Sylvaine Strike is a South African actress, writer and theatre director based in Cape Town, South Africa.
21 Facts About Sylvaine Strike
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Sylvaine Strike is the co-founder of Fortune Cookie Theatre, and has won multiple Naledi Theatre awards for her acting and directing.
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In 2018 Strike was awarded the Chevalier des Arts et des Lettres.
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Sylvaine Strike was born in Pretoria to French-speaking parents, and grew up in Verwoerdburg.
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Sylvaine Strike studied at the University of Cape Town and graduated with a degree in drama in 1993.
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Sylvaine Strike studied further from 1998 to 2000 in Paris at Jacques LeCoq School where she completed a two-year diploma with a focus in mime and clown.
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Sylvaine Strike is the artistic director of Fortune Cookie Theatre, which she co-founded in 2000.
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In 2004, Sylvaine Strike co-created the show Black and Blue with other members of Fortune Cookie, which she starred in.
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Outside of Fortune Cookie Theatre, Sylvaine Strike has directed shows such as Miss Dietrich Regrets, DOP, and ECLIPSED.
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Sylvaine Strike assisted in adapting the story of Snow White into Snow White - The Ballet for Joburg Ballet in 2017.
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In 2024, Sylvaine Strike directed her first musical, Spring Awakening, an adaptation of the 1891 German play Fruhlings Erwachen, by Frank Wedekind.
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Sylvaine Strike has appeared in such films as District 9.
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Sylvaine Strike has had roles on television shows like Those Who Can't, Black Sails, Mad Dogs, and The Hot Zone.
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Sylvaine Strike was awarded the Rosalie van den Gucht Best New Director in 2004.
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In 2006, Sylvaine Strike was awarded the Standard Bank Young Artist Award for Drama.
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Sylvaine Strike won the Fleur du Cap Best Director Theatre Award for her acclaimed production of Samuel Beckett's Endgame for the Baxter Theatre Centre, Cape Town.
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Sylvaine Strike has further been nominated in the Best Director category at the Naledi, Fleur du Cap and Woordfees Awards 2016 for her direction of the critically acclaimed plays Tobacco and Dop.
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In 2014, Sylvaine Strike was recognized as the Featured Artist at the National Arts Festival in South Africa.
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Sylvaine Strike was awarded a 2017 SAFTA in the category Best Supporting Actress - TV Comedy for her work on the show Those Who Can't.
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Sylvaine Strike was nominated for a Kanna Award for her direction of DOP in 2017.
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Sylvaine Strike was awarded the Chevalier des Arts et des Lettres in 2018 for her contribution to the performing arts.