Mandi du Plooy (born 1 October 1982), also known as Mandi Baard, is a South African actress, model and voice artist. She is best known for her role as "Lara" in the M-Net soap opera ''Egoli: Place of Gold'' as well as soapies ''Binnelanders'', ''7de Laan'' and ''Getroud Met Rugby''.

Personal life

Baard was born on 1 October 1982 in Johannesburg, South Africa. She graduated with a bachelor's degree in Business management at the

University of Stellenbosch 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 ...

. She is married to Schalk Baard, where the wedding was held on 5 April 2008, in George, SA. The couple has one boy and one girl.

Career

In 1998, as a voice over artist, she played the lead role in the Afrikaans series ''Samaritaan''. In 1988, she made her television debut with the Afrikaans series ''Saartjie'', when she was in Grade One. In that serial, she played the role of "Muggie". In 2009, she joined with the thirteenth season of the soapie ''Egoli: Place of Gold'' and played the role "Lara" until eighteenth season. In 2012, she appeared in the telenovela ''Binnelanders'' and then joined with the soapie ''7de Laan'' in 2014. In 2015, she acted in the film ''Sink'' by playing the supportive role "Monique". Then in 2018, she made another supportive role as "Mrs. Peters" in the film ''Looking for love''. In 2018, she joined with third season of the kykNet drama, ''Getroud Met Rugby'', where she is playing the role "Lienkie".

Filmography

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Baard, Mandy Living people 1982 births Actresses from Johannesburg South African soap opera actresses