Fiona Ramsay is one of the South Africa’s most celebrated actresses
FIONA RAMSAY is one of the South Africa’s greatest actresses, appearing on stage and screen both in the country and in the US and UK. Fiona trained at UCT for her BA Performer’s Diploma, obtained her MA Dramatic Art from Wits and is currently researching a PhD in Dramatic Art.
Fiona’s career in the theatre has many highlights, most recently won the Fleur du Cap Leading Actress Award for her portrayal of Amanda in The Glass Menagerie, was nominated for a Fleur Du Cap Award last year for her astounding performance in Sweet Bird of Youth [Princess Kosmonopolis]; was critically and artistically acclaimed in two consecutively sold out runs of Blonde Poison [Stella Goldschlag]; made history when she won no less than two Naledi Best Actress of the Year Awards for both Miss Dietrich Regrets [Marlene Dietrich] and Doubt [SIster Aloysius]. She was heralded as one of the best Martha’s in Whose Afraid of Virginia Woolf?; won Musical Theatre Performance of the Year for Thoroughly Modern Millie [Mrs Meers], wrote and performed in one of many solo shows playing social historian Luli Calinicos in If We Dig [Kleiopatra], spoke French in the avant garde multi-media production of Les Cenci [Beatrice]; My Brilliant Divorce [Angela], Arcadia [played both Hannah & Lady Croom]; Macbeth [Lady Macbeth ]; The Book Club [Debbie]; Merchant of Venice [playing both Portia & Jessica]; Telegrams from Hell [Marianne Faithfull]; As You Like It [Rosalind] Decadence [Helen/Sybil]; Othello [Emelia], Talking Heads [Various], The Real Thing [Annie], Agnes of God [Psychiatrist], Hapgood [Elizabeth], Threepenny Opera [Jenny Diver] & Summit Conference [Eva Braun].
Film & Television appearances include: Bulletproof II, [S]He, Maze Runner III, Bang Bang Club, Jozi, The Last Face [film] Table Manners, Black Sails, Homeland, Dominion, Hard Copy, Scandal [etv], Justice for All, The Runaway, Supply & Demand, Element of Doubt.
Fiona is in demand as a dialogue coach for film, television and theatre: The Professionals, Last days of American Crime, The Dark Tower, Roots, Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom; The Giver; Bang Bang Club, Stander, Winnie
Year | Award | Performance/Role |
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2016 | BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS (SATM AWARD) | Beatrice/Artaud in LES CENCI |
2015 | BEST ACTRESS AWARD (NALEDI AWARD) | Sister Aloysius in DOUBT |
2015 | BEST ACTRESS AWARD (NALEDI AWARD) | Marlene Dietrich in MISS DIETRICH REGRETS |
2007 | BEST ACTRESS IN A MUSICAL (NALEDI AWARD) | for MRS MEERS in THOROUGHLY MODERN MILLIE |
2005 | BEST ACTRESS (DUKA DUKA AWARD) | DOROTHY WILCOX in HARD COPY |
2003 | BEST ACTRESS AWARD (NALEDI AWARD) | ANGELA in MY BRILLIANT DIVORCE |
1993 | BEST PERFORMANCE BY ACTRESS (AFTER DARK AWARD) | MARIANNE FAITHFUL in TELEGRAMS FROM HELL |
1993 | BEST ACTRESS (FNB VITA AWARD) | HELEN/SYBIL in DECADENCE |
1993 | BEST ACTRESS (DALRO AWARDS) | HELEN/SYLBIL in DECADENCE |
1992 | BEST ACTRESS (FLEUR DU CAP AWARD) | HELEN/SYBIL in DECADENCE |
1984 | BEST NEWCOMER (VITA AWARD) | |
1981 | BEST ACTRESS AWARD (FLEUR DU CAP) | EVA BRAUN in SUMMIT CONFERENCE |
Year | Title | Director | Actors |
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2019 | ‘THE WATCH’ | Craig Viveiros | Richard Vimes, Anna Chancellor, Fiona Ramsay |
2019 | ‘BULLETPROOF II’ | Don Patrick | Fazon Love, Nick Fox, Cassie Coz, Fiona Ramsay |
2017 | ‘HOMELAND’ | ||
2014 | ‘THE LAST FACE’ | Sean Penn | Charlize Theron, Xavier Bardem, Fiona Ramsay |
2011 | ‘SAFEHOUSE’ | Daniel Espinoza | Denzil Washington, Ryan Reynolds, Fiona Ramsay |
2010 | ‘JOZI’ | Craig Freimond | Carl Beukes, Lionel Newton, Fiona Ramsay |
2009 | ‘BANG BANG CLUB’ | Steven Silver | Ryan Phillipe, Taylor Kitcsh, Fiona Ramsay |
2008 | ‘SKIN’ | Anthony Fabian | Sam Neill, Sophie Okenedo, Alice Krige, Fiona Ramsay |
2003 | ‘COUNTRY OF MY SKULL’ | John Boorman | Juliette Binoche, Samuel L Jackson, Menzi Ngubane, Fiona Ramsay |
2002 | ‘BORDERLINE’ | Evelyn Purcell | Gina Gershon, Michael Biehn, Fiona Ramsay |
Title | Network/Country |
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THE MAYOR | M-NET |
ABOMZALA | SABC |
GAMECHANGERS | BBC UK |
HOMELAND | HBO, SERIES 4 |
SCANDAL | ETV |
DOMINION | HBO USA |
BLACK SAILS 1,2 & 3 | STARZ USA |
THE RUNAWAY | SKYE TELE UK |
THE MATING GAME | SABC |
DIAMONDS | BBC UK |
ANGEL | BBC UK |
JACOBS CROSS | South Africa/NIGERIA TV |
HARD COPY I, II & III | South Africa |
HEARTLINES | South Africa |
JUSTICE FOR ALL I, II & III | South Africa |
Title | Network/Country |
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CROSSING THE LINE | South Africa |
HAPGOOD | South Africa |
THE BILL | United Kingdom |
THE SUMMERHOUSE | South Africa |
ELEMENT OF DOUBT | United Kingdom |
ZABOR THE SECOND | South Africa |
SUPPLY & DEMAND | United Kingdom |
PROFESSIONAL FOUL | South Africa |
STOLEN LIVES | South Africa |
BARNEY BARNATO | South Africa |
TRUCKING | South Africa |
ARENDE | South Africa |
TILLY | South Africa |
FLOATING OUTFIT | United States |
SWEATING BULLETS | United States |
Title | Country |
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THE OLD AND THE BEAUTIFUL | South Africa |
TALKING HEADS | South Africa |
MISS DIETRICH REGRETS | South Africa |
THE IMAGINED LAND | South Africa |
DOUBT | South Africa |
DELIRIUM | South Africa |
SAILING SOMEWHERE’ | South Africa |
PINOCCHIO | South Africa |
FINGS AIN’T WOT THEY USED T’BE | South Africa |
TALKING HEADS | South Africa |
WHO’S AFRAID OF VIRGINIA WOOLF | South Africa |
THOROUGHLY MODERN MILLIE | South Africa |
GOING TO ST IVES | South Africa |
HONOUR | South Africa |
SLEEPING BEAUTY | South Africa |
THE PEN | South Africa |
HALLELUJAH! | South Africa |
DECADENCE | South Africa |
LIFE X 3 | South Africa |
THE BOOK CLUB | United Kingdom |
LADIES & GENTLEMEN, SHAKESPEARE | South Africa |
THE BOOK CLUB | South Africa |
STRUTS & FRETS | South Africa |
SIX DEGREES OF SEPARATION | South Africa |
LAUGHING WILD | South Africa/United Kingdom |
DECADENCE | South Africa |
TALKING HEADS | South Africa |
TELEGRAMS FROM HELL | South Africa |
AGNES OF GOD | South Africa |
THE MERCHANT OF VENICE | South Africa |
BENEFACTORS | South Africa |
BORN IN THE RSA | South Africa, United Kingdom & United States |
OTHELLO | South Africa |
A MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S DREAM | South Africa |
HAPGOOD | South Africa |
COMMUNICATING DOORS | United Kingdom |
MRS KLEIN | South Africa |
THE REAL THING | South Africa |
ARCADIA | United Kingdom |
STEPPING OUT | South Africa |
ROUGH CROSSING | South Africa |
A SMALL FAMILY BUSINESS | United Kingdom |
A WINTER’S TALE | South Africa |
INDISCRETIONS | South Africa |
AS YOU LIKE IT | South Africa |
THREEPENNY OPERA | South Africa |
METAMORPHOSIS | South Africa |
MACBETH | United Kingdom |
DEAD FUNNY | United Kingdom |
AN IDEAL HUSBAND | United Kingdom |