Reem is a professional actor who has starred in several series, short independent and  commercial films. Reem's most known work to date is Slumber Party Massacre. She also has experience in movie production, video editing, and directing.      

Kgomotso ‘MoMo’ Matsunyane (b. 1988) is an actor, playwright and director. She has performed in numerous plays, films, and television shows and has subsequently been nominated for and won several awards including Hlakanyana The Musical, which won a whopping 8 out of the 14 awards they were nominated for at the 2023 Naledi’s. Matsunyane won Best […]

  MLA CALL FOR CAST 2023 - TOP 14 David C. Steyn is an actor and voice artist who graduated with a bachelor’s degree in creative writing and literature from the University of South Africa. David studied screenwriting at the New York Film Academy and attended The Second City training center. He also has a […]

Drawing from their experience with many trials and tribulations that happened to him as a student football athlete, Brashaad self-published and wrote his first book, Control or Be Controlled, which was released in 2008. Near the time of the book launch, he also signed a pro arena football deal that eventually went sour. While finishing […]

Jessie Diepeveen is a Cape Town and Johannesburg based performer, writer, director, and all-round lover of bringing interesting stories to life. She is a graduate of the University of Cape Town, where she received a distinction in her Performance-Making degree. Though her career is only just launching, Jessie's recent work includes a lead role, Candice, […]

He's a small-town boy with big-town dreams, fiercely passionate about fitness, storytelling, South Africa and its people. You’ve probably seen him in films such as Spud and Mrs Right Guy, soapies such as Isidingo, Muvhango and Rhythm City, telenovelas Gold Diggers and Broken Vows, tv dramas such as Rockville, Sokhulu and Partners, Erfsondes and Intersexions […]

Leigh is a professional actress and host of her podcast show, Bareback Stories. With the hashtag #nocondomontheconversation it is a clear description as to Leigh’s great passion for sharing real and truthful stories while at the same time, and more importantly, facilitating a space whereby people feel safe and heard. With a deep and profound love […]

  MLA CALL FOR CAST 'TOP TEN' 2021 Charlie decided that he would be an actor at the age of 16 and hasn't looked back since.  He started out in high school theatre playing Bagheera in the Jungle Book for which he won Best Actor at his school and the subsequent Provincial competition.  After completing […]

Jordyn has been involved in the performing arts from a young age, competing most recently at the World Championships of Performing Arts where she received scholarships from two notable New York-based academies.  Jordyn was selected as one of the top ten from MLA's CALL FOR CAST 2021 audition process for representation. Jordyn is an accomplished […]

Liza van Deventer is a South African actor and dancer. She is a graduate of the Edgemar  Center for the Performing Arts conservatory program in Santa Monica California. Liza has spent the past three years working and studying in Los Angeles. She has trained extensively with Michelle Danner who has coached many A-listers including Gerard […]

MLA CALL FOR CAST 'TOP TEN' 2021 Thuto Lesedi Gaasenwe is a 23-year-old actor, writer, theatre practitioner and aspiring filmmaker. Born and bred in the small town of Mahikeng (North West), Thuto was only 11 years old when she began her journey at the Mmabana Arts Culture & Sports Foundation, where she discovered her passion […]

MLA CALL FOR CAST 'TOP TEN'2021 Damien Wantenaar is a young actor hailing from Johannesburg with a keen interest in local and international work. As a trained theatre-maker, Damien has had roles in performing and coordinating the Hey Hillbrow! Let’s Dlala! street parade, facilitating and directing the original student production KWAKHANYA and lending his voice […]

Inge Beckmann is a South-African vocalist and actor from Cape Town, first noted for her SAMA Award-winning contribution as Singer/ Songwriter of the Alt-Electro band, LARK. The band won a South African Music Award for BEST ALTERNATIVE ALBUM in 2007. Inge's vocals appear on local and international TV & Film soundtracks. Most recently, her vocals […]

Jazzara Jaslyn is a theatre, film and television actor born and based in Cape Town, South Africa. She was in her first theatre show at age five, after a director scouted her in the 'audience participation part of a children’s show.  She knew this was her calling ever since. She graduated from UCT in 2014 […]

  Jurgen graduated with a degree in BA Theatre and Theatre Studies, thereafter completed a year in African Languages at the University of Stellenbosch, followed by a degree in Education and Educational Psychology. Jurgen's first professional theatre production was Die Gangsters by Dr. Benn De Haek under the direction of Marthinus Basson. He has also […]