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Karin Retief

Karin Retief

Acting

Biography

Karin Retief (also known as Karin Fourie) is a South African actress best known for her role as Carina Human in the now-defunct TV1 television drama series Ballade Vir 'n Enkeling, from 1987-1993. She also played Mrs Wellington in the first season of the SABC1 drama series Tshisa, in 2006. Other television credits include the Jan Scholtz thriller Die Vierde Kabinet (1998), the kykNET / M-Net drama Song vir Katryn (2003) and the e.tv police procedural Jozi Streets, in 2004.

Known For

Villa Rosa
6.0

In Bloemfontein there is a guest house where the walls have ears and where there is daily drama, intrigue and also a lot of comedy.

Villa Rosa

2004
Reënboogrant
9.0

Buckle up for an exhilarating rollercoaster ride through the world of authentic teenage drama, family conflicts, love, aspirations and fierce rivalries. An adaption based on Louise van Niekerk's gripping coming-of-age book series.

Reënboogrant

2025
Song Vir Katryn
9.0

Song vir Katryn is a modern romantic drama about Jinx, an M.D. and musican, who falls in love with Katryn, a woman with a dark and mysterious past.

Song Vir Katryn

2003
Pronk Primêr
4.0

A comedy series about five school friends who are now teachers at the school where they not only went to school, but where the same principal from back then still wields the scepter.

Pronk Primêr

2024
Hoofmeisie
5.7

A South African family comedy about three primary school girls and their obsessed mothers who share the same desire: for their girls to become Head Girl of their junior school. When things go badly for one of them, she becomes mean in her attempts to win, but after sacrificing the good qualities in her personality she finally learns what a true leader should be.

Hoofmeisie

2011
Bakgat!
5.7

Katrien (Cherié van der Merwe) is dumped by her boyfriend, high school rugby star Werner (Altus Theart), so he can focus his energy on the sport. To get even, she makes a bet with her friends that she can make a star out of the school's dorkiest boy, 'Wimpie' Koekemoer (Ivan Botha), by pretending to be his girlfriend. The awkward Koekemoer rises to the challenge but Katrien finds herself falling unexpectedly in love with him, until he realizes she is merely using him.

Bakgat!

2008
Ballade Vir 'n enkeling
N/A

Ballade Vir 'n Enkeling (Ballad for a Loner) is an Afrikaans language drama set in 1985 that centres around the search by a young journalist for her colleague and fellow journalist Jacques Rynhard following his sudden, mysterious disappearance. As the story begins Jacques has just been awarded the Basson Prize for his novel Die Enkeling, but he disappears before the announcement is made. Otto Beukes, the editor of the magazine Die Huisvriend, decides to follow up on the story and puts top journalist Carina Human on the story. In a quest to find out where Jacques has gone and why he's disappeared Human begins the search for him by locating to the people closest to him.

Ballade Vir 'n enkeling

1987
Bakgat 2
6.0

The Unitas u/21 rugby team hero, Wimpie Koekemoer, is offered a contract to play rugby in England. Katrien rehearses a play with autistic children, while doing everything in her power to keep Wimpie in the country. Fanie is struggling to get used to Christie's post-high school chubby body and Japie is experiencing a very embarrassing problem in his sexual pursuit of Liezl... Muscle man, Werner "Killer" Botha joins the Unitas rugby team and threatens Wimpie's position in the team. (Written by Henk Pretorius)

Bakgat 2

2010
Kersfees by Molly & Wors
N/A

Molly and Wors are in marriage counseling because they suffer from empty nest syndrome. Their quiet Christmas suddenly turns into chaos when their children unexpectedly arrive.

Kersfees by Molly & Wors

2024
Liewe Hemel Genis
N/A

The Co-operative's people in their well-known and beloved environment, but be warned, there is a tear behind all the laughter.

Liewe Hemel Genis

1987