Acting
Celeste Matthews Wannenburgh
Celeste Mitzi Karin Matthews (born 1961) is a South African actress, playwright, and former City of Cape Town local government official elected to the City Council in 2021. She is best known for her roles as Gertie Cupido in kykNET & kie's Arendsvlei (a telenovela) and Auntie Hester in David Kramer and Taliep Petersen's award-winning 2002 revival of District Six: The Musical (1987). Vincent Colby of the District Six Museum cites the musical play as the material which steered a pivotal discussion held in 1994 at the 'old church hall' in former District Six to establish a dedicated museum.
Acting credits
NRIn the insulated bubble of white Apartheid South Africa, Marnus, a sheltered 11-year old boy accuses the grandson of his family’s domestic worker of steeling his fishing rod. A brutal chain of events is set in motion, shattering the illusion of his family’s wholesome facade.
The Smell of Apples
2026
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Lenteblom
2013
NRSeveral years after a nuclear power plant in Cape Town had a meltdown; a young single-mother and factory worker, Drew, who must fight to survive in this dystopian future, ruled by a sinister pharmaceutical company called DARCORP.
There Are No Heroes
2011