Laré Birk

Laré Birk is a South African based actress in JohannesburgLaré Birk was born in the beautiful town of Ceres in 1986. Her father was a community developer on the farms and her mother a primary school teacher. When she was 2 years old the moved to De Hoek, which is a village surround the PPC Cement factory in the Western Cape, around the corner of Piketberg. There she went to Hoërskool Piketberg (a joined school). During her Primary school years they moved to Johannesburg (Alberton) due to promotion her father received, working for PPC. She finished her Primary school years at Laerskool President Steyn and from there went to Hoërskool Alberton, completing matric in 2004. Laré obtained her BA Honor's degree at the North West University, Potchefstroom in 2008. Afterwards, she started her Masters degree in Film theory and lectured at AFDA in the television department. In 2011, Laré participated in the World Championships of the Performing Arts in Los Angeles. She has worked on numerous productions as a technical operator, including "So you think you can dance", "Villa Rosa" and "SA's got talent". In 2012 she started to focus on her acting career, when she realised stage and set are second homes. That same year, she featured in the "Toyota Etios" and "McDonald Mzansi Millions" commercial, as well as a short film (Anderkant gister) that made the Top 6 of Kyknet's Silwerskerm fees, as well as independent stage productions.In 2013 she stepped into the feature film world and fell in love instantaneously. Starting off with a supporting role in "Musiek vir die agtergrond" with Brumilda Janse van Rensburg, Ian Roberts and Lizelle de Klerk under direction of Sallas de Jager, and landed a big one as the female lead in "Schuks your country needs you", along with the legends Leon Schuster, Rob van Vuuren and Alfred Ntombela, with Gray Hofmeyr as director. And then television came her way and she had the privilege to feature in Deon Opperman's television series, Sterlopers as the flamboyant character Anel, under direction of Quentin Krog, released in 2014 and Pandjieswinkelstories, under direction of Koos Roets, also also released in 2014 for KykNet. After 2014 she has featured in films such as Suurlemoen, Ballade vir n Enkeling, Paw Paw vir my Darling, Vanuit die Vog and Dis ek, Anna. Her most recent projects have been as one of the prankster ons Emo Adams' Jou Show and the beautiful Vir Altyd, with Donnalee Roberts and Ivan Botha, due in 2016. At this year's Silwerskermfees she was seen in Sweisbril under direction of Gerard Rudolf. One of her own productions, Dearest Elle was also showcased. It was her directorial debut in collaboration with Adam Heyns and Jenna Dunster. Dearest Elle won Best existing short film. She also worked on Alexia, which is an English independent film out of the pen and direction of Khalid El-Jelailati.Outside of acting, she has her own business, Woodlady, that creates wood furniture from recycled wood and her most recent business venture, Grain Food and Wood, a health conscious deli based in Maboneng. Show less «