Milan Murray

Milan Murray
Born South Africa
Occupation Actress, Writer, Producer
Years active 1999 - present
Spouse(s) Schalk van der Merwe
Children Steph, Lua

Margaretha[1] Murray (stage name Milan Murray) (30 October 1974) is a South African actress. She is most well known to the South African public for roles in various soap operas, but she has also played and starred in feature films, and regularly does stage performances. In addition she co-anchors "Ontbytsake", a weekly Breakfast show on kykNET, an Afrikaans channel on DStv. She lives in Johannesburg with her husband, Schalk van der Merwe, her son Steph and daughter Lua. She was raised in the Cape Province, South Africa.

Milan studied Drama at the Pretoria Technicon, and also studied at certain studios in New York, United States.[2]

Milan's big break took place in 1999 when cast a role in the South African soap opera, Isidingo: The Need. She portrayed a rebellious teenager named Dusty da Silva from 1998 to 2001, when she was written out of the series, but made a comeback portraying the same character as a university student from 2003 to 2004. Milan also played in two small horror films, Slash (about a band called "Slash", in which she plays Karen) and Snake Island (a horror film in which she plays Carrie). She played the romantic lead "Sage" in the M-Net film "Murmur".

In these roles she spoke English, but her mother tongue is Afrikaans. Her first large Afrikaans role was in the television drama series Song vir Katryn, in which she played a crime reporter. Other Afrikaans drama roles include the soap opera Binnelanders (Frankie van Niekerk) and television drama Dit Wat Stom Is (Melanie van den Berg).

Milan is no stranger to the theatre, and played in several stage productions. She starred in her own one-man show, 'n Pers hoed vir Mrs Brown. In 2005 she portrayed the role of a Hollywood actress named Christel Humanin the stage production Kom terug, Saartjie, which played at the Klein-Karoo Nasionele Kunstefees of that year. The play is loosely based on some parts of actress Charlize Theron's life.[3] In 2010 she starred in two productions at the ABSA Klein-Karoo Nasionale Kunstefees: "Taraboemdery" [4] and "Vergenoeg" [5] with Sandra Prinsloo.

Currently Milan is co-host of the kykNET breakfast show Ontbytsake [6] and also stars in the M-Net drama "The Wild" [7] - set on a Game lodge in South Africa. She plays the role of Kate, a mother of a 10-year-old girl who has put her own happiness on the back burner for her husbands passion for wild life conservation. Milan left the soap in its second season and returned for a few guest spots in The Wild's final year and again returned for its finale in March 2013.

Milan recently released her first book called "Koemelaat: 'n Sanity-joernaal van 'n Nuwe Ma",[8] which deals with issues around being a first time mom.

Filmography

Year Film Role Notes
1998 Isidingo: The Need Dusty da Silva Supporting main role in this South African soap, portrays rebellious teenager
2002 Slash Karen Slasher teen movie
2002 Snake Island Carrie Horror/suspense film.
2003 Murmur Sage Made for TV Film. M-Net.
2004 Song vir Katryn Jo Retief South African drama series. Portrays hard-nosed crime reporter from Nuusblad newspaper.
2005 Dit wat stom is Melanie van den Berg South African drama series.
2008 Transito Patrys South African drama series. Female Lead.
2006–2009 Binnelanders Frankie van Niekerk South African medical drama. Portrays rebellious sister-in-law of main character.
2011– 2013 The Wild Kate South African telenovella. Lead female character.
2015 Mooirivier Amelia Malan Afrikaans romantic comedy

References

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