Jana Strydom

Jana Strydom (born 12 June 1980) is a South African actress, television presenter, voice over artist and MC. She is best known for the roles in the television serials such as; 7de Laan, Egoli: Place of Gold, Swartwater, Erfsondes and Arendsvlei.

Personal life Strydom was born on 12 June 1980 in South Africa.

Career She started drama career with many theatre productions from 2001 to 2003 including; Medea, Vandag In Beeld, Maid in the New South Africa, Hamlet Machine, Beauty and The Beast, A Woman Alone, Die Invloed and Die Vrou Uit Die See. In 2004, she won the People Magazine's Crystal Award for the Best Newcomer to the South African drama. Meanwhile, she has worked for Franz Marx Films for few years. In 2009, she joined with the cast of season 10 of the M-Net soap opera Egoli: Place of Gold, where she played the role "Marcelle Crafford". The role became very popular among the public, where she continued to play the role until tenth season. Meanwhile, she presented and hosted the Talk show program Lifestyle. In the meantime, she joined with Danie Odendal Produksies. Under their banner, she played the role "Helena Moolman" in the SABC1 soap opera 7de Laan. In 2013, she appeared in the kykNET period drama series Donkerland with the role "Thea de Jager".

In 2014 she joined with the SABC2 drama series Swartwater and played the role "Karen le Roux", where she was nominated for Best Actress Award in TV Drama category at the 2015 SAFTA. Then in 2016, she appeared in the kykNET drama Getroud met rugby with the role "Gasspeler". In the preceding years, she played supportive roles in many television serials such as; in Die Boland Moorde as "Katinka", in season four of Suidooster as "Vivienne Venter", in Arendsvlei as "Eloise de Villiers" for two seasons, and in Die Spreeus as "Debra". In 2015, she acted in the feature film Treurgrond with the lead role "Helena Schoeman". The film received critics acclaim and Strydom won the Award for the Best Actress in a Leading Role at the RapidLion Film Festival in 2017. Then in 2018, she won the Best Supporting Actress Award in a Foreign Language Film for the same role at the International Filmmaker Festival of World Cinema, Milan.

In 2020, she made a supportive role as "Retha" in the third season of another kykNET drama Fynskrif. In the same year, she acted in the kykNET police procedural series Projek Dina with the role "Karen". In 2021, she appeared in the drama series Afgrond and played the role "Julia Cilliers".

Filmography

Year Film Role Genre Ref. 2007 Erfsondes Kate Ferreira TV series 2009 Egoli: Place of Gold Marcelle TV series 2012 Everyman's Taxi Take-away lady Film 2013 Vashou-ding Woman Short film 2013 Donkerland Thea de Jager TV series 2013 Geraamtes in die Kas Emma TV series 2009 7de Laan Helena Moolman TV series 2014 Swartwater Karen le Roux TV series 2014 Konfetti Martine Voste Film 2014 Leading Lady Linda van der Merwe Film 2014 Alles Wat Mal Is Esme Steyn Film 2015 Treurgrond Helena Schoeman Film 2015 Verskietende Ster Maria Schuman Film 2015 Hartloop Janke Short film 2016 Getroud met rugby Gasspeler TV series 2017 Die Boland Moorde Katinka TV series 2017 An Act of Defiance Shirley Hepple Film 2018 Suidooster Vivienne Venter TV series 2019 Arendsvlei Eloise de Villiers TV series 2019 Die Spreeus Debra TV series 2020 Fynskrif Retha TV series 2020 Projek Dina Karen TV series 2021 Afgrond Julia Cilliers TV series