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Celeste Matthews Wannenburgh
Celeste Mitzi Karin Matthews (born 1961) is a South African actress, playwright, and former City of Cape Town local government official elected to the City Council in 2021. She is…
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Celeste Mitzi Karin Matthews (born 1961) is a South African actress, playwright, and former City of Cape Town local government official elected to the City Council in 2021. She is best known for her roles as Gertie Cupido in kykNET & kie's Arendsvlei (a telenovela) and Auntie Hester in David Kramer and Taliep Petersen's award-winning 2002 revival of District Six: The Musical (1987). Vincent Colby of the District Six Museum cites the musical play as the material which steered a pivotal discussion held in 1994 at the 'old church hall' in former District Six to establish a dedicated museum.
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2026
The Smell of Apples
Movie Doreen
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2024
Een Keer Om Die Son
TV show Rika
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2018
Arendsvlei
TV show Gertie Cupido
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2016
Vinkel & Koljander
TV show Neesha Solomons
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2013
Lenteblom
Movie Vanessa
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2012
Oupa en Ouma Sit op die Stoep
TV show Patience Daniels
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2011
There Are No Heroes
Movie Neighbour
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2007
Geraldina Die Tweede
TV show Matrone Firestone
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2005
Known Gods
TV show Mara Horing
