Description
Sandra Prinsloo, also known as Sandra Prinzlow, is a South African actress best known internationally for her role as Kate Thomson in the 1980 film The Gods Must Be Crazy.
Prinsloo has also appeared in numerous South African television and stage productions. She was in the original cast of Egoli: Place of Gold, South Africa's first soap opera. For many years, she hosted her own talk show, RaakPraat met Sandra, on South Africa television.
In 1985, Prinsloo and fellow actor John Kani caused a South African audience walk-out when performing the play Miss Julie. In the title role, Prinsloo played a white woman seducing a black man. The play marked the first on-stage occurrence of a black man kissing a white woman under the Apartheid regime. The actors later performed the play at the Edinburgh Festival.
In 2014, she was the recipient of a national order by the South African government, the Order of Ikhamanga in silver, for those whose outstanding work has benefited South Africa. National orders are bestowed on South Africa's Freedom Day.
Born
September 15th, 1947 in South Africa (Age 77)
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