Английская Википедия:Diaan Lawrenson

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Diaan Lawrenson (born 4 April 1978) is a South African actress, producer and lecturer. She is best known for her roles in the films and series Raaiselkind, Semi-Soet and 7de Laan. She is the Dean of AFDA, The School for the Creative Economy.

Personal life

She was born 4 April 1978 in Vanderbijlpark, South Africa. During her elementary school, she acted in the school stage and joined the musical choir as well. In 2001, Diaan graduated from African Film Drama and Art School (AFDA) in Johannesburg.

She is married to fellow actor Jody Abrahams in 2014 at the St. Martin's-in-the-Veld Anglican Church in Rosebank, Johannesburg. The couple have one girl: Olivia-Rose and boy: Thomas James.

Career

In 2002, she made a minor television role of "Merle" in the series Egoli: Place of Gold. Then she acted in the 2003 series Song vir Katryn with another minor role. In the same year, she received a supportive role in the serial Backstage. In that, she got the opportunity to make her film debut with the film Stander.

In 2008, she joined the cast of SABC 2 soap opera, 7de Laan and played the role "Paula van der Leque". Her role received huge popularity, where she continued to play the role for 8 years until retired in 2016. In both 2010 and 2013, she won the YOU Spectacular Award for Best Actress for this role. Then in 2009, she won the ATKV Feather award for the Best Actress. In 2012, she played the role "" in the film Semi-Soet directed by Joshua Rous. Since 2016, she started to work as a lecturer at AFDA in Cape Town and in 2019, she was appointed as the dean of the campus. Meanwhile, she is the co-owner of the media production company, "Jester Productions".

In 2015, she wrote and produced the short film Hartloop. In the meantime, she acted in the critics acclaim film Mooirivier and played the role of "Sarah". In the same year, she appeared in the film Sink directed by AFDA alumnus Brett Michael Inne. The film won several awards at many film festivals and also received critics acclaim. In 2016, she acted in the film Tablemanners with the role "Megan". Then in 2017, she acted in the film Raaiselkind and then Susters in 2018, both became blockbusters. In 2021, she joined the kykNET anthology series Spoorloos for its third installment Steynhof as Joey Steyn.

Filmography

Year	Film	Role	Genre	Ref.
2002	Egoli: Place of Gold	Merle	TV series
2003	Song vir Katryn	stripper	TV series
2003	Bacstage	Mienkie	TV series
2003	Stander	Bank 3 Female Bank Teller	Film
2008-2016	7de Laan	Paula van der Lecque	TV series
2012	Semi-Soet	Chadrie Snyman	Film
2013	Bullets Oor Bishop Lavis	Anel	Short film
2014	Die Byl	Saskia du Toit	TV series
2015	Mooirivier	Sarah	Film
2015	Hartloop	Producer	Short film
2015	Sink	Chantelle	Film
2016	Jou Romeo	Juffrou Goosen	Film
2016	Hilde se Hartsklanke	Producer	TV series
2016	Tablemanners	Megan	Film
2017	Raaiselkind	Ingrid Dorfling	Film
2017	Die Skatties	Producer	TV series
2017	Die Boekklub	Cecille	TV series
2018	Susters	Jo	Film
2018	Table Manners	Megan	Film
2020	Op en Af	Producer	TV mini series
2021	Spoorloos: Steynhof	Joey Steyn	Main role

Theatre works

• Kysbriewe (2014)
• Bullets over Bishop Lavis (2012 – 2014)
• Roemers en Bloemers (2012 – 2013)
• Vrydag is Skeidag (2010 – 2011)
• Under the fig tree (2009)
• Dirk & Lindie (2008)
• Die Vals Snor (2007)
• Pleiboyz (2006)
• So Waar As Vet (2005)
• Dubbel en Dwars (2004)
• Four Play (2003 – 2004)
• Six Inches (2002 – 2003)
• Pendoring Eiendoms Beperk (2002)
• Closer (2001)
• Go It Maid! (2001)
• Magspel (2000)
• Dangerous Liaisons (2000)
• Theresa Se Droom (2000)
• Who Digs Who (2000)
• Rudely Stamped (1999 – 2000)
• Requiem (1998)

Awards

• AFDA Nomination: Best Actress, Best Supporting Actress, Best Writer
• SAFTA nomination: Best Actress
• Crystal nomination: Best Actress, Best Newcomer
• YOU Spectacular Award: Best Actress (2013)
• YOU Spectacular Award: Best Actress (2010)
• ATKV Feather: Best Actress (2009)
• AFDA Award: Best Actress, Best Supporting Actress, Best Writer (1998 - 2001)

External links

• Шаблон:IMDb name