Marisa Bosman (born 3 May 1980), popularly known as Marisa Drummond, is a South African

actress An actor (masculine/gender-neutral), or actress (feminine), is a person who portrays a character in a production. The actor performs "in the flesh" in the traditional medium of the theatre or in modern media such as film, radio, and television. ...

and

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. She is best known for her roles in the popular serials ''Elke Skewe Pot'', ''Stom'' and ''

Isidingo ''Isidingo'' was a South African soap opera, with dialogue mostly in English and isiXhosa. The series premiered on SABC 3 in July 1998 and was broadcast evenings on SABC 3 from Monday to Friday at 19:00. Until 2001 it was titled ''Isidingo: The ...

''.

Personal life

She was born on 3 May 1980 in

Bloemfontein Bloemfontein ( ; ), also known as Bloem, is the capital and the largest city of the Free State (province), Free State province in South Africa. It is often, and has been traditionally, referred to as the country's "judicial capital", alongsi ...

, South Africa. She graduated with a BA Drama and Theatre Arts degree from the

University of the Free State The University of the Free State (; Sotho language, Sesotho: ''Yunivesithi ya Freistata'') is a multi-campus public university in Bloemfontein, the capital of the Free State (province), Free State and the judicial capital of South Africa. It wa ...

. Then she moved to Johannesburg to pursue her acting career. She is married to Christopher Drummond. After the birth of her child Annabel, she suffered with

postnatal depression Postpartum depression (PPD), also called perinatal depression, is a mood disorder which may be experienced by pregnant or postpartum women. Symptoms include extreme sadness, low energy, anxiety, crying episodes, irritability, and extreme cha ...

(PND). In her final trimester, she developed

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. Then she went into labour three weeks early and had to have an emergency

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section.

Career

Her first major starring role in television screen came through the kykNET sitcom ''Hester & Ester Bester''. In the serial, she played the role 'Ester', a dance instructor at Marthur Curry dance school. The series became highly popular and finally ran for 52 episodes in 2010. Then she appeared in several television series such as kykNET soapie ''Villa Rosa'' and the SABC2 drama series ''Geraamtes''. She was made guest appearance in an episode of the SABC2 travel series ''Mooiloop!'' inn 2013. Then she appeared on television shows as Begeertes, Dof en Dilly Poppie and Sterlopers. Apart from television, she has performed in several theatre productions such as ''The Sound of Music'', ''My Fair Lady'', ''Fiddler on the Roof'' and ''Ons vir Jou''. She also appeared in the Broadway Theater production ''Thoroughly Modern Millie''. In 2016, she made her directorial debut with the short ''Spoor(loos)''. In the same year, she starred in the thriller television series ''Fluiters''. Then she appeared in the popular soapie ''

'' where she played the role 'Kimberly Lewis-Haines'. She also played the role 'Alexa' in the kykNET soap opera ''

Binnelanders ''Binnelanders'' (previously ''Binneland'' and ''Binneland Sub Judice'') is a South African Afrikaans soap opera. It is set in and around the fictional private hospital, Binneland Kliniek, in Pretoria, and the storyline follows the trials, trau ...

'', in 2013. For the role she later won the inaugural Royalty Soapie Award for Outstanding Female Villain, in 2014. In 2018, she became the director of the serial ''

Getroud met rugby ''Getroud met rugby'' is a South African television series which premiered on kykNET on 7 April 2009. It was marketed as an Afrikaans-language version of the British television show ''Footballers' Wives''; the title literally translates to Engli ...

''.

Filmography

As an actress

As a director

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Drummond, Marisa Living people South African television actresses South African film actresses People from Bloemfontein 1980 births South African television directors Women television directors