Brümilda van Rensburg is a South African

actress An actor or actress is a person who portrays a character in a performance. The actor performs "in the flesh" in the traditional medium of the theatre or in modern media such as film, radio, and television. The analogous Greek term is (), li ...

. She is perhaps best known for her role as Louwna in the TV series '' Egoli: Place of Gold''. She attained her BA Honours in Drama '' cum laude'' from the

University of Pretoria The University of Pretoria ( af, Universiteit van Pretoria, nso, Yunibesithi ya Pretoria) is a multi-campus public research university in Pretoria, the administrative and de facto capital of South Africa. The university was established in 1908 ...

. Brumilda has won many prestigious awards, such as Best Actress at the

Fleur du Cap Theatre Awards The Fleur du Cap Theatre Awards are annual South African theatre awards focusing on professional productions staged in and around Cape Town. Awards are presented in 20 categories. History The Fleur du Cap Theatre Awards were originally known a ...

, among others.

Career

While working with CAPAB she was honored with a prestigious Fleur du Cap award for her role as Cassandra in The Orestian Trilogy. She rose to prominence on the local screen for her role interpretation of the bitchy Adele in Wolwedans in die Skemer. She was also cast as a political journalist in Binnekring and played as Alicia Francke in season 2 of Ballade vir ‘n Enkeling. The role of Judith in Stolen Lives followed and further gained her prominence. Her work as Marie in Exit the King earned her a Vita Award and she was a two times nominee for the Most popular SA female actress award. In 1995, she bagged the award. Brumilda also teaches drama and speaks (as a motivational speaker) across South Africa. She was a host on her radio talk show on Punt radio for one year. Under the label Brümilda, the veteran actress developed a range of clothes. She has experience spanning over twelve years of dance training, modern and classic. More to her name is producing three plays for the art festivals and directing some inserts for the SABC. Brumilda played the lead in om ‘goodbye’ te sê in London to standing ovations in 2000. She landed the starring role of Rika Naude in Hartland, a kykNET drama series. Helena King in High Rollers was another starring role she landed. She appeared in the SABC3 drama series in 2013. In 2014, she was cast as Jana du Prees in Binnelanders, a kykNET soap opera.

Filmography

* ''

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'', 2014 * ''Musiek vir die Agtergrond'', 2013 * ''The Power of Three'', 2011 as Olivia * ''

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'', 2010 as Lilian Shapiro * ''Brutal Glory'' (video), 1989 as Lottie * ''Dancing in the Forest'', 1989

Television

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Binnelanders ''Binnelanders'' (previously ''Binneland'' and ''Binneland Sub Judice'') is a South African Afrikaans soap opera. It is set in and around the fictional private hospital, Binneland Kliniek, in Pretoria, and the storyline follows the trials, trau ...

'', 2014 as Jana du Preez *''High Rollers'', 2013 as Helena King *''Hartland'', 2011 *''Ballade vir 'n Enkeling II'', 1993 as Alicia Francke *'' Egoli: Place of Gold'', 1992-2010 as Louwna Edwards *''Die Binnekring'', 1990

Stage

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Hamlet ''The Tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark'', often shortened to ''Hamlet'' (), is a tragedy written by William Shakespeare sometime between 1599 and 1601. It is Shakespeare's longest play, with 29,551 words. Set in Denmark, the play depicts ...

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Ophelia Ophelia () is a character in William Shakespeare's drama '' Hamlet'' (1599–1601). She is a young noblewoman of Denmark, the daughter of Polonius, sister of Laertes and potential wife of Prince Hamlet, who, due to Hamlet's actions, ends u ...

*The ''

Oresteia The ''Oresteia'' ( grc, Ὀρέστεια) is a trilogy of Greek tragedies written by Aeschylus in the 5th century BCE, concerning the murder of Agamemnon by Clytemnestra, the murder of Clytemnestra by Orestes, the trial of Orestes, the end o ...

'' – Dieter Reible *''

Faust Faust is the protagonist of a classic German legend based on the historical Johann Georg Faust ( 1480–1540). The erudite Faust is highly successful yet dissatisfied with his life, which leads him to make a pact with the Devil at a crossroa ...

'' - Dieter Reible *''

Exit the King ''Exit the King'' (french: Le Roi se meurt) is an absurdist drama by Eugène Ionesco that premiered in 1962. It is the third in Ionesco's "Berenger Cycle", preceded by '' The Killer'' (1958) and ''Rhinocéros'' (1959), and followed by ''A Str ...

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Agamemnon In Greek mythology, Agamemnon (; grc-gre, Ἀγαμέμνων ''Agamémnōn'') was a king of Mycenae who commanded the Greeks during the Trojan War. He was the son, or grandson, of King Atreus and Queen Aerope, the brother of Menelaus, the ...

'' *''Atigoni'' *''Come back little Sheba'' *''Die Soen'' *''Siener in die Suburbs''

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External links

* http://www.brumilda.com * {{DEFAULTSORT:Rensburg, Brumilda van 1956 births Living people South African film actresses South African television actresses South African stage actresses 21st-century South African actresses