Hanli Rolfes

Born: 1971-04-05

Hanli Rolfes (credited as Hanli Rolfes-Opperman from 2002-2010) is a South African actress best known for her role as Sarah-Lee Odendaal on the SABC1 soapie Generations, from 1996-2001. She received an Honours degree in Drama (cum laude) from the University of Pretoria in 1994. Shortly thereafter she made her television debut as Lieutenant Bernice Fox in Scholtz Films's Die Laksman, after which she started her six-year stint on Generations. She has had lead roles in a number of major shows on Afrikaans pay channel kykNET, including the roles of Louise Schoeman in the soapie Villa Rosa, Sophia Landman in the drama series Kruispad, Sonja Mostert in Binnelanders and Lanie in Getroud Met Rugby, a drama series she co-created with her husband at the time, Deon Opperman. Other television series she has appeared in include Justice For All, The Adventures of Sinbad, Vetkoekpaleis, Egoli, Iemand om lief te hê (Someone to Love), Jozi Streets, 4Play: Sex Tips for Girls, Askies, Soul City, Skeem Saam, Hartland and Geraamtes in die Kas. She also has numerous theatre credits, including the Afrikaans plays Boesman my Seun (2005), Twaalfuurwals (2006), Kaburu (2007) and Knypie Oppie Kant (2008). She was one of the contestant panelists on the SABC2 game show Where Were You?, from August to November, 2008. Hanli was married to fellow actor and playwright Deon Opperman from 2002-2010, with the marriage ending in divorce.


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as Talitha Snijgans
Released: 2016-01-08

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Released: 2016-04-22

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Pa

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Released: 2021-08-08

Andries van Rensburg worked his whole life so that he could retire with his wife. But an...

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Foto's Teen Die Muur

as Rita
Released: 2021-09-19

Karli suddenly turns up at her mother Rita's house with bad news - her brother Darius has gone...

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Binnelanders

as Sonja Mostert
First aired: 2005-10-13

A South African Afrikaans soap opera. It is set in and around the fictional private hospital,...

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Villa Rosa

as Louise Schoeman
First aired: 2004-10-04

In Bloemfontein there is a guest house where the walls have ears and where there is daily drama,...

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Getroud Met Rugby

as Lanie
First aired: 2009-04-07

Getroud met Rugby is a drama revolving around four stars of a Johannesburg rugby team and their...

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Vetkoekpaleis

as Lulu
First aired: 1996-06-05

Frikkadel Delport starts a take-away business when he is retrenched. In the process of finding...

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Hartland

as Elna
First aired: 2011-07-19

This beautifully filmed series introduces us to four generations of an Afrikaner family. We soon...

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Siende Blind

as Marinette
First aired: 2020-11-24

A psychological profiler with the South African Police Service spends the lockdown with her...

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