Natalia Da Rocha
South African actor, performer, director, community developer · South Africa · On the map · Actors
Natalia Da Rocha is a South African actress, director, youth activist and businesswoman. She is one of the few persons of colour to appear in entertainment media during the Apartheid era. In 1981 she was the first Coloured to graduate with a drama degree from the Afrikaans-dominant Stellenbosch University.
Natalia Da Rocha is read about 2 times a day, in 6 languages.
A typical day, 30 days to 13 June 2026
The middle day of the days counted, so one week of news cannot move it. The line under it is the last 60 days, one point a day.
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The Deconstruction of Retta BlomFilm2023
SkaapboerFilm, Ma Mavis1996
VetkoekpaleisSeries, Petronella Papenfus1994
Lipstiek DipstiekFilm, Matron1984
Broer MatieFilm, Elisabet (as Natalie Roche)Filmography 4
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About this person
Beginning 1987 she was the first woman of colour to star in a Sun City Extravaganza. In 1992 she became the first South African star to perform publicly in Madagascar. She has had roles in musicals such as Ain't Misbehavin', Midnight Blues, and Godspell. Da Rocha was one of 40 people inducted into the S.A. Legends Museum on 26 January 2020 in Johannesburg.
