Jessica Marais

**Jessica Marais** ke modiragatsi wa pele wa Australia yo o tsholetsweng kwa Aforika Borwa. O itsege thata ka dikarolo tsa gagwe mo thelebisheneng ya Australia. Dikgele tsa gagwe di akaretsa Dietsele di le tlhano tsa Logie le ditlhopho di le borobabongwe, mmogo le ditlhopho di le pedi tsa Dietsele tsa Equity Ensemble.

Marais, moalogi wa National Institute of Dramatic Art, o ne a nna le seabe sa gagwe sa ntlha jaaka Rachel Rafter mo motseletseleng wa drama ya metlae ya Seven Network, *[[Packed to the Rafters]]* (2008-2013). Gape o ne a nna le seabe se se ipoeletsang mo motseletseleng wa ditoro tsa Amerika wa ga Sam Raimi, *[[Tlhamane ya Mobatli|Legend of the Seeker]]* (2008-2010). Ka 2012-2013, o ne a tshameka mmogo mo motseletseleng wa drama wa Amerika, *[[Magic City]]* mo Starz. Moragonyana o ne a tlhagelela mo motseletseleng wa drama tsa Nine Network, *[[Love Child]]* (2013-2017) le motseletsele wa drama wa Network 10, *[[The Wrong Girl]]* (2016-2017).

## Botshelo jwa pele
Marais o tsholetswe kwa Johannesburg, kwa Aforika Borwa, mme o goletse kwa Benoni. Lelwapa le ne la tswa mo Aforika Borwa fa a ne a le dingwaga di le tharo, ba nna kwa Canada le New Zealand. Ba ne ba feleletsa ba nna kwa Perth kwa Australia Bophirima, fa Marais a ne a le dingwaga di le borobabongwe. Rraagwe, Tony, dean ya yunibesithi, modipolomat le moitseanape wa itsholelo, o ne a tsaya tiro kwa Yunibesithing ya Australia Bophirima. Dikgwedi di le thataro morago ga go goroga kwa Australia, rraagwe Marais e bong Tony o ne a bolawa ke bolwetse jwa pelo fa a ne a boa kwa pikiniking ya lelwapa. Marais o godisitswe ke mmaagwe yo e neng e le morutabana e bong Karen. Marais moragonyana o ne a re: "Ka jalo nna le mme le morwadiarre re ne re le Ba-Australia ka phoso ka gonne re ne ra fudugela fano ka ntlha ya tiro ya gagwe mme morago ga moo re ne ra tlogelwa, mme mme o ne a rata Perth, e ne e le lefelo le le babalesegileng go tlisa basetsanyana ba babedi."

O tsene sekolo sa thuto-mmogo sa Roma sa John XXIII College kwa Claremont ngwaga, pele a fudugela kwa Sekolong sa Basetsana sa Anglican sa St Hilda kwa Mosman Park.

Marais o ne a tsena  National Institute of Dramatic Art (NIDA) mme a aloga ka 2007. Diponagalo tsa NIDA di ne di akaretsa Ophelia mo Hamlet ya ga William Shakespeare le Charity mo Sweet Charity. Fa a sa ntse a wetsa ngwaga wa gagwe wa bofelo o ne a tsenngwa mo filiming ya *Packed to the Rafters*, mmogo le naletsana-ka-ene le moalogi-ka-ene wa NIDA e bong Hugh Sheridan.[go tlhokega nopolo]

## Tiro
Marais o ne a tsena sekolo kwa NIDA fa a ne a tlhophiwa go tshameka karolo ya ga Rachel Rafter mo motseletseleng wa drama ya metlae ya thelebišene e e bidiwang *[[Packed to the Rafters]]*. O ne a tswelela go bona dikakgolo di le mmalwa ka ntlha ya seabe seno. Ka 2009, o ne a fenya Sekgele sa Logie sa Talente e Ntsha ya Basadi e e Ratwang go gaisa botlhe ka ntlha ya seabe sa gagwe, a fenya Margot Robbie mme gape a fenya Sekgele sa Logie sa Motho yo Mosha yo o Tlhomologileng go gaisa botlhe. O ne a tlhophelwa Sekgele sa Logie sa Modiragatsi yo o Ratwang go gaisa botlhe ka 2010 le 2011, a gaisiwa ke mmaagwe wa mo screen Rebecca Gibney le Asher Keddie. Pontsho e ne ya atlega thata kwa Australia, mme ya bona babogedi ba le didikadike di le pedi beke le beke.

Ka Tlhakole 2011 go ne ga itsisiwe gore Marais o tlogetse pontsho, mme karolo ya gagwe ya bofelo e ne ya gasiwa ka Phatwe a le masome mabedi le boraro 2011. Marais o ne a tshameka mo motseletseleng ono go tloga ka Setlha sa Ntlha go fitlha ka Setlha sa Bone go tloga ka 2008 go ya go 2012. Marais o ne a tshameka mo kgaolong ya bofelo ya setlha sa bone ka Mopitlo a le masome mabedi 2012 le mo makgaolakgannyeng a motseletsele ono ka Phukwi a le gabedi 2013.

Marais gape o ne a tshameka mo filiming ya ga Rai Fazio ya *[[Two Fists, One Heart]]* le modiragatsi ka ene wa Perth e bong Tim Minchin le Daniel Amalm e e neng ya gololwa ka Mopitlo 2009. Marais o ne a tshameka e le moeng mo motseletseleng wa difilimi tsa Amerika, *[[Legend of the Seeker]]* e e neng ya filimiwa kwa Auckland New Zealand, a tshameka karolo ya ga Mohumagadi wa Mord'Sith Denna. Marais o ne a katisediwa go lwa go dira ditshwantsho tsa ntwa le Richard Cypher. Go etsa moanelwa yo o mo dibukeng, o ne a direlwa catsuit e e itiretsweng, diatlana le ditlhako tsa wedge tsa disentimetara di le borobabobedi.

Fa a sena go tlogela *Packed to the Rafters*, Marais o ne a fudugela kwa United States go ya go batla ditshono tsa go diragatsa koo. Marais o ne a latlhelwa mo *[[Magic City]]*, motseletsele wa drama wa Starz o o tlhamilweng ke Mitch Glazer mme e ne e rulagantswe ka 1959 kwa Miami, kwa Florida, morago ga Phetogo ya Cuba. Marais o ne a tshameka mmogo le Jeffrey Dean Morgan le Danny Huston mo motseletseleng o o neng wa tswelela dipaka di le pedi.

Ka 2014, Marais o ne a tshameka mo tlhagisong e ntšha ya Così e e neng ya dirwa ke mokwadi wa drama wa Mo-Australia e bong Louis Nowra mme e ne ya kaelwa ke David Berthold kwa La Boite Theatre Building kwa Brisbane. Natalie Bochenski o ne a akgola Marais mo tlhatlhobong ya gagwe ya *[[Sydney Morning Herald]]*: "O naya Julie bokoa kwantle ga go mo tlhotlheletsa thata, mme gape o dira gore moanelwa wa gagwe wa bobedi, kgarebe ya ga Lewis e e itshiamang e bong Lucy e nne le seabe se segolo."

Morago ga go boela kwa Australia, Marais o ne a tshameka karolo ya moitlosobodutu wa Australia yo o fetotseng bong le molweladitshwanelo Carlotta mo filiming ya botshelo jwa gagwe ya ABCTV Australia. Pontsho ya yone ya ntlha lefatshe ka bophara e ne e le ka Seetebosigo a le lesome le boferabongwe 2014. E ne e le pontsho ya No. 10 ya bosigo joo, mme mo lefatsheng lotlhe e ne ya fenya nako ya yone ka babogedi ba le 811,000. Gape ka 2014, Marais o ne a na le seabe se segolo mo thulaganyong ya *[[Love Child]]* ya Channel Nine, koo a neng a tshameka karolo ya moanelwa Dr Joan Millar. Fa e sa le foo o ne a tlhagelela mo dipakeng tsotlhe tse nne tsa pontsho e.

Fa e sale ka 2016, Marais o ne a na le seabe se segolo mo drameng ya Channel Ten ya *[[The Wrong Girl]]*. Marais o ne a tlhophelwa go bona Logie ya Gauta mo Dietseleng tsa Logie tsa 2017 le Dietsele tsa Logie tsa 2018.

Marais ka 2018 o ne a emisa go diragatsa mme a ikgogela morago mo ** ya Channel 9 le Amazon ya *[[Back to the Rafters]]* ka ntlha ya mabaka a gagwe. O senola e ne ya dira gore a nne le bolwetse jwa kwelotlase ya maikutlo le jwa go fetofetoga maikutlo.

Go tlhagelela ga gagwe ga bosheng mo screen e ne e le mo filiming ya 2020, *[[Chasing Wonders]]*.

## Botshelo jwa gagwe
Marais o ne a beeleditswe ke naletsana-ka-ene ya pele ya *[[Packed to the Rafters]]* e bong James Stewart ka 2009. Le fa go ntse jalo, ka Motsheganong 2015 Marais o ne a itsise gore ene le Stewart ba ne ba fedisitse peeletso ya bone ya dingwaga di le tlhano ka kagiso.

Marais le Stewart ba na le ngwana a le mongwe. Marais o ne a begwa a re o tla boela tirong go gatisa motseletsele wa bobedi wa *[[Magic City]]* fa Stewart ene e tla bo e le motlhokomedi wa lesea ka nako e e tletseng.

Fa e sale ka 2020, Marais o ne a bereka kwa khefing kwa Sydney. Mmaagwe e bong Karen o ne a tlhokafala ka 2020. Marais o ne a fudugela kwa Perth ka 2022. O nna kwa Mosman Park, ka a ne a fudugela kwa legaeng la ga mmaagwe yo o tlhokafetseng.

Marais o sa ntse a na le lelwapa le le nnang kwa Aforika Borwa kwa a tsholetsweng gone, le a le etelang. Lelwapa la gagwe le nna kwa Cape Town, Durban le go kgabaganya molelwane kwa Zimbabwe.

## Metswedi