Suanne Braun (born 29 February,1968) is an actress from South Africa

South Africa

The Republic of South Africa is a country in southern Africa. Located at the southern tip of Africa, it is divided into nine provinces, with of coastline on the Atlantic and Indian oceans...

 currently living in London

London

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, England

England

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Braun made her professional debut in 1988 working as a TV presenter in her native South Africa. For five years she hosted a travel series "Bon Voyage" for which she travelled to numerous countries. Braun co-presented Miss South Africa

Miss South Africa

Miss South Africa is an annual beauty pageant in South Africa that began in 1956. The winner of the pageant represents her country at the Miss Universe and Miss World pageants....

 and Miss World

Miss World

The Miss World pageant is the oldest surviving major international beauty pageant. It was created in the United Kingdom by Eric Morley in 1951...

 for three consecutive years in the early 1990s, and received the People's Choice award for South Africa's most beautiful woman in 1993.

A number of TV specials followed. After a brief visit to the USA, Braun was signed by the William Morris agency and decided to stay in the country for some time. She has appeared in a number of American television shows and theatre productions Just Shoot Me, Prowler, FX-the series and the sci fi series Stargate SG-1

Stargate SG-1

Stargate SG-1 is a Canadian-American adventure and military science fiction television series and part of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer's Stargate franchise. The show, created by Brad Wright and Jonathan Glassner, is based on the 1994 feature film Stargate by Dean Devlin and Roland Emmerich...

in which Braun played goddess Hathor

Hathor

Hathor , is an Ancient Egyptian goddess who personified the principles of love, beauty, music, motherhood and joy. She was one of the most important and popular deities throughout the history of Ancient Egypt...

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Theatre credits during this time include Private Lives for which she was nominated for Best Supporting Actress, Things We Do For Love, The Secret Lives Of Henry And Alice, Echoes, Offbeat Broadway and Easy To Love - The Cole Porter Story in which Braun played Cole Porter

Cole Porter

Cole Albert Porter was an American composer and songwriter. Born to a wealthy family in Indiana, he defied the wishes of his domineering grandfather and took up music as a profession. Classically trained, he was drawn towards musical theatre...

's wife, Linda Porter.

Braun has performed stand up in Los Angeles and South Africa, winning the "Funny Bones" award in 2002 for best new stand up.

Since moving to London, Braun has continued to work in theatre and television. West End credits have included the role of Tanya in Mamma Mia

Mamma Mia

Mamma mia is an Italian interjection, used in situations of surprise or anguish."Mamma Mia" can refer to several works associated with the musical group ABBA:* "Mamma Mia" , a 1975 ABBA song...

, Fraulein Kost in Rufus Norris' award winning production of Cabaret

Cabaret

Cabaret is a form, or place, of entertainment featuring comedy, song, dance, and theatre, distinguished mainly by the performance venue: a restaurant or nightclub with a stage for performances and the audience sitting at tables watching the performance, as introduced by a master of ceremonies or...

and Onassis starring Robert Lindsay.

Braun has also returned to her presenting roots on several occasions hosting gala benefits, red carpet events (including the Academy Awards

Academy Awards

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) and a broadcast for The West Wing - City Live in 2000.

Braun has also recorded a cover of "Feeling Good" on Passion Jazz as well as singing lead vocals on the hit song, "All Night" for the South African band Goldfish

Goldfish (band)

Goldfish are an electronica and dance group hailing from Cape Town, South Africa, consisting of Dominic Peters and David Poole. They create dance music containing elements of jazz and African music, combining live instruments like double bass, saxophones, keyboards, flute, and vocals with samplers,...

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Braun is currently working on the UK premiere of the musical Bernada Alba by Michael John LaChiusa which will run at the Union Theatre in London till September 2011.

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