Brümilda  van Rensburg:  
 Actress, awards winning film & television star, MC, renowned public 
motivational speaker and voice over artist.

((a Multi award-winning actress and Cum Laude graduate with her Honours Degree in Drama from the University of Pretoria (Tswane) where she twice received the coveted Ludwig Binge Award  for her achievements in the dramatic arts. Since then Brumilda
has appeared in over 70 different theatre, film and television productions. Acting Favorites ? : Blanche in "Streetcar Named Desire" then Portia in "Shakespeare's "Merchant of Venice" and in London "Om goodbye te sê" to standing ovations ! 

 The public has also awarded Brümilda  the Most Popular Actress in South Africa and has been the recipient of the prestigious Rapport/City Press Prestige Award as one of South Africa's top performers.  Brumilda also received the You / Huisgenoot/Drum Magazine's The Most Stylish Woman Award and been up for 
People Magazine's , The Crystal Awards as Best Actress in a Tv Soap 2007. 

She has her own Drama Academy and Acting Agency. Brumilda also does photographic, media presentation make-overs for women to make them play
 super models /media presenters for a day and give them a magazine cover look picture of a lifetime!


Her top 10 list: tulips, skaapboud, U2, aroma therapy, Paris, sunset at the sea, a good movie or video or theatre play, e-mails and taking a bath.))

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Brümilda van Rensburg :  

Graduated her BA Drama (Cum Laude) and BA (Honours) Drama (Cum Laude*) degrees at the University of Pretoria (Tswane) Drama department and twice won the University's coveted Ludwig Binge award for her achievements in the dramatic arts. At school her acting talent was already apparent and she became the first pupil ever to be awarded school colours for acting. Although born in the South African town Phillippolis and raised in Pretoria, she loves the Cape and worked with CAPAB in Cape Town for three years after university before moving to Johannesburg to freelance. While with CAPAB her role as Cassandra in The Orestian Trilogy, won her a prestigious Fleur du Cap award.

Her husky voice, faultless frame and sultry looks, make her the ideal "femme fatale" and yet she's played a nondescript schoolgirl (Grietjie in "Voortreflike Familie Smit"), a bitchy feminist (Annie in "Last Summer at Bluefish Cove"), a rather plain farmer's wife in "Wêreld sonder Grense", as well the frail Blanche in Streetcar named Desire. It is however, her interpretation of the bitchy Adele in the TV series "Wolwedans in die Skemer" that made her a household name with South African viewers.

In the "Binnekring" she played a political journalist and that earned her an Artes award, and  "Binnekring II" followed.

The rich publisher in "Ballade vir 'n Enkeling II" followed by Judith, a mother whose baby was stolen in "Stolen Lives" Favourite rolls were PORTIA in the MERCHANT OF VENICE and her DALRO-AWARD performance Antigone.

Two features ("Dancing in the forest" and "Brutal Glory") have been released at the Cannes Film Festival. She was honoured yet again, winning a Vita Award for her work as Marie in "Exit the King" It is however, not only the acting fraternity who appreciate her talent - the public has twice nominated and won her the  "Most popular SA female actress" award. Time permitting she teaches drama and does motivational speaking across the country. She also developed a range of clothes under the label Brümilda and hosted her own radio talk show on Punt radio for a year.

Starring in Egoli as Louwna Vorster for the last 11 years on TV M-Net everyday at 6 pm, watched by 41 million people also in Africa

She has 12 years of dance training (modern and classic) to her name and is an avid language student (French and German) Brümilda has also directed some inserts for the SABC. Has produced 3 plays for the arts festivals. 

Brumilda has also played the lead in "om ‘goodbye’ te sê" in London to standing ovations.

Read more about Actress's achievements in her professional  CV page.

*Cum Laude - the Highest Level

Brümilda van Rensburg 

Brümilda matrikuleer by Affies (Afrikaanse Hoër Meisieskool in Pretoria) en word eerste leerder wat ere-kleure vir toneelspel ontvang. Hierna verwerf sy haar BA Drama graad Honneurs by Tukkies met lof.  Sy het 70 proffesionele produksies en vele toekennings agter haar naam voor  Egoli se Louwna die afgelope 15 jaar. Hoogtepunte uit haar loopbaan is die rolle van Blanche -in "Trem se naam Begeerte", Portia -in Shakespeare se "Koopman van Venisie" en "Om Goodbye te Sê" wat sy in London gaan speel het voor vol gehore en staande toejuigings ontvang het van teatergangers. 

Brumilda het 'n Drama Akademie in Johannesburg. Vir liefdadigheid gee sy haar tyd vrywillig veral aan borskanker , Unite against Crime en kinder mishandeling (child abuse) projekte. Sy is onlangs vereer  met die Rapport/City press se Prestige Toekenning en deur Huisgenoot/You tydskrifte as Stylvolste aktrise in SA aangewys.

Algemeen      

Verjaarsdag:  30 October 

Geboorte Plek: Van my ma af

Afhanklikes: Geen

Gunstelinge

TV Program: Discovery

Musiek Groep: Savage Garden

Vakansie Oord: Plett

Reis: London, Amsterdam, Caan 

Kos: Smoked salm

Liedjie: With or without you U2

Persoon wat ek die meeste bewonder: Jesus Christus

Motor:  Saab "convertable"

Sport op tv : Vodacom Super 14 rugby 

Wat niemand weet nie: Dat ek 'n goeie maaltyd kan kook.

Die grootste ding wat ek vermag het: Om myself te aanvaar vir wie ek is.

As ek net een wens gehad het: 'n Kind

Wat my kwaad maak: As iemand my nie bel nie

Wat ek nie vanmyself hou nie: My hande.

My grootste voorliefde: 'n Dag saam met die persoon wat ek lief het.

Skaamste oomblik: Om iets nie te weet nie.

Ek sal hou daarvan om op te tree in: 'n Toneelstuk teenoor John Malkovich.

Ek voel die mooiste in: My nighties

My beste eienskap: Om te gee tot ek nie meer kan nie.

My slegste eienskap: Ek gee te veel.

Wat ek op 'n lui Sondag doen: Lees, slaap, kerk en vriende wat kuier.

Wat se herhinderinge het jy van jou ma en pa-hulle? Die beste wat ek ooit voor kon vra.

Wanneer het jy besluit om aktrise te word? By geboorte toe almal vir my hande geklap het en bly was oor my aankoms!

Was jou ouers ondersteunend toe jy besluit het om aktriese te word? Hulle was skepties, maar ook ondersteunend.

Was jy 'n goeie student? Gegradueer met cum laude by Tukkies(Tuks)

Die openings aand.

Wat is jou loopbaan hoogtepunte? Enige gunstelinge? Ek het 29 professional verhoogstukke gedoen, 23 TV produksies en 9 Film's asook 7 toekennings soos die Vita vir ‘Exit the King" mees gewildste SA vroue aktriese" (genomineer deur die publiek!). Ek het baie daarvan gehou om Cassandra in "The Orestia Trilogy" te speel (het die "Fleur du cap" toekenning daarvoor gewen). Ek het ook daarvan gehou om die vreeslike Adele in die TV reeks "Wolwedans in die Skemer", "Die Binnekring" I en II, Portia in "Merchant of Venice" en Blanche in "Streetcar named Desire" te speel.

Hoe voel jy oor die jare wat jy sover aan Egoli gespandeer het? 11 jaar van lyne leer, groot pret en die baie geleendhede.

As jy een karakter van Egoli se verlede kon terugbring, wie sou dit wees? Gé, natuurlik!

Jy is een van Suid-Afrika se gunsteling aktrieses. Hoe ervaar jy die konstante aandag? Ek is dankbaar, want dis die aanhangers wat ek die meeste moet bedank!

Het jy al ooit die Hollywood en London toe gegaan om internasionale erkenning te soek? London in die Suid Afrika huis gespeel

Is jy tevrede met dit wat jy al vermag het? Ja wat

Wat sal jy graag nog wil bereik? My dramakursus landwyd bemark & meer seminare aanbied. Meer films ...

Wat sien jy jouself doen in 2010? Nie meer werk nie!!  (en Rondrits tussen Sokker Stadions en in Suid Afrika)

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