Hildegardt Whites

Hildegardt Whites, popularly known as Hildegardt Silkiewicz, is a South African actress, vocalist, and MC. She is best known for the role "Bonita Basson" in the popular soapie 7de Laan.

Personal life In 2000, her family moved to the West Coast and educated at Northlink College. She has four brothers. Straight after Grade 12, Whites started to study performance art in Cape Town. After that, she graduated from Tshwane University of Technology (TUT), also known as Pretoria Technikon.

She has been married to the musician Kuba Silkiewicz since 2011. The couple have one boy who was born in May 2017.

Career In her final year of high school, she acted in the musical, West Side Story playing the role of Anita. This was her first experience as a theatre actress. In 2010, she joined with the crew of 7de Laan and played the role "Bonita Basson". In the meantime, she was also nominated for "Favourite Newcomer on Television" at the YOU Spectacular Awards.