Sylvaine Strike
Encyclopedia
Sylvaine Strike is a South African actress, writer
and theater director
. She was born in Pretoria
and studied in Cape Town
, where she graduated with a Performer's Diploma in Speech and Drama in 1993. She studied further in Paris
at Jacques LeCoq School with an emphasis on physical theater.
She is best known for her voicework used in the original adverts for cellular network Cell C
.
In 2002, Strike joined the cast of the South African soap-drama Isidingo, playing the role of Lee Haines, but was ultimately recast only weeks later due to Strike's pregnancy which the show's producers were unwilling to write into the soap's storyline. (The role was recast with actress Ashley Callie
who played Lee Haines until 2008, when Callie died from injuries sustained in a car accident in February of that year.)
Strike appeared in the 2009 film, District 9
as Dr. Katrina McKenzie.
Writer
A writer is a person who produces literature, such as novels, short stories, plays, screenplays, poetry, or other literary art. Skilled writers are able to use language to portray ideas and images....
and theater director
Theatre direction
A theatre director or stage director is a practitioner in the theatre field who oversees and orchestrates the mounting of a theatre production by unifying various endeavours and aspects of production...
. She was born in Pretoria
Pretoria
Pretoria is a city located in the northern part of Gauteng Province, South Africa. It is one of the country's three capital cities, serving as the executive and de facto national capital; the others are Cape Town, the legislative capital, and Bloemfontein, the judicial capital.Pretoria is...
and studied in Cape Town
Cape Town
Cape Town is the second-most populous city in South Africa, and the provincial capital and primate city of the Western Cape. As the seat of the National Parliament, it is also the legislative capital of the country. It forms part of the City of Cape Town metropolitan municipality...
, where she graduated with a Performer's Diploma in Speech and Drama in 1993. She studied further in Paris
Paris
Paris is the capital and largest city in France, situated on the river Seine, in northern France, at the heart of the Île-de-France region...
at Jacques LeCoq School with an emphasis on physical theater.
She is best known for her voicework used in the original adverts for cellular network Cell C
Cell C
Cell C is South Africa’s third cell network after Vodacom and MTN, and the first cellular provider operating a dual band GSM 900/1800 MHz network, with over 7,4-million subscribers according to recent reports in Business Day and myadsl...
.
In 2002, Strike joined the cast of the South African soap-drama Isidingo, playing the role of Lee Haines, but was ultimately recast only weeks later due to Strike's pregnancy which the show's producers were unwilling to write into the soap's storyline. (The role was recast with actress Ashley Callie
Ashley Callie
Ashley Callie was a South African actress best known for her role as Leone Haines in Isidingo . Callie died on 15 February 2008, as a result of head injuries from a head-on car collision in Johannesburg, South Africa on 8 February 2008.-Biography:Ashley Callie was born in Johannesburg...
who played Lee Haines until 2008, when Callie died from injuries sustained in a car accident in February of that year.)
Strike appeared in the 2009 film, District 9
District 9
District 9 is a 2009 South African science fiction thriller film directed by Neill Blomkamp. It was written by Blomkamp and Terri Tatchell, and produced by Peter Jackson and Carolynne Cunningham. The film stars Sharlto Copley, Jason Cope, and David James...
as Dr. Katrina McKenzie.