinda were discharged shortly after checking into hospital but Uys had to remain overnight for her wrist fracture. Neither the pilot nor the car driver were injured in the incident.

References

External links

7de Laan official website
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Uys, Amalia 1984 births Living people People from Nama Khoi Local Municipality South African soap opera actresses Stellenbosch University alumni