Jane de Wet is a South African actress and dancer.

Personal life

De Wet is from Somerset West, Western Cape. She first discovered performing arts as a dancer in a recital at De Hoop Primary School. She matriculated at Parel Vallei High School and went on to graduate with a

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in management sciences from

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in 2017.

Career

De Wet began her career on stage and was named Most Promising Actress at the 2012 ATKV Tienertoneelfees. In 2014, she won Best Actress at ATKV Tienertoneelfees, Best Actress at Durbanville Tienertoneelfees, and Best Actress at Fraserburg Logan Toneelfees. De Wet starred as Alexis "Lexi" Summerveld in the 2019

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mystery series '' The Girl from St. Agnes''. She made her film debut that year with a minor role in '' Moffie'' and as Marthella Steencamp in ''Griekwastad''. For the latter, she won Most Promising Young Talent at the 2020 kykNET Silver Screen Film Festival and received a nomination for Best Supporting Actress in a Feature Film at the 2021

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. In 2020, de Wet appeared in the

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series ''Still Breathing'' as well as the television films ''Rage'' and ''Parable''. In 2021, she joined the cast of the kykNET drama '' Spoorloos'' for its third installment, ''Steynhof'' as Adri von Tonder. She had a recurring role as Alice Band in the

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adaptation of

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's '' The Watch'' and played Jackie in the '' Slumber Party Massacre'' remake.

Filmography

Film

Television

Music videos

Stage

Awards and nominations

References

External links

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Jane de Wet
at TVSA {{DEFAULTSORT:de Wet, Jane Living people 21st-century South African actresses People from Somerset West South African female dancers South African dancers South African film actresses South African stage actresses South African television actresses Stellenbosch University alumni Year of birth missing (living people)