Kim Cloete
Kim Cloete | |
|---|---|
| Occupation(s) | Actress, Television presenter, Singer, Dancer, MC, Businesswoman |
| Years active | 2006–present |
Kim Cloete is a South African actress, television presenter, singer, dancer, MC and businesswoman. She is best known for the roles in the television serials Binnelanders, Isidingo, and Wild at Heart.
Career[edit]
She worked as a television presenter for SABC3, M-Net, kykNET, Craz-e, and e.tv. From 2008 to 2009, she hosted the SABC3 daytime talk show LunchBox.[1] Other than that, she also worked as the presenter for the kykNET shows Zing! and Ontbytsake. In the same year, she played the role of "Billie" in the third season of the M-Net drama series Jacob's Cross. Then she played the role "Neema" in the third season of ITV UK series Wild at Heart. In 2011, she presenter the SABC2 variety comedy show Colour TV.[2]
Cloete runs the production company Long Island TV, with her husband. Under the banner, they have produced programs such as Stook!, a media review show that has aired on DStv's Afrikaans music channel MK since 2004. Apart from the production company, she owns luxury self-catering apartments in Melrose North and Rosebank. In 2010, she joined with the SABC2 sitcom Rasdien with the role "Alice". In 2014, she appeared in the fourth season of the SABC2 drama 90 Plein Street with the role "Charmaine". Then in 2015, she joined with the regular cast of eleventh season of kykNET soap opera Binnelanders and played the role "Bronwyn". She continued to play the role three continuous seasons up to thirteenth season and then reprised her role in sixteenth season as well.[2]
In 2016, she played the role "Sulleen" in the kykNET police procedural serial Die Byl. In 2018, she appeared in the kykNET talk show with the role "Gas-deelnemer". In the same year, she played the role "Anne Matthews" in another kykNET drama Fynskrif in first two seasons. In 2019, she acted in three serials: seasons 3 and 4 of the kykNET comedy mocumentary Hotel with the role "Patricia", kykNET supernatural Die Spreeus with the role "Cindy" and second season of the telenovela Arendsvlei with the role "Olivia Wolfe".[3] In 2021, she played the role "Lana Bridgett" in the serial Afgrond. In the meantime, she also appeared in the third season of the serial Spoorloos with the role "Aneen".[2]
Apart from television and cinema, she performed in the theatre plays such as; A Midsummers Night's Dream, Dit Voel Leeg, Vaselinetjie, The Crucible, and Brothers in Blood.[4]
Filmography[edit]
| Year | Film | Role | Genre | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 | Jacob's Cross | Billie Xaba | TV series | |
| 2008 | Wild at Heart | Neema | TV series | |
| 7de Laan | Jacqui | TV series | ||
| 2009 | Crime: It's a Way of Life | Michelle | Film | |
| 2010 | Rasdien | Alice | TV series | |
| 2012 | Littekens | Dorothy Davids | Short film | |
| 2014 | 90 Plein Street | Charmaine | TV series | |
| 2014 | Iemand Anders | Jenny-Lee | Short film | |
| 2015 | Binnelanders | Bronwyn | TV series | |
| 2016 | Die Byl | Sulleen | TV series | |
| Isidingo | Bianca | TV series | ||
| 2016 | Twee Grade van Moord | Frankie Pietersen | Film | |
| 2018 | Parlement Parlement | Gas-deelnemer | TV series | |
| 2018 | Fynskrif | Anne Matthews | TV series | |
| 2019 | Hotel | Patricia | TV series | |
| 2019 | Die Spreeus | Cindy | TV series | |
| 2019 | Arendsvlei | Olivia Wolfe | TV series | |
| 2020 | Die Vlieënde Springbokkie | Maggie | TV series | |
| 2021 | Afgrond | Lana Bridgett | TV series | |
| 2021 | Spoorloos | Aneen | TV series |
References[edit]
- ^ "Loukmaan Adams and Kim Cloete". afternoonexpress. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
- ^ a b c "Kim Cloete: TVSA". www.tvsa.co.za. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
- ^ Engelbrecht (@leandram_engel), Leandra. "Kim Cloete on her character in Arendsvlei: 'She has unfinished business with Hamilton'". Channel. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
- ^ "Artist Connection: Kim Cloete". www.artistconnection.co.za. Retrieved 18 November 2021.