Izel Bezuidenhout

Izel Bezuidenhout (born 25 November 1998) is a South African actress. She began her career as a child actress. She is best known to international audiences for her roles in the films Flatland (2019) and Wild is the Wind (2022).[1][2]

Izel Bezuidenhout
Born (1998-11-25) 25 November 1998
Years active2014–present

Early life and education

Bezuidenhout is from Pretoria.[3] Her father Hannes is a pastor.[4] Her mother is Lucia.[5]

Bezuidenhout attended Hoërskool Eldoraigne in Centurion.[6] In 2012, she enrolled in a summer school programme at the Royal Academy of Dance in London.[7] She later took a six-month acting course in New York.[8]

Career

Bezuidenhout was eleven when she landed her first theatre role and fourteen when she was cast in her first film, the 2014 teen spy thriller Agent 2000: Die Laksman as Chante-Amoré Naudé. The following year, she played a younger version of Charlene Brouwer's titular character in the film Dis ek, Anna and made her television debut in Bloedbroers.

Bezuidenhout went on to have further film roles in Mignon Mossie van Wyk (2016), Bram Fischer and Vaselinetjie (both 2017). In 2018, she joined the cast of the long-running soap opera 7de Laan as Kyla Welman. She later reprised her role in 2023.[9]

Bezuidenhout starred opposite Nicole Fortuin in the 2019 film Flatland directed by Jenna Bass, which screened at Berlinale and the Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF).

In 2021 and 2022, Bezuidenhout had roles in the third and fourth seasons of the kykNET crime anthology series Spoorloos, playing the recurring character Giselle in the former installment, titled Steynhof, and the main character Emma Eloff opposite Bobby van Jaarsveld in the latter installment, titled Die Eiland.[10] She had met van Jaarsveld when she was a child at one of his concerts.[11] Also in 2022, she appeared in the Netflix film Wild is the Wind.

Filmography

Film
Year Title Role Notes
2014 Agent 2000: Die Laksman Chante-Amoré Naudé
2015 Dis ek, Anna Young Anna
2016 Mignon Mossie van Wyk Charlene Fourie
2017 Bram Fischer Ilse Fischer Also titled An Act of Defiance
Vaselinetjie KitCat
2018 Dominee Tienie Helena Benade
2019 Flatland Poppie de Klerk
2021 Ring of Beasts Zana Short film
2022 Wild is the Wind Melissa Netflix film

Television
Year Title Role Notes
2015 Bloedbroers Antoinette Visser 2 episodes
2016 Fluiters Marie
2018 7de Laan Kyla Welman
2021 Op Straat Angie Television film
Nagvrees Liza Television film
2021–2022 Spoorloos Giselle / Emma Eloff Recurring role, season 3
Main role, season 4
2022 Op Soek na Reënboë Daleen Television film

References
  1. Prestridge, James (18 February 2019). "Close-up: An Interview With 'Flatland' Actress Izel Bezuidenhout". Close-Up Culture. Retrieved 6 January 2022.
  2. "Faith Baloyi, Izel Bezuidenhout – Flatland #Berlinale2019". Fred. 17 February 2019. Retrieved 5 January 2023.
  3. Barnard, Yolanda (8 November 2015). "Pretoria se talentvolle kindersterre". Pretoria Rekord (in Afrikaans). Retrieved 5 January 2023.
  4. "Oud-dominee se dogter nou aktrise". Middleburg Observer (in Afrikaans). 19 March 2014. Retrieved 5 January 2023.
  5. Matsena, David (16 October 2015). "Dis ek Anna premiers at Ster-Kinekor". Rekord. Retrieved 3 April 2023.
  6. "Anna kruip onder Izel se vel in". Netwerk24 (in Afrikaans). 5 February 2015. Retrieved 5 January 2023.
  7. "Izel Bezuidenhout gesels met my oor die nuwe fliek Agent 2000". Pieter Cloete (in Afrikaans). 24 March 2014. Retrieved 5 January 2023.
  8. Furstenburg, Rialien (5 September 2022). "It's a wrap". Get It Pretoria. Retrieved 5 January 2023.
  9. Taylor, Jody-Lynn (15 March 2023). "PRAGFOTO'S: Tjattas trou ná sy bruid die aand vooraf by sy neef slaap". Huisgenoot (in Afrikaans). Retrieved 3 April 2023.
  10. Habelgaarn, Tarren-Lee (26 July 2022). "Izel Bezuidenhout oor 'Spoorloos: Die eiland': 'Ek sou enigiets gee om deel van die reeks te wees'". Terloops (in Afrikaans). Retrieved 6 January 2023.
  11. Scheepers, Xanet (29 July 2022). "Bobby van Jaarsveld on his leading role as Stefan in 'Spoorloos: Die Eiland'". Citizen. Retrieved 3 April 2023.
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