Ilse Klink (born 4 March 1972), is a South African actress and singer. She is best known for his roles in the popular television serials ''Isidingo'' and ''Inkaba'' and ''

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Personal life

She was born on 4 March 1972, in

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. She completed her BA Drama at

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. She is the first black person to graduate from the University of Pretoria's drama school.

Career

She first started her acting career at the Performing Arts Council of the Orange Free State. In 1999, she was selected for the role 'Vanessa Booysens' in the television soap opera ''Isidingo''. With the role became highly popular, she continued to play the character until 2007 where she later won an Avanti Award for Best Actress in a Soapie in 2000. In 2012, she played the role of Fashion Week CEO 'Miranda Simons' in the Mzansi Magic telenovela ''Inkaba''. Meanwhile, she also performed in several theater productions such as ''Fiddler on the Roof'', ''Maru'', ''The Fantasticks'', ''Blomtyd is Bloeityd'', ''Slegs vir Almal'', ''Amen Corner'', ''Chicago'', ''Rent'' and ''Menopause the Musical''. She made several elderly supportive roles in the television serials ''Tussen Duiwels'', ''Molo Fish'', ''Hagenheim Streng Privaat'' and ''Snitch 2''. Apart from acting, she is a singer, who is the lead singer for an Afrikaans alternative rock band 'Ekstra Dik'. In cinema, she acted in the films '' Ellen: The Ellen Pakkies Story'', ''Cold Harbour'', ''Dis ek'', ''Anna'' and ''Stroomop''. For her role in the film ''Stroomop'', she was later awarded the Golden Horn for Best Supporting Actress at 2019 South African Film and Television Awards (SAFTA). In 2015, she played a lead role as 'Tamara van Niekerk', a dance teacher in the television series ''Roer Jou Voete''. Then in 2017, she was invited to play the role 'Adeole' on three seasons of the Mzansi Magic prison drama ''Lockdown''. In 2020, she starred in the serial ''

'' for its third season where she played the role 'Dortothy Galant'.

Television serials

* ''

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'' as Natasha Kleinhans * ''

'' as Dorothy Galant * ''Broken Vows'' as Suzanne * ''Diamond City'' as Abida * ''Fynskrif'' as Evelyn * ''iNkaba'' as Miranda Simons * ''Isidingo'' as Vanessa Booysens * ''Lockdown'' as Adeole * ''Roer Jou Voete'' as Tamara van Niekerk * ''Snitch'' as Dr Conchis * ''Sorted'' as Ilse Klink

References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Klink, Ilse Living people People from Mpumalanga South African television actresses South African film actresses 1972 births South African musicians