Esta TerBlanche

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Esta TerBlanche (7 January 1973 – 19 July 2024) was a South African actress, best known for her roles on television soap operas in both South Africa and the United States.[1]

Early life

TerBlanche was born in Rustenburg, Transvaal (now North West Province). She was of Huguenot descent. She grew up on a game farm, replete with monkeys, cows, horses, sheep, warthogs, and elands.[2]

Television

TerBlanche was crowned Miss Teen South Africa in 1991, and subsequently played Bienkie Naudé Hartman on the South African drama Egoli: Place of Gold from 1992 to 1995. In 1995, TerBlanche decided not to renew her contract with Egoli and, instead, opted to further her acting career in the U.S.[2] Within three weeks of arriving in Los Angeles, she found her first job, acting in a hair products commercial.[2] In 1997, TerBlanche was cast in the role of Gillian Andrassy[3][4][5] on the American daytime drama All My Children. Gillian, a troublemaking princess, was killed off in 2001[6][7] as TerBlanche asked to be written out of the show to move back to South Africa.

TerBlanche made a guest appearance on Egoli: Place of Gold in 2004.[8] She also made additional appearances on South African TV and in movies, but later returned to the United States.Script error: No such module "Unsubst". In 2010, she was interviewed by the American magazine Soap Opera Digest. She reported then that she had divorced and taken a break from acting.[9] She stated that she had opened a spa, exploring her interest in the medical field and in healing.[9]

In the interview, TerBlanche also noted that she had begun acting again and had recently filmed a pilot in South Africa.[9] She expressed interest in returning to All My Children or acting in another soap, citing her time on All My Children as the best of her life.[9] In 2011, she was briefly profiled in the People magazine tribute to All My Children.[10] In August 2011, it was announced that TerBlanche would reprise the role of Gillian during the final weeks of All My Children's broadcast on American network television.[11] TerBlanche made a guest appearance on the show on 24 August 2011.[12]

Plays she appeared in include: The Glass Menagerie, Pygmalion, Hear Ye, and Ten Times Worse on Friday. She also starred in the film, Three Thieves and a Wedding.[3] TerBlanche also worked as a TV presenter in South Africa for the environmental program 50/50[13] and the children's show, K-T.V. TerBlanche was well known in South Africa and appeared on the covers of many magazines.

Death

TerBlanche died in Los Angeles on 19 July 2024, at the age of 51.[14][1][15] In January 2025, it was announced her cause of death was the result of an intracranial hemorrhage stemming from blunt force trauma, with the belief being this was sustained from a "ground level fall".[16]

References

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  1. ↑ a b Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  2. ↑ a b c Nancy M. Reichardt, "South African finds success in America," Austin American-Statesman, 16 January 2000, p. 37. Retrieved 14 October 2011 from Academic (Lexis-Nexis).
  3. ↑ a b "About the Actors: Esta TerBlanche Script error: No such module "webarchive".," Soap Central. Retrieved 23 October 2011.
  4. ↑ "Soap Suds Script error: No such module "webarchive".," Bartow Press, 25 August 1997, p. 4. Retrieved 12 August 2012.
  5. ↑ "Soap Bubbles Script error: No such module "webarchive".," Calhoun Times and Gordon County News, 16 August 1997, p. 17. Retrieved 12 August 2012.
  6. ↑ Kroll, Dan J., "Esta TerBlanche leaving; Darnell Williams Staying Script error: No such module "webarchive".," SoapCentral, 8 September 2001. Retrieved 12 August 2012.
  7. ↑ "'AMC' plans to drop actress and her character," The Dispatch (Lexington, N.C.), 1 December 2001, p. 27. Retrieved 12 August 2012.
  8. ↑ "Celebrity Mailbag Script error: No such module "webarchive".," The Blade (Toledo, Ohio), 5 April 1999. Retrieved 12 August 2012.
  9. ↑ a b c d "Scene and Heard: Where Are They Now? Esta TerBlanche (Ex-Gillian, All My Children, 1997-2001)," Soap Opera Digest (7 December 2010), p. 60.
  10. ↑ "Where Are They Now?," People Celebrates All My Children, 2011, p. 66.
  11. ↑ ABC Soaps in Depth, "AMC Casting: TerBlanche Is Returning! Script error: No such module "webarchive"." 1 August 2011. Retrieved 17 August 2011.
  12. ↑ She Knows Soaps.com, "All My Children Newsroom: Ryan's Long Lost Love Returns Script error: No such module "webarchive".," 22 August 2011. Retrieved 27 August 2011.
  13. ↑ "50/50 Beats the Odds Again and Again." IOL, 7 February 2004. Retrieved 7 October 2011.
  14. ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
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