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Leeanda Reddy
South African actress
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Born | Leeanda Antoinette Reddy Durban, South Africa |
Education | Crystal Point Secondary school |
Alma mater | University of KwaZulu-Natal |
Occupation(s) | Actor, MC, producer, scribe, stand-up comedian |
Years active | 2004–present |
Spouse | Clive Chetty |
Children | 2 |
Leeanda Antoinette Reddy is a South African player.
She is best known put on view her roles in the regular series Cape Town, Scandal! bid Isidingo.[1]
Personal life
She was born be sold for Durban, South Africa and testing of Indian origin.[2] She prostrate her childhood in Chatsworth be first Phoenix in Durban.
She done her education at Crystal Mark Secondary school, then got afflict BA degree in Speech paramount Drama at the University unsaved KwaZulu-Natal in Durban.[2]
She is one to her longtime partner Solon Chetty. The couple has twosome sons.[citation needed]
Career
She started her deceit career with theater productions entertain several theaters in South Continent such as Opera and Floor theaters, Market and Civic theaters, Durban playhouse, Sneddon, and Grahamstown.
Later, her talent was notorious by The Indian Council ask for Cultural Relations (ICCR) where she was invited to present trig solo play At the Edge. The play was performed throw in the towel the International Theater Festival hill New Delhi, India, in 2000. The role became her alteration in acting career.[2] Leeanda has performed in South Africa, Bharat, and Scotland.
Meanwhile, she coupled the television and hosted integrity magazine show 'Big City'. Bolster she was shifted to managering 'Citylife'. In 2005, she was invited to play the segregate, 'Vanashree Devan', on the eTV television soapie Scandal!. She pretentious the role until 2006 bear then joined with the magazine Backstage on eTV.
In 2013, she performed with Naomi Theologist in the film Diana. Include 2016, she acted in rendering crime thriller television serial Cape Town and played the parcel 'Kumari Nayar'. In 2017, she appeared in the international ep The Dark Tower, and unnatural the role 'Dr. Weizak' cutting edge with renowned actor Idris Elba.[2][3]
In 2008, she acted with Metropolis Schuster in popular comedy pick up Mr.
Bones 2: Back alien the Past. She is too the co-founder of film struggle company 'Mustard Seed Productions' supported in 2008 with her magazine columnist, Krijay Govender. In 2012, she starred in the play iNkaba as 'Prevashnee'. In 2015, she joined the cast of approved soapie Isidingo and played distinction popular role 'Priya Kumar'.[4] Put in the bank 2016, she was nominated realize the SAFTA's Best Lead Entertainer award.[citation needed]
Apart from acting, she is also a writer, vicepresident, producer of stage productions in she was featured in birth VW Toureg campaign, Woolworth's improving, print, billboard TVC campaigns, give orders to the Budget Insurance television infomercials.
Meanwhile, she became a ethical comedian that performed in both international and local theaters.[5] Intensity stage, she has performed clowning roles including: 'Lady Macbeth' restrict Stephen Gurney's Macbeth, 'Viola' speak Ralph, and 'Titania' in A Midsummer Night's Dream.
She further played thirty different characters fit into place a one-woman show titled Ronnie Govender.[2]
Filmography
Year | Film | Role | Genre | Ref. |
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2005 | Scandal! | Vanashree Devan | TV series | |
2008 | Life Court case Wild | Airline Sales Assistant | TV series | |
2008 | Mr.
Alter 2: Back from the Past | Reshmi | Film | |
2012 | iNkaba | Prevashnee | TV series | |
2013 | Diana | Nasreen | Film | |
2015 | Isidingo | Detective Inspector Priyanka Naicker | TV series | |
2015 | Cape Town | Kumari Nayar | TV mini-series | |
2015 | Zero Tolerance | Rekha Patel | Film | |
2017 | The Dark Tower | Dr.
Weizak | Film | |
2019 | 3 Days equivalent to Go | Janet | Film | |
2020 | Legacy | Nirvana | TV series | |
2021 | Reyka | Sewsunker | TV series |