Chantal Herman
Acting
Biography
Chantal Herman was a South African actress best known for her role as Lorn in the SABC3 sitcom Shado's. She was also known for her roles as Sylvia Hiscock on both seasons of the SABC3 sitcom Those Who Can't and as Liz Isaacs on the SABC2 comedy-drama The Riviera. Born and raised in Cape Town, Chantal attended the Waterfront Theatre School. She made numerous other television appearances. She played On!TV reporter Irene Bunton on the SABC3 soapie Isidingo and the role of Bernice on the SABC1 drama series Molo Fish II. Other television series she acted in include Jozi Streets, Saints, Sinners and Settlers, Meeulanders, Arendsvlei, Die Sentrum, Projek Dina and Generations. She directed two television pilots, as well as a docu-drama called Christmas in the City for SABC1, which aired on Christmas Day, 2007. She was also creative director on the kid's show Thabang Thabong, on SABC2. In theatre, Herman played the role of Mimi Marquez - an HIV-positive exotic dancer and methamphetamine junkie - in the musical Rent, which ran at the Artscape Theatre in Cape Town from November - December, 2007. In 2017 she won the SAFTA Award in the category Best Achievement by a Lead Actress - TV Comedy for her role as Sylvia in Those Who Can't. Chantal died on 18 May, 2023, at the age of 44, due to breast cancer.
Known For
A south African series that takes place in the work and life environment of the emergency response task force, where the pressure is sky high and the room for error is tiny. Now that the task force has just been set up by the Western Cape police - as a way to combat the rapidly increasing cases of missing persons in South Africa - the members of the task force have a seemingly impossible task at hand: to find the missing persons in Cape Town and bring them home one by one.
Projek Dina
The story of humankind's last stand against a cataclysmic alien invasion. Set in the war-ravaged African countryside, a U.S. soldier and a French foreign aid worker team up to survive the alien onslaught. Their bond will be tested as they search for refuge across a crumbling world.
Revolt
Angeliena’s story is about SELF LOVE... and making money, terminal illness, divorce, nature, friendships, hardships, poverty, travel, hot doctors, plants, dreams, assholes, Ubuntu and... being GOOD ENOUGH.
Angeliena
Ben, a mechanic at a Johannesburg car dealership, and Linda, a beautiful, smart redhead, cross paths one night. He immediately recognises her as his boss’s daughter, although she has no idea who he is. They’re immediately attracted to each other, and, in a frantic and uncertain effort to disguise his identity, Ben lies to Linda and claims to be in a band. When their love blossoms unexpectedly and he decides that he wants to live up to his lie, he starts a band with a few fellow employees, and they enroll for a battle-of-the-bands competition.