Erica Wessels

Erica Wessels is a South African actress who has appeared in many TV series and movies including Troy: Fall of a City, Labyrinth, Warrior and more. She clearly shows off her diversity as an actress by appearing in different roles such as Mrs Scott in The Book of Negroes and Penelope in Troy: Fall of a City.

The Miracle Worker (2012)

Die Wonderwerker tells the story of Eugène Marais, a famous Afrikaans writer, poet and researcher. The story focuses on the few months he spends on the Van Rooyen's farm, where he falls in love with the 19-year-old Jane Brayshaw.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Katinka Heyns
CAST:  Dawid Minnaar  •  Elize Cawood  •  Marius Weyers  •  Anneke Weidemann

Die Wonderwerker tells the story of Eugène Marais, a famous Afrikaans writer, poet and researcher. The story focuses on the few months he spends on the Van Rooyen's farm, where he falls in love with the 19-year-old Jane Brayshaw.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Katinka Heyns
CAST:  Dawid Minnaar  •  Elize Cawood  •  Marius Weyers  •  Anneke Weidemann

Mossie (2016)

I am Luna van Wyk. A 14 year old girl. This is the story of Mignon "Mossie" Van Wyk, my older sister. Oh and her best friend Adriaan Prinsloo, who I think she should marry. But that's just me. For some weird reason Mossie falls in love with older guys - enter Leon ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Darrell James Roodt
CAST:  Tanika Fourie  •  Deanre Reiners  •  Kiara Fourie  •  Devon Hofmeyr

I am Luna van Wyk. A 14 year old girl. This is the story of Mignon "Mossie" Van Wyk, my older sister. Oh and her best friend Adriaan Prinsloo, who I think she should marry. But that's just me. For some weird reason Mossie falls in love with older guys - enter Leon ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Darrell James Roodt
CAST:  Tanika Fourie  •  Deanre Reiners  •  Kiara Fourie  •  Devon Hofmeyr

Love & Me (2015)

The only cure prescribed for a broken heart is a heavy dose of love and some Christmas pudding. Dr Louis van Est is a professional when it comes to the anatomy of the human body, yet he knows nothing about the condition of the human heart. As a GP, he is not the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Darrell James Roodt
CAST:  Lika Berning  •  Erica Wessels  •  Paul du Toit  •  Bouwer Bosch

The only cure prescribed for a broken heart is a heavy dose of love and some Christmas pudding. Dr Louis van Est is a professional when it comes to the anatomy of the human body, yet he knows nothing about the condition of the human heart. As a GP, he is not the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Darrell James Roodt
CAST:  Lika Berning  •  Erica Wessels  •  Paul du Toit  •  Bouwer Bosch

Treurgrond (2015)

Treurgrond tells the painful story of a farming community in South Africa trying to survive the numerous farm attacks confronting farmers almost every day. These gruesome acts affect not just those closely related to the victims, but set in motion a chain of events ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Darrell James Roodt
CAST:  Steve Hofmeyr  •  Erica Wessels  •  Shaleen Surtie-Richards  •  Boikie Pholo

Treurgrond tells the painful story of a farming community in South Africa trying to survive the numerous farm attacks confronting farmers almost every day. These gruesome acts affect not just those closely related to the victims, but set in motion a chain of events ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Darrell James Roodt
CAST:  Steve Hofmeyr  •  Erica Wessels  •  Shaleen Surtie-Richards  •  Boikie Pholo

Alles Wat Mal Is (2014)

Helena Joubert lost herself somewhere between her Varsity love, the big, crazy wedding, and her two hyperactive kids. She and hubby Gustav exchanged their passionate relationship for a permanent seize-fire. The once uninhibited and vibrant journalist is now just a ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Darrell James Roodt
CAST:  Louw Venter  •  Erica Wessels  •  Meme Ditshego  •  Christina Storm

Helena Joubert lost herself somewhere between her Varsity love, the big, crazy wedding, and her two hyperactive kids. She and hubby Gustav exchanged their passionate relationship for a permanent seize-fire. The once uninhibited and vibrant journalist is now just a ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Darrell James Roodt
CAST:  Louw Venter  •  Erica Wessels  •  Meme Ditshego  •  Christina Storm

Jimmy in Pink (2013)

Jimmy in Pienk is a quirky comedy about Jimmy Bester, a rugged seventh generation "mielie" farmer. Jimmy’s father suddenly dies in a freak accident, he is confronted by two loan sharks who come to collect what his father owes. Jimmy gathers the courage to leave ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Hanneke Schutte
CAST:  Louw Venter  •  Tinarie Van Wyk-Loots  •  Terence Bridgett  •  Gys de Villiers

Jimmy in Pienk is a quirky comedy about Jimmy Bester, a rugged seventh generation "mielie" farmer. Jimmy’s father suddenly dies in a freak accident, he is confronted by two loan sharks who come to collect what his father owes. Jimmy gathers the courage to leave ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Hanneke Schutte
CAST:  Louw Venter  •  Tinarie Van Wyk-Loots  •  Terence Bridgett  •  Gys de Villiers

Van der Merwe (2017)

Van der Merwe, a bumbling farmer from a traditional Afrikaans family, struggles to keep his family together when his daughter returns from England with her British fiancé and family.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Bruce Lawley
CAST:  Reine Swart  •  Greg Kriek  •  Rob van Vuuren  •  Ian Roberts

Van der Merwe, a bumbling farmer from a traditional Afrikaans family, struggles to keep his family together when his daughter returns from England with her British fiancé and family.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Bruce Lawley
CAST:  Reine Swart  •  Greg Kriek  •  Rob van Vuuren  •  Ian Roberts

My Father's War (2016)

In this unique and riveting film, a troubled man has a series of dreams in which he finds himself thrown back to a time before his birth, into the Angolan Border War, as a combat soldier. There he meets his father as a young man, when he was a member of the Special ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Craig Gardner
CAST:  Stian Bam  •  Edwin van der Walt  •  Erica Wessels  •  Fumani Shilubana

In this unique and riveting film, a troubled man has a series of dreams in which he finds himself thrown back to a time before his birth, into the Angolan Border War, as a combat soldier. There he meets his father as a young man, when he was a member of the Special ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Craig Gardner
CAST:  Stian Bam  •  Edwin van der Walt  •  Erica Wessels  •  Fumani Shilubana

The Harvesters (2018)

South Africa, Free State region, isolated stronghold to the Afrikaans white ethnic minority culture. In this conservative farming territory obsessed with strength and masculinity, Janno is different, secretive, emotionally frail. One day his mother, fiercely ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Etienne Kallos
CAST:  Juliana Venter  •  Morné Visser  •  Alex van Dyk  •  Danny Keogh

South Africa, Free State region, isolated stronghold to the Afrikaans white ethnic minority culture. In this conservative farming territory obsessed with strength and masculinity, Janno is different, secretive, emotionally frail. One day his mother, fiercely ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Etienne Kallos
CAST:  Juliana Venter  •  Morné Visser  •  Alex van Dyk  •  Danny Keogh

Far From The Castle (2018)

On the dry and desolate Southern tip of Africa, a tug of war unfolds between earthly desire and soul calling, between Drought and Water, between Maddox and Eliza.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Julia Jansch
CAST:  Nicole Fortuin  •  Cody Mountain  •  Soli Philander  •  Erica Wessels

On the dry and desolate Southern tip of Africa, a tug of war unfolds between earthly desire and soul calling, between Drought and Water, between Maddox and Eliza.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Julia Jansch
CAST:  Nicole Fortuin  •  Cody Mountain  •  Soli Philander  •  Erica Wessels

Hatchet Hour (2016)

Secrets test a friendship in this crime drama. A lawyer at a top firm accidentally kills her gardener. Fearing for her career, she asks her best friend to help her get rid of the body.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Judy Naidoo
CAST:  Adam Croasdell  •  Erica Wessels  •  Petronella Tshuma  •  Duane Behrens

Secrets test a friendship in this crime drama. A lawyer at a top firm accidentally kills her gardener. Fearing for her career, she asks her best friend to help her get rid of the body.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Judy Naidoo
CAST:  Adam Croasdell  •  Erica Wessels  •  Petronella Tshuma  •  Duane Behrens

I Am All Girls (2021)

A special crimes investigator forms an unlikely bond with a serial killer to bring down a global child sex trafficking syndicate.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Donovan Marsh
CAST:  Hlubi Mboya  •  Erica Wessels  •  Deon Lotz  •  Lizz Meiring

A special crimes investigator forms an unlikely bond with a serial killer to bring down a global child sex trafficking syndicate.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Donovan Marsh
CAST:  Hlubi Mboya  •  Erica Wessels  •  Deon Lotz  •  Lizz Meiring

Katvis

Lize has never asked for too much of life. She's mostly happy with her marriage, but Lize has always dreamed of being a mother, and she and her husband, Willem, just do not want it to be happy. With family pressure slowly getting worse and the ticking of the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Michael Minnie  •  Anton Scholtz
CAST:  Stiaan Smith  •  Erica Wessels  •  Milton Schorr  •  Sophia Passerini

Lize has never asked for too much of life. She's mostly happy with her marriage, but Lize has always dreamed of being a mother, and she and her husband, Willem, just do not want it to be happy. With family pressure slowly getting worse and the ticking of the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Michael Minnie  •  Anton Scholtz
CAST:  Stiaan Smith  •  Erica Wessels  •  Milton Schorr  •  Sophia Passerini

Good Life (2021)

Olive Pappadopoulous, 35, an Oral Hygienist, flees Cape Town for Greece to try outwit a broken heart, but is faced with the local villagers hostility and is befriended by a 7-year-old refugee who teaches her how to live “The Good Life.”  (more)

DIRECTION:  Bonnie Rodini
CAST:  Erica Wessels  •  Robyn Scott  •  Sven Ruygrok  •  Adam Neill

Olive Pappadopoulous, 35, an Oral Hygienist, flees Cape Town for Greece to try outwit a broken heart, but is faced with the local villagers hostility and is befriended by a 7-year-old refugee who teaches her how to live “The Good Life.”  (more)

DIRECTION:  Bonnie Rodini
CAST:  Erica Wessels  •  Robyn Scott  •  Sven Ruygrok  •  Adam Neill

Wild Is the Wind (2022)

When two corrupt police officers investigate the brutal murder of a young girl, tensions come to a head in their small, racially-segregated town.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Fabian Medea
CAST:  Mothusi Magano  •  Chris Chameleon  •  Frank Rautenbach  •  Izel Bezuidenhout

When two corrupt police officers investigate the brutal murder of a young girl, tensions come to a head in their small, racially-segregated town.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Fabian Medea
CAST:  Mothusi Magano  •  Chris Chameleon  •  Frank Rautenbach  •  Izel Bezuidenhout