Bio
Lauren Botha is a South African actress and singer best known for her starring role as Chanel in the television sitcom Poena.
After matriculating from Hoërskool Zwartkop in Centurion, Gauteng, she furthered her musical studies through Trinity College London.
Lauren was a regular featured waitress in the kykNET soapie Binnelanders in 2014 and 2015; and an extra on the SABC2 soapie 7de Laan.
Her first credited television role was in an episode of the kykNET drama series Knapsekêrels (Season 1, Episode 2), which aired on 16 January, 2018.
That same year she landed the recurring role of Amalia Smith on the kykNET soapie Getroud met Rugby, making her first appearance in the role on 24 May, 2018 (Season 3, Episode 39).
Lauren landed her first starring role when she was cast as Coco de Kok's (Liane Heyl) daughter Chanel in the Willie Esterhuizen sitcom Poena, which premiered on kykNET on 4 April, 2022.