Emma van Heyn
Acting
Biography
Emma van Heyn is a South African actor, musician, producer and songwriter. Having written and composed music since the age of six, she has built a vast body of work over the course of her career. Emma’s most recent venture includes the music for the Mnet family drama, “Summertide”. Other projects include the making and orchestration of FNB and BiB Africa’s audio library as Head of Post Production & Sound, working as head composer and sound designer on projects such as Sea Change (brought to you by the makers of My Octopus Teacher) and Qhawe! Mokgadi Caster Semenya’s audiobook, each densely sound designed for an immersive audio experience. She collaborated with Zolani Mahola, The One Who Sings, on projects including the soundtracks for the launch of Rise for the World and the conservation documentary, Ours, Not Mine.
Known For
A South African Afrikaans soap opera. It is set in and around the fictional private hospital, Binneland Kliniek, in Pretoria, and the storyline follows the trials, trauma and tribulations of the staff and patients of the hospital.
Binnelanders
Matilda en Matthys is an off-beat romcom about a generation's fear of commitment and suspicion of romance, and how love always knows best, in the end.
Matilda and Matthys
Suma-Lee is a divorced single mom who is already struggling when she loses her job as a fashion designer and on top of that hears her slimy ex-husband is getting hitched again – with a model. Overwhelmed by anger, she reluctantly starts taking boxing lessons and finds herself stumbling into new love. She falls hard for Clive, her boxing coach, but his life is just as messy as hers. They have to decide: flee or fight for love?
Gebokste Liefde
Although he barely knows her, André makes the impulsive decision to move in with his new girlfriend, only to find out that Dalene is still friends with all her ex-boyfriends. Intimidated by their presence, André first tries to befriend them, but then he discovers that all of Dalene's relationships follow exactly the same pattern...