Denise Newman (actress)
Denise Newman | |
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Born | |
Nationality | South African |
Occupation | Actress |
Years active | 1982-present |
Notable work | The Endless River |
Denise Newman is a South African actress.
Biography
Newman grew up in the Athlone neighborhood of Cape Town, the daughter of a garment worker.[1] She described herself as a lonely child who would create her own entertainment.[2] After graduating from Athlone High School in 1972, she moved to the United States to do a post-matric learnership. Newman returned to South Africa in 1974 to study social work and found a job at the housing office in Hanover Park. She discovered the Space Theatre, the only theatre in the country to have mixed casts and audiences without a permit, and was encouraged to work there by its director Brian Astbury. Newman worked by sweeping the floors and doing the actors' laundry before becoming a stage manager in 1979. Her first major acting role was in Political Joke, directed by Jean Naidoo and written by Peter Snyders.[1]
In 1982, Newman made her film debut as Yvonne Jacobs, a colored supermarket clerk who falls in love with a white man, in City Lovers.[3] In 1985, she starred in the comedy film Two Weeks in Paradise.[4]
In 2009, Newman played the lead in
Newman played Tiny's mother in The Endless River in 2015, directed by Hermanus.[7] She began playing Bridgette October in the soap opera Suidooster in 2015.[8] She also played anti-apartheid activist Dulcie September in the one-act play Cold Case: Revisiting Dulcie September in 2015. Newman said that the role was very meaningful compared to her role as Daleen Meintjies in the soap opera 7de Laan.[1] The show was revived for a brief run in 2017.[2] In 2019, she had a guest role in season 2 of the crime series Die Byl.[9]
Partial filmography
- 1982: City Lovers
- 1985: Two Weeks in Paradise
- 1995: The Syndicate
- 1998: The Sexy Girls
- 2004: Forgiveness
- 2005: Gabriël
- 2009: Shirley Adams
- 2012: Material
- 2015: The Endless River
- 2015–present: Suidooster (TV series)
- 2019: Die Byl (TV series)
Awards and nominations
Year | Association | Category | Work | Result | Ref |
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2015 | South African Film and Television Awards | Best Actress – Feature Film | The Endless River | Won | [10] |
References
- ^ a b c Abarder, Gasant (29 May 2015). "Denise delves into Dulcie's story". IOL. Retrieved 9 November 2020.
- ^ a b "A CONVERSATION WITH DENISE NEWMAN". Sarafina Magazine. 25 April 2017. Retrieved 9 November 2020.
- ^ Maslin, Janet (30 September 1982). "'CITY LOVERS' AND 'COMING OF AGE'". The New York Times. Retrieved 9 November 2020.
- ^ "Two Weeks in Paradise". BFI. Archived from the original on 28 September 2017. Retrieved 9 November 2020.
- ^ Cheshire, Godfrey (17 November 2010). "THE 2010 CARTHAGE FILM FESTIVAL". Filmmaker Magazine. Retrieved 9 November 2020.
- ^ "Shirley Adams -- Film Review". The Hollywood Reporter. Associated Press. 8 December 2009. Retrieved 9 November 2020.
- ^ "'The Endless River': Venice Review". The Hollywood Reporter. 9 June 2015. Retrieved 9 November 2020.
- ^ "Leer ken Suidooster se Denise Newman". Netwerk24 (in Afrikaans). 16 November 2015. Retrieved 9 November 2020.
- ^ "Three reasons to binge gritty Cape Town cop drama, 'Die Byl'". News24. 18 July 2019. Retrieved 9 November 2020.
- ^ "SAFTA 2019 Winners". Channel24. 2 March 2019. Archived from the original on 3 March 2019. Retrieved 2 March 2019.
External links
- Denise Newman at the Internet Movie Database