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Michele Burgers |
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 Catch a Fire |
Biographical
Information Michele grew up in the small Afrikaans community of Beaufort West in the Karoo, the desert land of the Cape Province and spent a lot of time on her grandparent’s farm. After she completed her schooling in Cape Town, Michele joined a small Drama School and then went on to attain her Performer’s Diploma at the Maas Phillips School of Speech and Drama, Cape Town. During the two years that followed, Michele toured with CAPAB’s Youth Company Theatre productions. On Rita Maas’ recommendation, Michele went abroad to London where she studied at the Mount View Theatre for a year, and then, homesick, she returned to South Africa. She performed in one more production with CAPAB and then moved to Johannesburg. Determined to make a living from her career, she accepted a contract with PACOFS (Performing Arts Council Orange Free State) and with PACT (Performing Arts Council Transvaal). In the theatre, her work has ranged from CHARLIE’S AUNT and THE CAUCASIAN CHALK WALK for which she was nominated for a “Dalro Award for Best Actress” to “Babbelkous”. Her most recent theatrical production being TWELFTH NIGHT at the Maynard Theatre in Cape Town Michele’s television credits include THE MERCHANT OF VENICE; BALLADE VIR ‘N ENKELING; MEEULANDERS; and VELDSLAG directed by Danie Odendaal, which she was nominated for a “Best Actress” Arts Award and won a “Blue Fountain Award for Best Actress”. She also completed a television series for S.A.B.C., THE MANAKWALANNERS I and II directed by Chris Roots and was awarded “Best Supporting Actress for T.V.” for her role. Michele made her feature debut in the Belgian production, THE SCHOOLMASTER, directed by Jean Delbeke, and received a Vita Nomination for “Best Actress” for her role a “Suzanne. Michele also starred in another South African film WAATI. Her most recent feature film was JUMP THE GUN directed by Les Blaire also for Channel Four. Her performance of “Minnie” won her “M-NET’s 1996 Best Supporting Actress in Film award. She can currently be seen in the international television series “Charlie Jade” |
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