Natalie Bridgette Becker is a South African actress.

Biography

Becker was born in

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, Western Cape province and raised in

Cape Town Cape Town ( af, Kaapstad; , xh, iKapa) is one of South Africa's three capital cities, serving as the seat of the Parliament of South Africa. It is the legislative capital of the country, the oldest city in the country, and the second largest ...

. She is of

Cape Coloured Cape Coloureds () are a South African ethnic group consisted primarily of persons of mixed race and Khoisan descent. Although Coloureds form a minority group within South Africa, they are the predominant population group in the Western Cape. ...

descent. Becker has spoken about growing up lonely on a small holding because her mother and stepfather were in a mixed-raced marriage that was illegal at the time under

apartheid Apartheid (, especially South African English: , ; , "aparthood") was a system of institutionalised racial segregation that existed in South Africa and South West Africa (now Namibia) from 1948 to the early 1990s. Apartheid was ...

laws in South Africa. She earned a BSocScience from the

University of Cape Town The University of Cape Town (UCT) ( af, Universiteit van Kaapstad, xh, Yunibesithi ya yaseKapa) is a public research university in Cape Town, South Africa. Established in 1829 as the South African College, it was granted full university statu ...

in 2004. She has two brothers. Becker started her career as an announcer on

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, a regional radio station affiliated with the

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. Later, she moved into television and was a presenter on the long-running glamour show ''

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''. As an actress, Becker appeared alongside

Meg Ryan Meg Ryan (born Margaret Mary Emily Anne Hyra; November 19, 1961) is an American actress. She began her acting career in 1981 when she made her acting debut in the drama film ''Rich and Famous''. She later joined the cast of the CBS soap opera ...

and

William H. Macy William Hall Macy Jr. (born March 13, 1950) is an American actor. His film career has been built on appearances in small, independent films, though he has also appeared in mainstream films. Some of his best known starring roles include those i ...

in '' The Deal'' (2008),

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in ''

Disgrace ''Disgrace'' is a novel by J. M. Coetzee, published in 1999. It won the Booker Prize. The writer was also awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature four years after its publication. Plot David Lurie is a white South African professor of English wh ...

'' (2008), the film adaptation of J.M. Coetzee's novel of the same name and also starred in '' Tremors 5: Bloodlines'' (2015).

Filmography

* ''Bypass'' (2017) * '' One Day Like Today in London'' (2017) * '' Tremors 5: Bloodlines'' (2015) * '' Death Race: Inferno'' (2012) * '' Strike Back: Vengeance'' (2012) * '' Atlantis: End of a World, Birth of a Legend (TV Movie)'' (2011) * ''

'' (2008) * '' The Deal'' (2008) * '' The Scorpion King 2: Rise of a Warrior'' (2008) * ''

The World Unseen ''The World Unseen'' is a 2007 historical drama film, written and directed by Shamim Sarif, adapted from her own novel. The film is set in 1950s Cape Town, South Africa during the beginning of apartheid. The film stars Lisa Ray and Sheetal Sh ...

'' (2007)

References

External links

* * South African film actresses Living people Actresses from Cape Town Cape Coloureds People from George, South Africa University of Cape Town alumni Year of birth missing (living people) {{SouthAfrica-actor-stub