Vinette Ebrahim Biography
Vinette Ebrahim is a South African actress and playwright known for her role as Charmaine Meintjies in the SABC 2 soap opera 7de Laan. She is the sister of actor Vincent Ebrahim. Ebrahim has been nominated for and received several awards for her professional work.
Vinette Ebrahim is a South African actress and playwright known for her role as Charmaine Meintjies in the SABC 2 soap opera 7de Laan. Ebrahim has stated that she learned acting “on the hoof” in Cape Town, working as a stagehand, actor, and other jobs in the theatre. Ebrahim has played the central role of Charmaine Beukes Meintjies on the South African television soap opera 7de Laan since 2000.
Ebrahim has performed in theatres and at theatre festivals throughout South Africa, including Suidoosterfees and the Klein Karoo Nasionale Kunstefees.
At the Klein Karoo festival in 2007, she performed in an Afrikaans-language production of Athol Fugard’s play, Boesman en Lena. She received the Kanna Award for Best Actress for her role as Lena.
At the 2013 Naledi Theatre Awards, Ebrahim won the award for Best Performance in a Play in a Leading Role (Female) for My Naam/Name is Ellen Pakkies. The play tells the real-life story of a South African woman convicted of killing her drug-addicted son after enduring years of abuse.
Ebrahim has also written plays, including Die Ongelooflike Reis van Max en Lola, a two-character work she co-wrote with South African playwright and director Hugo Taljaard. Ebrahim based the play in part on her long-time friendship with South African actor Chris van Niekerk.
In the play and in real life, the friendship between a gay white man and a Coloured woman persisted, even though the Apartheid era. Ebrahim has said that during the Apartheid era, Van Niekerk would attend one cinema, while she attended another, and “then we’d come together and act stukkies (scenes) out”.
At the Klein Karoo festival in 2016, she performed in Invisible, another play she authored in English and Afrikaans. In Invisible, she portrayed a homeless woman who once was a resident of Cape Town’s District Six.
Ebrahim has also created a one-woman show about her life, Praat Die Storie Smaak Kry (Let’s Spice It Up), which she has performed in Afrikaans and English throughout South Africa as part of National Women’s Day celebrations.
Vinette Ebrahim Age
Ebrahim was born on 21 February 1957 in South Africa. She is 62 years old as of 2019. She celebrates her birthday every 21st of February.
Vinette Ebrahim Family
Parents
Ebrahim’s father worked as a teacher in Woodstock, a suburb of Cape Town, South Africa, as well as an actor, writer, and director. In the late 1950s, he moved the family to Coventry, England, to work as a stage manager. The family later returned to South Africa.
Siblings
Ebrahim is the sister of South African-British actor Vincent Ebrahim. Her brother, six years her senior, named Ebrahim after himself.
Vinette Ebrahim Partner
Vinette Ebrahim is married to Ivan D. Lucas.
Vinette Ebrahim Body Measurements
Height;1,62m.
Weight;612 pounds
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Hair Colour; Black and White
Vinette Ebrahim Salary
Details about Vinette Ebrahim’s salary are not yet disclosed. However, information about how much she makes will be updated as soon as it is available.
Vinette Ebrahim Net Worth
The South Africa actoress Vinette Ebrahim has an estimated net worth of $ 7 million which he has earned through her successful career as an actress.
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Vinette Ebrahim is married to Ivan D. Lucas.
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In 2007, Ebrahim won the Kanna Award for Best Actress for her performance in Boesman en Lena at the Klein Karoo arts festival.
In 2008, Ebrahim received the Rapport/City Press Prestige Award for her contributions to the arts.
In 2013, Ebrahim won the Naledi Theatre Award for Best Performance in a Play in a Leading Role (Female) for My Naam/Name is Ellen Pakkies.
Vinette Ebrahim Controversy
Ebrahim drew criticism in early January 2015 after commenting on a Facebook post by Afrikaner rights activist Sunette Bridges, in which Bridges condemned the number of white farmers murdered in 2014 by black South Africans.
The actress’s comment stressed the fact that South Africans of all races had fallen victim to crime in the previous year, but in it she also made remarks regarding Bridges and Afrikaner people in general, stating that they were “racists” who would “never see freedom as [they] knew it again”.
This prompted a significant backlash on social media, with some individuals making racist remarks towards the actress and others calling for viewers to boycott 7de Laan.
Vinette Ebrahim Leaving 7de Laan
This prompted a significant backlash on social media, with some individuals making racist remarks towards the actress and others calling for viewers to boycott 7de Laan.
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After 19 years of playing the much loved Charmaine Meintjies (née Beukes, for those who have been tuned in from day one), Vinette Ebrahim will gracefully bow out from 7de Laan, something that has left fans quite sad.
The 62-year-old actress has gone through every up and down as Charmaine on the SABC 2 Afrikaans soapie and the news of her exit didn’t sit well with many of her core fans.
In a statement sent to TshisaLIVE from Danie Odendaal Productions, they explained that after nearly two decades, all potential stories around Charmaine and her twin, Vivian, had been exhausted.
“In long-running television series, it often happens that a character’s journey comes to an end. After evaluating past and current storylines of 7de Laan it has transpired that all potential stories around Charmaine and Vivian have been exhausted,” read the statement.
“The time has, however, come for her to bow out with grace and flair.” Even though fans will get to see Charmaine until 24 October 2019, her exit hurts more as it is right on the heels of another fave, Hilda’s (played by Annelisa Weiland) departure.
The statement added that they were grateful for the years Vinette had given to the show and that her character remains one of the most loved by fans.
“Charmaine is a character deeply invested in family values, friendship and service to others. Her personal and familial dynamics, challenges and family issues have kept South Africans entertained for over 19 years.”