Nataniël le Roux (born

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), better known as Nataniël, is a

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, entertainer and

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. He is best known for his solo stage act and his lifestyle and cooking TV shows.

Career

Nataniël le Roux launched his career in 1987 with the release of his first single, ''Maybe Time''. Since then he has released fifteen studio- and two live- albums, staged more than eighty original theatre productions and published twenty-one books. In 1997 he also released a four-track EP entitled ''The Diva Divine'' with opera singer

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. His many theatre shows, often staged at the Johannesburg casino ''Emperor's Palace'', have won him multiple awards. Nataniël manages a company specialising in lifestyle goods called ''Kaalkop'', which means "bald" in Afrikaans, but implies "honest" or "unpretentious". After starring in the

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''Another Life With Nataniël'' (1998-1999) and ''Project Fame'' (2004), Nataniël created and hosted ''Die Nataniël Tafel'', a cooking and entertainment program in five seasons (2012-2014), on the South African

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kykNET. In 2014 he starred in the South African TV drama ''Almon, Henry'' which he also wrote. In recent years he has created and hosted five

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of his TV show ''Edik van Nantes'' (2015–2020) on the same channel alongside his brother, Erik le Roux. During live musical performances, he is often accompanied on stage by

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pianist Charl du Plessis, or the ''Charl du Plessis Trio''. Nataniël has been a column writer for

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magazine since 2002, and has recently published the first part of his memoirs.

Discography

Studio albums

Live albums

* 2014: ''Moodswing'' (Nataniël on Stage) * 2013: ''Factory'' (live at Emperors Palace)

Compilation albums

* 2009: Act Two * 2006: Act One

Singles and EPs

* 1987: Maybe Time (''Single'') * 1988: One Life (''Single'') * 1997: ''The Diva Divine, with

(EP)'' * 1998: Gossip Tower (''Single'') * 1999: In Ev’ry Star (''Single'') * 2003: Santa Maria (''Single'') * 2004: Gold (''Single'') * 2005: Diamond (''Single'') * 2019: 100 Years (''Single'')

Music videos

Literature

Memoirs

* 2019: ''Look At Me'' * 2019: ''Kyk Na My''

Story books

Cookbooks

* 2018: ''Die Edik van Nantes Kookboek, by Nataniël and Erik le Roux,'' * 2015: ''Die Huis van Rye'' * 2009: ''Gatherings'' * 2001: ''Food from the White House'' * 1996: ''Die Nataniël Kombuis'' * 1994: ''Nataniël Kook''

References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Nataniel 1962 births Living people South African pop singers South African entertainers South African writers South African musicians South African television personalities