Biography
Natalia Da Rocha is a South African actress, director, youth activist and businesswoman. She can be remembered as being one of the few persons of colour to appear in entertainment media during the Apartheid-era. In 1981 she was the first Coloured (mixed-race person) to graduate with a Drama degree from the Afrikaans dominant Stellenbosch University. Beginning 1987 she was the first woman of colour along with Sam Marais to star in a Sun City Extravaganza. In 1992, she became the first South African star to perform publicly in Madagascar. She is well remembered for her roles in musicals such as Ain't Misbehavin'; Midnight Blues; Godspell and Vere (Afrikaans: feathers).
Natalia was one of 40 inducted into the S.A. Legends Museum on 26 January 2020 in Johannesburg.
Filmography
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Movies 3
TV Shows 1
Vetkoekpaleis (1996)
Broer Matie (1984)
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