Nazli George

She was born on 28 May 1966 in Lansdowne, Cape Town, South Africa. After her birth, her parents were divorced. When she was a baby, her mom died. Since the age of 11 she started to live with her grandmother. Her grandfather died at the age of 94.[2]

She attended Portia Primary school in Lansdowne. At the age of 6 she started ballet where she joined the Carol Shapiro School of ballet. Later she received Ccechetti Training and remained at ballet school privately until after matric. After metric, she attended Wynberg Senior Secondary school where she became one of the first matriculants to do the joint matriculation board exams in drama and ballet. As a prolific ballet dancer, she performed in several festivals where she won awards.[2] She is also an alumnus of University of Cape Town and Trinity College London.[1]

She is married and is a mother of a daughter.[2]

She has written, directed, produced top productions that all opened at the Baxter Theatre.[1] In 1995, she founded the theater production company, 'NG Promotions'.[2]

She appeared in the Afrikaans television serials Andries Plak and Riemvasmaak. Both of her roles in these serials became highly popular. In 2011, she starred in the comedy show 'Colour TV'. In 2019, she was invited to act in the popular television soap opera 7de Laan. She debuts in the serial on 25 December 2019 with the role of 'Ivy Peterson'.[3]

• Nazli George at IMDb