Carina Nel (born 4 January 1988), is a South African actress. Started as a threatre actress, Nel later became a poula television actress particularly with the two soap operas ''Generations'' and ''7de Laan''.

Personal life

Nel was born on 4 January 1988 in Pretoria, South Africa.

Career

She studied acting at Tshwane Technical University in Pretoria and then graduated with a Bachelor with Honors degree in drama. During her university days, she acted in many plays such as ''Festen'', ''Peter Pan'', ''Skattebol'', ''Windmaker'', ''She;s Just Not Into You'', ''Hoe Later Hoe Kwater'' and ''S11''. After the graduation, she joined with Children's Theatre in a traveling production entitled "What Walrus?" and later followed by independent theatre work such as "Pappawerwyn". Later, she met the theater director Quintin Wils and author Jannes Erasmus where she started to perform in many stage plays such as ''Sand''. In the solo program called ''Suster'', Nel played seven different characters. Meanwhile she was invited to the popular soap opera ''Generations'', where she played the role of "Isabelle" for two and a half continuous years now. While working on Generations, she also performed in the stage plays, ''Crave'', ''ONSkuld'', ''Wie Hyg So'' and ''Kop Onderstebo''. ''ONSkuld'' is also the South Africa'a first mobile thriller. In 2016, she acted in the film ''Queen of Katwe'', a biographical film about the Ugandan chess player Phiona Mutesi directed by Mira Nair. In that film, she played Nel played the role of the Canadian chess player Dina Kagramanov. Since 2016, she is also playing the dual roles "Alexa Chauke" and "Amanda Lous" in the popular SABC 2 soap opera '' 7de Laan'' produced by Danie Odendaal.

Filmography

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Nel, Carina Living people South African television actresses 1988 births