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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 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

Awards

YearAwardPerformance/Role
2016BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS (SATM AWARD) Beatrice/Artaud in LES CENCI
2015BEST ACTRESS AWARD (NALEDI AWARD)Sister Aloysius in DOUBT
2015BEST ACTRESS AWARD (NALEDI AWARD)Marlene Dietrich in MISS DIETRICH REGRETS
2007BEST ACTRESS IN A MUSICAL (NALEDI AWARD)for MRS MEERS in THOROUGHLY MODERN MILLIE
2005BEST ACTRESS (DUKA DUKA AWARD)DOROTHY WILCOX in HARD COPY
2003BEST ACTRESS AWARD (NALEDI AWARD)ANGELA in MY BRILLIANT DIVORCE
1993BEST PERFORMANCE BY ACTRESS (AFTER DARK AWARD)MARIANNE FAITHFUL in TELEGRAMS FROM HELL
1993BEST ACTRESS (FNB VITA AWARD)HELEN/SYBIL in DECADENCE
1993BEST ACTRESS (DALRO AWARDS)HELEN/SYLBIL in DECADENCE
1992BEST ACTRESS (FLEUR DU CAP AWARD)HELEN/SYBIL in DECADENCE
1984BEST NEWCOMER (VITA AWARD)
1981BEST ACTRESS AWARD (FLEUR DU CAP)EVA BRAUN in SUMMIT CONFERENCE

Film

YearTitleDirectorActors
2019‘THE WATCH’Craig ViveirosRichard Vimes, Anna Chancellor, Fiona Ramsay
2019‘BULLETPROOF II’Don PatrickFazon Love, Nick Fox, Cassie Coz, Fiona Ramsay
2017‘HOMELAND’
2014‘THE LAST FACE’Sean PennCharlize Theron, Xavier Bardem, Fiona Ramsay
2011‘SAFEHOUSE’Daniel EspinozaDenzil Washington, Ryan Reynolds, Fiona Ramsay
2010‘JOZI’Craig FreimondCarl Beukes, Lionel Newton, Fiona Ramsay
2009‘BANG BANG CLUB’Steven SilverRyan Phillipe, Taylor Kitcsh, Fiona Ramsay
2008‘SKIN’Anthony FabianSam Neill, Sophie Okenedo, Alice Krige, Fiona Ramsay
2003‘COUNTRY OF MY SKULL’John BoormanJuliette Binoche, Samuel L Jackson, Menzi Ngubane, Fiona Ramsay
2002‘BORDERLINE’Evelyn PurcellGina Gershon, Michael Biehn, Fiona Ramsay

Television

TitleNetwork/Country
THE MAYORM-NET
ABOMZALASABC
GAMECHANGERSBBC UK
HOMELANDHBO, SERIES 4
SCANDALETV
DOMINIONHBO USA
BLACK SAILS 1,2 & 3STARZ USA
THE RUNAWAYSKYE TELE UK
THE MATING GAMESABC
DIAMONDSBBC UK
ANGELBBC UK
JACOBS CROSSSouth Africa/NIGERIA TV
HARD COPY I, II & IIISouth Africa
HEARTLINESSouth Africa
JUSTICE FOR ALL I, II & IIISouth Africa
TitleNetwork/Country
CROSSING THE LINESouth Africa
HAPGOODSouth Africa
THE BILLUnited Kingdom
THE SUMMERHOUSESouth Africa
ELEMENT OF DOUBTUnited Kingdom
ZABOR THE SECONDSouth Africa
SUPPLY & DEMANDUnited Kingdom
PROFESSIONAL FOULSouth Africa
STOLEN LIVESSouth Africa
BARNEY BARNATOSouth Africa
TRUCKINGSouth Africa
ARENDESouth Africa
TILLYSouth Africa
FLOATING OUTFITUnited States
SWEATING BULLETSUnited States

Theatre

TitleCountry
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