Hanlé Barnard | Meerkat Maantuig
Hanlé Barnard het aan die Universiteit van Kaapstad gestudeer waar sy haar Opvoedingsdiploma onder leiding van onder meer Geoffrey Hyland en Mark Fleishman voltooi het. Sy het ’n groot liefde vir toneelspel en het rolle soos Hamlet in Hamlet vertolk. Hanlé het ’n eenvrouvertoning in Kanada, Australië en Suid-Afrika gehad en het saam met die Kanadese regisseurs David Rotenberg en Nina Aresenault gewerk. Sy het Fleur de Cap- en Dalro-toekennings as Beste Aktrise losgeslaan.
Hanlé het Antigone in Antigone uitgebeeld, onder leiding van die Britse regisseur Sean Mathias by die Baxter en het saam met Suid-Afrikaanse teaterregisseurs soos Fred Abrahamse gewerk. Sy het aan internasionale projekte The Prisoner en Charlie Jade gewerk en is ook werksaam as ’n skrywer, sanger en violis. Sy het onlangs verskyn in Modder en Bloed met regie deur Sean Else, Land van Skedels deur Nicola Hanekom (waarvoor sy ’n Fiësta-nominasie ontvang het), Monster vir kykNET deur Stafford Robinson, Boland Moorde onder leiding van Jaco Bouwer, Meerkat Maantuig onder regie van Hanneke Schutte en die televisiereeks Danz vir kykNET.
Sy is ook ’n gesogte stemkunstenaar, werk aan ZANEWS en is deel van die elektro duo Electric Corvette.
Sy is ook as Beste Komiese Aktrise by die 2016 Saftas genomineer vir haar werk aan ZANEWS.
Hanlé Barnard studied at The University of Cape Town where she completed her Performance Diploma under names like Geoffrey Hyland and Mark Fleishman.
She has a deep love for acting and was honoured enough to portray roles like Hamlet in Hamlet. She enjoyed a run of her one-woman show in Canada, Australia and South Africa and has worked with the Canadian directors David Rotenberg and Nina Aresenault. She has won Fleur de Cap and Dalro awards as Best Actress.
Hanlé portrayed Antigone in Antigone directed by British director Sean Mathias at The Baxter, and worked with South African theatre directors, including Fred Abrahamse. She has enjoyed international work on The Prisoner and Charlie Jade and has also worked as a writer, singer and violinist. Recently she appeared in Modder en Bloed directed by Sean Else, Land van Skedels by Nicola Hanekom (for which she received a Fiësta nomination) Monster for kykNET by Stafford Robinson, Boland Moorde directed by Jaco Bouwer, Meerkat Maantuig directed by Hanneke Schutte and the television series Danz for kykNET.
She is also a highly sought-after voice artist, works on ZANEWS and is part of the electro duo Electric Corvette. She was also nominated as Best Comic Actress at the 2016 Saftas for her work on ZANEWS.