SOUTH AFRICA'S TV WEBSITE
SIGN IN SEARCH MENU
SOUTH AFRICA'S TV WEBSITE


Danielle Retief

Born: 10 July 1991 (32 years old)
Gender: Female

Rate:

7.7

Add to Actor Favourites

Bio

Danielle Retief is a South African actress, singer and dancer best known for her role as Marelie Beukes in the kykNET drama series Song vir Katryn, from 2003-2004.

Danielle was born and raised in Johannesburg and grew up in the industry (with filmmakers and actors for parents and a grandfather), but her first lead role - as a girl who turns her brother into an egg in the 2001 SABC production My Brother the Egg - was the proof that she belonged there.

She went on to play little sister, Marelie, in two seasons of the kykNET series Song vir Katryn and also featured in a small role on 7de Laan.

Phoebe in As You Like It, Ophelia in Hamlet and Elana in Van Aardes van Grootoor are some of her theatre credits. Her involvement in numerous student films has gained her acting, as well as writing experience.

She describes her play and film writing style as a blend of frenzied British comedy and geeky calamity.

She graduated high school in 2009 with distinctions in all nine of her subjects ranging from science and mathematics to English and art.

Literature, sketching, design, music, singing and capturing moments through photography are only some of her hobbies and her love of languages and different cultures resulted in her taking on French in 2010 to add to her fluent English and Afrikaans. She would also, one day, love to communicate with the Spanish, Italian and German worlds.

Dance is her exercise of choice and she finds joy in making music herself and has studied classical piano through UNISA. She is also a self-taught acoustic guitar player.

In 2020 she returned to 7de Laan, this time in the recurring role of Nikki Basson, the street-smart, sassy daughter of DeWet Basson, who is the apple of his eye. Her first appearance was on Monday 10 February, 2020.

Danielle had a cameo as a client on the e.tv soapie Rhythm City in an episode which aired on 5 March, 2021 (Season 14, Episode 241). A couple of weeks later she was credited as Female CEO in an episode which aired on 23 March (Season 14, Episode 254).


Television Roles


LATEST ARTICLES

Gqeberha: The Empire 2 Teasers - April 2024

The Mxenge Hotel turns into a whodunnit. A gunshot. Murder. In which room and by who?


The Wife 3 Teasers - April 2024

Naledi’s sex tape sees the spotlight again and catches her in the headlights.


Skerpioen Teasers - April 2024

A torched boat, poison in wine and youthful memories die when Ferda tries to kill Ahmet.


Imlie Teasers - April 2024

Imlie takes Ashu to the hospital when he falls ill, but kidnappers attempt to abduct him.


My Desire Teasers - April 2024

Kaashvi clears her name and reports Pradyumna's bribery attempt to the police.


New on TV today: Thursday 28 March 2024

Season 2 of Dam premieres on M-Net and Grey's Anatomy 20 drops on Disney+.


Hlomla Dandala confirmed to debut as Caesar on Smoke & Mirrors Season 2

The past collides with soon in the latest on Hlomla's whereabouts.


Smoke & Mirrors Teasers - April 2024

Season 1 finale and crossover alert! Caesar takes Thandiswa to the House of Zwide for her wedding dress.


Smoke & Mirrors 2 Teasers - April 2024

Season 2 premiere! Caesar's dark suspicions unravel as he demands the truth from Thandiswa.


Bitter Sweet Love Teasers - April 2024

Vandana and Kunal have a tiff after she hits him with a broom.

LATEST SITE ACTIVITY


More activity at TVSA Central



LATEST SOAPIE TEASERS



LATEST SOAPIE TEASERS





×
×

You browser doesn't have Flash, Silverlight, Gears, BrowserPlus or HTML5 support.