Gretchen Ramsden (born 29 March 1995) is a South African actress. She is best known for her roles in ''

Arendsvlei ''Arendsvlei'' () is a South African soap opera. Featuring an almost all-Coloured cast, it premiered on 1 October 2018 as kykNET & Kie's first telenovela. It was originally intended to be a limited series spanning one year, its first season pi ...

'' and ''Afgrond''.

Early life

In 2014, she enrolled to the

University of Cape Town The University of Cape Town (UCT) (, ) is a public university, public research university in Cape Town, South Africa. Established in 1829 as the South African College, it was granted full university status in 1918, making it the oldest univer ...

(UCT) and graduated in 2017 with a

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in Theatre and Performance. During her time at UCT, she performed in many student stage productions such as ''Lied van die Boeings'', ''All's Well That Ends Well'', ''Kristalvlakte'', ''Agamemnon'' and ''Judas''.

Career

In 2017, Ramsden appeared in the Afrikaans drama ''Die Dans van die Watermeid''. In 2018, she became a voice artist, by voicing for the role of "Sengül Dogan" in the Afrikaans dub of the Turkish telenovela

Yasak Elma ''Yasak Elma'' (English title: ''Forbidden Apple'') is a Turkish television series created by Medyapım, featuring actors Şevval Sam and Eda Ece. The show was written by Melis Civelek and Zeynep Gür, with Neslihan Yeşilyurt directing the f ...

translated to ''Doodsondes''. In the same year, she began playing the supporting character of Nicolene in the kykNET & kie telenovela ''

''. In 2019, she made her film debut in '' Toorbos'', an adaptation of the novel of the same name by Dalene Matthee. In 2021, she made her first television lead role as "Nadine May" in the kykNET drama serial ''Afgrond''. She also appeared in the films ''Arena'' and ''Chalk And Cheese''.

Filmography

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