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Johanna Wilhelmina Cilliers (born 1950), known professionally as Jana Cilliers, is a South African bilingual actress. She is the recipient of a number of accolades, including two
South African Film and Television Awards The South African Film and Television Awards (sometimes referred to as the Golden Horns; often simply called the SAFTAs) is an annual South African awards ceremony hosted by the National Film and Video Foundation (NFVF), to honour creative exce ...
and a Fleur du Cap Theatre Award.


Early life and education

A native of
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, Cilliers was the daughter of the abstract painter Bettie Cilliers-Barnard and Carel Hancke Cilliers. She attended Hoërskool Menlopark. She pursued a
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at the
University of Pretoria The University of Pretoria (, ) is a multi-campus public university, public research university in Pretoria, the administrative and ''de facto'' capital of South Africa. The university was established in 1908 as the Pretoria campus of the Johan ...
before going on to train at the
Royal Academy of Dramatic Art The Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, also known by its abbreviation RADA (), is a drama school in London, England, which provides vocational conservatoire training for theatre, film, television, and radio. It is based in Bloomsbury, Central London ...
(RADA) in London, completing her acting diploma in 1973.


Personal life

Cilliers was married to film director and scriptwriter Regardt van den Bergh in the 1980s, with whom she had two daughters
Lika Berning
and Leán. After Cilliers' and van den Bergh's divorce, Cilliers married Bill Flynn, who died in 2007.


Filmography


Filmmaking credits

* ''Bettie'' (2015) – documentary


Film


Television


Awards and nominations


References


External links

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Jana Cilliers
at TVSA {{DEFAULTSORT:Cilliers, Jana Living people 1950 births 20th-century South African actresses 21st-century South African actresses Alumni of the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art Actresses from Pretoria South African film actresses South African television actresses University of Pretoria alumni Alumni of Hoërskool Menlopark