Erica Wessels
Acting
Biography
Erica Wessels is a South African actress who has appeared in many TV series and movies including Troy: Fall of a City, Labyrinth, Warrior and more. She clearly shows off her diversity as an actress by appearing in different roles such as Mrs Scott in The Book of Negroes and Penelope in Troy: Fall of a City.
Place of Birth: Johannesburg, South Africa
Known For
Erfsondes
A South African Afrikaans series about broken families and the lies and deceit within them and how sins committed to do good can come back to haunt families when they least expect it.
Fynskrif
A legal drama that revolves around the law firm Van Wyk & Vennote, in which the lawyers must handle both their legal cases and their personal and family dramas.
Die Byl
The unit specializes in the investigation of serial murders and is led by Van der Bijl, a former murder and robbery detective who gained fame for his handling of several high-profile cases. Each episode focuses on a serial killer. The main character, Colonel Piet van der Bijl, also known as Die Byl, is loosely modeled on the famous ex-detective Piet Byleveld.
Die Boekklub
The series tells the story of Tom Niemandt who receives an unexpected call that leads him to the Karoo. While trying to make sense of Merweville, the village in the Karoo, he meets a group of people who change his life irrevocably.
Warrior
A gritty, action-packed crime drama set during the brutal Tong Wars of San Francisco’s Chinatown in the second half of the 19th century. The series follows Ah Sahm, a martial arts prodigy who immigrates from China to San Francisco under mysterious circumstances, and becomes a hatchet man for one of Chinatown’s most powerful tongs.
Niggies
An Afrikaans drama series based on the double murders in 1965 of Issie Fourie and Petro Nel in the Free State province town of Odendaalsrus who were both abducted and murdered. Issie's brother, André decided to bring the perpetrator to justice - something that took 18 years.
Waterfront
Waterfront is a South African, Afrikaans-language television drama series which revolves around three sisters whose paths reconnect after a family tragedy brings all three back to their place of youth and childhood - the Waterfront in Cape Town.
Van der Merwe
Van der Merwe, a bumbling farmer from a traditional Afrikaans family, struggles to keep his family together when his daughter returns from England with her British fiancé and family.
A Kind of Madness
A 70-year old man abducts his dementia-suffering wife from her retirement home and goes on the run from both the police and his adult children.
Jimmy in Pink
Jimmy in Pienk is a quirky comedy about Jimmy Bester, a rugged seventh generation "mielie" farmer. Jimmy’s father suddenly dies in a freak accident, he is confronted by two loan sharks who come to collect what his father owes. Jimmy gathers the courage to leave his home and travel to Cape Town to seek help from his uncle, and he is not prepared for what awaits him.
Filmography
as Lucy Hart
as Ousus Nel
as Fanie
as Olive
as Jodie Snyman
as Billie
as Ragel-Lee
as Anel
as Tamryn
as Elna Hugo
as Elmarie
as Isabelle Sudlow
as Karina Smit
as Lorien
as Nicola Prinsloo
as Nadia
as Ella
as Nellie van Staden
as Helena Joubert / Alter Ego
as Bride
as Jane Brayshaw 1934
as Deirdre Mohr
as King's Trial Lady
as Amore Duvenhage
as Hoop Beneke
as Lisa
as Barbarian
as Exercise Instructor