Anna-Mart VD Merwe also known as Anna Martha Prevot van der Merwe (born 9 August 1963 in Vredendal) is a top South African actress known for Poppie Nongena (2019), Stuur groete aan Mannetjies Roux (2013) and Kanarie (2018).
Anna-Mart VD Merwe Education
She graduated from Vredendal High School and went on to the University of Cape Town to pursue a BA (Languages) and a certificate in Speech and Drama, where she was nominated for a Fleur de Cap Award in the Most Promising Student category. She is married to a Zimbabwean businessman, George Ware, and they live in the Western Cape.
Anna-Mart VD Merwe Age
Anna-Mart VD Merwe was born on the 9th of August 1963. She is 58 years of age as of 2021.
Anna-Mart VD Merwe Career
She was in productions such as The Women of Troy, The Witches of Salem, Boo to the Moon, and Sing you from Bombs while on a two-year contract at the then TRUK at the Windybrow Theatre in Hillbrow, Johannesburg.
She has been doing freelance work since 1989 and made her tv debut in Annie Basson’s television series Turnout. Sonkring 1 and 2, Towers, Kings, Under Turn the Devil Around, Soul City, Amalia, Feast of the Uninvited, Binnelanders, 7th Avenue, and Temporary Terminal were among the series that followed.
Her debut film Die Storie van Klara Viljee, directed by Katinka Heyns, is one of her career highlights. The Long Run, Red Dust, Hanna Hoekom, Send Greetings to Mannetjies Roux, It’s Cold Food Treasure, Canary, and Poppie Nongena were among her subsequent films.
Anna-Mart VD Merwe Theatre Productions
- Photo State Machine (2018)
- The Mother
- Cinderella
- God of Chaos
- Jericho
- The Twelve-Hour Walls
- Room of Mirrors
- Imbumba Samesyn
- Desire
- Twelfth Night
- The Buffalo
- Uncle Vanya
- Pendoring
- Stabbings
- Wine
- General Shemale Mentz
- King Lear
- The Last Straw
- Out of the Blue
- The Vleiroos
- Moby Dick
- The Mirakel
- The Seagull
- The Witches of Salem
- Do you sing about Bombs
- Keep Moving Mom Jack
- Four Play
- Boo to the Moon
- Women of Troy
Anna-Mart VD Merwe Filmography
- Turn-Out
- Battle
- The Sonkring
- Taxi to Soweto
- The Story of Klara Viljee
- The Solar Circle II
- Towers
- Paradise
- The Sindicate
- Viva!
- Four-Play
- Hagenheim: Strictly Private
- Downstairs Turn the Devil Around
- Samaritan
- Saints, Sinners and Settlers
- Dessert Diners
- The Long Run
- Amalia
- Amalia II
- Feast of the Uninvited
- Skin
- 7th Avenue
- Interiors 2009
- The Incredible Adventures of Hannah Why
- The Ballad of Robbie de Wee
- Send Greetings to Mannetjies Roux
- It’s Cold Food, Treasure (Clara Brand)
- Canary (Ariene Louw)
- Poppie Nongena
Anna-Mart VD Merwe Awards
- Silver Screen Nomination: Best Supporting Actress (Poppie Nongena)
- SAFTA Award: Canary
- Artes Award: Best Actress in Sun Circle 2
- FNB Regional Award: Out of the Blue
- FNB Regional Award: The Last Straw
- Report Prestige Women’sAward
- Vita Award: Best Supporting Actress for The Witches of Salem
- Avanti Award: Soul City
- SAFTA Award: 7th Avenue
- Silver Screen Award: Send Greetings to Mannetjies Roux
- Fleur de Cap Award: Best Supporting Actress for Roaming
- SAFTA Golden Horn Award: Best Supporting Actress in 7th Avenue
