Hannah Jo van der Westhuysen (; born 26 August 1995) is an English actress. They began their career as a child actor on the

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series '' The Fugitives''. From 2021 to 2022, they played Stella in the

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series '' Fate: The Winx Saga''.

Early life and education

Van der Westhuysen was born in Hammersmith, West London to an English mother and a South African father and grew up in South West London. They hold dual citizenship. They took a year-long foundation course at the

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before going on to graduate with a

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in Acting from

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in 2018.

Filmography

Film

Television

Music videos

Stage

References

External links

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