Deirdre Wolhuter

Deirdre Wolhuter is a South African actress. She is best known for her roles in the popular films Friend Request, Charlie Jade and Kalahari Harry.

Personal life She was born in Canada as the daughter of an Afrikaans father and a Canadian mother. In 1989, she completed her diploma in speech and drama from the University of Cape Town and later graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree from the same university.

She is married to fellow actor and writer Jonathan Pienaar.

Career She has involved in several theater plays: Outpost, King Lear, Circles in a Forest, Macbeth, The Man with the Thirteen Children and The Tempest. In 2006, she received a Micheal Mac Liammoir award for her role in the play Happy Endings Are Extra. Apart from them, she acted in the films such as The Crane Man, How Expensive was the Sugar, Hollywood in My House, Jimmy in Pink, A Pawpaw for My Darling, The Red Phone, Borderline, Master Harold, Boys and Forever.

In the television, she played the role 'Franci Roos' in Fluiters, and as 'Elsabet Langhans' in Meeulanders. In 2016, she was invited to play the role 'Mariaan' in the series 7de Laan. Apart from them, she appeared in the television serials: Going Up and Going Up Again, Madam and Eve, Orion, Charlie Jade, Khululeka, Backstage, Egoli and League of Glory.

In addition to acting, she works as a newsreader and presenter at Good Hope FM, where she has participated in Afrikaans and English radio dramas and serials. She is also a bilingual voice artist.

Filmography Year Film Role Genre Ref. 1993 Arende III: Dorsland Woman TV series 1994 Kalahari Harry Prostitute Film 1996 Meeulanders Elsabet Langhans TV movie 2000 Soutmansland Leendra van Hellberg TV series 2002 Borderline Little Lila's Mother TV movie 2005 Charlie Jade Newscaster TV series 2013 Jimmy in Pienk Mrs. Taljaardt Film 2013 Hoe duur was de suiker Film 2014 Agterplaas Ma Sannie de Beer Short film 2014 Hollywood in my Huis Angelique's Mother Film 2015 'n Pawpaw Vir My Darling Soufie Beeslaar Film 2015 Destination Short film 2016 Friend Request Ada Nedifar Film 2016 Vir Altyd Christellle Film 2016 Fluiters Franci Roos TV series 2019 Playboyz Diaan TV movie 2016 - present 7de Laan Mariaan Welman TV series