Natasha Sutherland

Sutherland was born on 20 November 1970, in Durban, South Africa, the daughter of choreographers Geoffrey Sutherland and Kenlynn Sutherland (formally Ashby).{{cite web | url=https://briefly.co.za/51449-natasha-sutherland-age-children-spouse-books-movies-career-instagram.html| title=Natasha Sutherland|publisher=news24 | access-date=15 November 2020}}

Sutherland was married to Steve Hofmeyr, a South African singer, songwriter, and TV presenter.{{cite web | url=https://www.news24.com/channel/steve-janine-a-bitter-pill-natasha-20111020| title=Steve, Janine a bitter pill - Natasha |publisher=news24 | access-date=15 November 2020}} They married on 1998 and she later divorced acrimoniously in 2008 citing Steve's 10-year relationship with fitness instructor Janine van der Vyver.{{cite web | url=https://www.iol.co.za/news/south-africa/steve-hofmeyr-to-divorce-after-affair-422751| title=Steve Hofmeyr to divorce after affair |publisher=IOL | access-date=15 November 2020}} The couple has two sons: Benjamin and Sebastian.{{cite web | url=https://www.news24.com/news24/steve-had-too-much-to-lose-20080120| title=Steve 'had too much to lose' |publisher=news24 | access-date=15 November 2020}}

Sutherland started her career in the early 1990s as a presenter of the children show Kideo.{{Cite web |title=Natasha Kate Sutherland, actress in the SA soap opera Egoli, is born. {{!}} South African History Online |url=https://www.sahistory.org.za/dated-event/natasha-kate-sutherland-actress-sa-soap-opera-egoli-born |access-date=2025-04-18 |website=www.sahistory.org.za}} Then she acted in the soap opera, Egoli: The Place of Gold during her teen age in 1991. In 1996, she started her acting career with the two television serials: Honeytown and Tarzan: The Epic Adventures.{{Cite web |last=Naik |first=Sameer |title=#aTypicalInterview: Natasha Sutherland on the song that sums up her life |url=https://www.iol.co.za/saturday-star/news/atypicalinterview-natasha-sutherland-on-the-song-that-sums-up-her-life-901ba172-4ea0-46fe-bb6b-939c662e6004 |access-date=2025-04-18 |website=www.iol.co.za |language=en}} After the success of those serials, she acted in the home movie Operational Delta in 1997.{{Cite web |last=Brain |first=Chris The |date=2019-04-04 |title=Bullet Points: Operation Delta Force |url=https://www.bulletproofaction.com/2019/04/04/bullet-points-operation-delta-force/ |access-date=2025-04-18 |website=BULLETPROOF ACTION |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |title=Operation Delta Force |url=https://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/472234/operation-delta-force#credits |access-date=2025-04-18 |website=prod.tcm.com |language=en}} Meanwhile, she started to dominate the South Africa theater with several popular stage plays such as Gigi in 1992 and The Revlon Girl. In the meantime, she also directed music videos and worked as an editor of Finesse Magazine.

Apart from acting, Sutherland is also a public motivational speaker who travelled across the country as well international stages. She is also appointed as the brand ambassador for the South African Beauty brand 'Placecol' and 'DNB'. She is also a prolific author, which she wrote her first book Bittersweet. With her success as an author, she later wrote the books: Green and Blue in 2010 (her first children's book), Fairytale and Sprokie.

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• [http://www.saflii.org/za/cases/ZAGPJHC/2010/151.html Sutherland v Hofmeyr]

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Category:Living people

Category:1970 births

Category:South African film actresses

Category:South African television actresses

Category:Actresses from Durban