Nazlı George

Nazlı George — Biography

Nazli George is a South African actress and writer from the Cape Flats of Cape Town. She is known in cinema for Vehicle 19, Hoofmeisie and Max and Mona, and on television for roles in Afrikaans series. She is described as the only woman from the Cape Flats who writes her own material and performs it herself.

Her path into the arts began with ballet: she started at the Carol Shapiro School of ballet at six, took Cecchetti training and stayed in ballet privately after school. At Wynberg Senior Secondary School she was among the first matriculants to sit the joint matriculation board exams in drama and ballet, and she won awards at festivals. She also studied at the University of Cape Town and Trinity College London. In 1995 she founded the theater production company NG Promotions; the productions she wrote, directed and produced opened at the Baxter Theatre.

On screen she played Milly van der Westhuizen in Andries Plak and Anna Malgas in Riemvasmaak, both of which became popular. In 2011 she starred in the comedy show Colour TV in a range of parts, and she went on to play Dotty in Swartwater and Hilde Lindenberg in Dryfsand. On December 25, 2019, she joined the popular soap 7de Laan as Ivy Peterson.