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{{Short description|South African actress, playwright and politician}}
{{Short description|South African actress, playwright and politician}}
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{{Infobox person
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| birth_name = Celeste Mitzi Karin Matthews
| birth_date = {{birth year and age|1961}}
| birth_place = [[Cape Flats]], South Africa
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| nationality = South African
| education =
| alma_mater = [[University of Cape Town]], and the
[[Cape Peninsula University of Technology]]
| occupation = Actress, Municipal Councillor ([[metropolitan municipality]]), and Radio Personality
| years_active = 1994–present
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| spouse = [[Alf Wannenburgh]]
(m. 1992; died 2010)
| children = 1
| mother = Lorraine Ruby Gordene Mentoor
| father = Anthony Alexander
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| awards = Fleur du Cap Theatre Award
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'''Celeste Mitzi Karin Matthews''' (born 1961) is a South African actress, playwright, and [[City of Cape Town]] official.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Celeste Matthews - ESAT |url=https://esat.sun.ac.za/index.php/Celeste_Matthews |access-date=2022-08-12 |website=esat.sun.ac.za}}</ref><ref name=":0">{{Cite web |date=9 November 2021 |title=Councillor details. Celeste Wannenburgh. |url=https://www.capetown.gov.za/Family%20and%20home/meet-the-city/city-council/find-your-councillor-ward-or-subcouncil/view-councillor?CouncillorId=8718 |access-date=13 August 2022 |website=City of Cape Town}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2 June 2016 |title=Ontorio for a Forgotten Youth |url=https://www.pressreader.com/south-africa/cape-times/20160602/281767038479903 |access-date=2022-08-12 |website=www.pressreader.com |publisher=Cape Times |page=11}}</ref> She is best known for her roles in the ''[[KykNET]]'' ''& kie'' telenovela ''[[Arendsvlei]],'' and [[David Kramer (singer)|David Kramer]] and [[Taliep Petersen]]'s [[District Six, Cape Town|''District Six'']] ''– The Musical''.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Almal rou hierdie Desember – Arendsvlei |url=https://dstv-fe-kyknet-prod.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/kyknet/af-za/program/arendsvlei/nuus/almal-rou-hierdie-desember-arendsvlei/nuus |access-date=2022-08-13 |website=Arendsvlei - Almal rou hierdie Desember – Arendsvlei |language=af}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2019-02-21 |title='Arendsvlei' se Gertie vertel oor rol as matriarg |url=https://maroelamedia.co.za/vermaak/televisie/arendsvlei-se-gertie-vertel-oor-rol-as-matriarg/ |access-date=2022-08-13 |website=Maroela Media |language=af}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=12 December 2021 |title=Campaigning on a budget |url=https://www.pressreader.com/south-africa/weekend-argus-sunday-edition/20210912/281676848033024 |access-date=2022-08-13 |website=www.pressreader.com |publisher=Weekend Argus |page=2}}</ref>
'''Celeste Mitzi Karin Matthews''' (born 1961) is a South African actress, playwright, and former [[City of Cape Town]] local government official elected to the City Council<ref name="City of Cape Town Link">{{Cite web |title=City of Cape Town Link |url=https://www.capetown.gov.za/Family%20and%20home/Meet-the-City/City-Council/The-City-Council |access-date=2022-09-19 |website=City of Cape Town |language=en}}</ref> in [[2021 South African municipal elections|2021]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Celeste Matthews |url=https://esat.sun.ac.za/index.php/Celeste_Matthews |access-date=2022-08-12 |website=esat.sun.ac.za}}</ref><ref name=":0">{{Cite web |date=9 November 2021 |title=Councillor details. Celeste Wannenburgh. |url=https://www.capetown.gov.za/Family%20and%20home/meet-the-city/city-council/find-your-councillor-ward-or-subcouncil/view-councillor?CouncillorId=8718 |access-date=13 August 2022 |website=City of Cape Town}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2 June 2016 |title=Ontorio for a Forgotten Youth |url=https://www.pressreader.com/south-africa/cape-times/20160602/281767038479903 |access-date=2022-08-12 |via=PressReader |publisher=Cape Times |page=11}}</ref> She is best known for her roles as Gertie Cupido<ref>{{Cite web |date=2019-02-21 |title='Arendsvlei' se Gertie vertel oor rol as matriarg |url=https://maroelamedia.co.za/vermaak/televisie/arendsvlei-se-gertie-vertel-oor-rol-as-matriarg/ |access-date=2022-08-13 |website=Maroela Media |language=af}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=12 December 2021 |title=Campaigning on a budget |url=https://www.pressreader.com/south-africa/weekend-argus-sunday-edition/20210912/281676848033024 |access-date=2022-08-13 |via=PressReader |publisher=Weekend Argus |page=2}}</ref> in [[KykNET|kykNET & kie's]] ''[[Arendsvlei]]'' (a telenovela)<ref>{{Cite web |title=Almal rou hierdie Desember – Arendsvlei |url=https://dstv-fe-kyknet-prod.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/kyknet/af-za/program/arendsvlei/nuus/almal-rou-hierdie-desember-arendsvlei/nuus |access-date=2022-08-13 |website=Arendsvlei - Almal rou hierdie Desember – Arendsvlei |language=af}}</ref> and Auntie Hester<ref>{{Cite book |last1=Matzke |first1=Christine |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=3gk7EAAAQBAJ&q=hester&pg=PA40 |title=African Theatre: Opera & music theatre. 19 |last2=Hoven |first2=Lena van der |last3=Odhiambo |first3=Christopher |last4=Roos |first4=Hilde |date=2020 |publisher=Boydell & Brewer |isbn=978-1-84701-257-9 |pages=40 |language=en}}</ref> in [[David Kramer (singer)|David Kramer]] and [[Taliep Petersen]]'s award-winning 2002<ref>{{Cite web |title=District Six – The Musical |url=https://esat.sun.ac.za/index.php/District_Six_%E2%80%93_The_Musical |access-date=2022-09-19 |website=esat.sun.ac.za}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last=Kruger |first=Loren |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=7rW9DwAAQBAJ&dq=2002+district+six+musical&pg=PT363 |title=A Century of South African Theatre |date=2019-11-28 |publisher=Bloomsbury Publishing |isbn=978-1-350-00802-1 |language=en}}</ref> revival of ''[[District Six: The Musical]]'' (1987).<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=2Hu9DwAAQBAJ&dq=fleur+du+cap+district+six+the+musical&pg=PA297 |title=Forays into Contemporary South African Theatre: Devising New Stage Idioms |date=2019-11-11 |publisher=BRILL |isbn=978-90-04-41446-4 |pages=297 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last=Harrison |first=Philip |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=GjAjvthxrXUC&dq=award+district+six+musical&pg=PA37 |title=Arts & Culture |date=2005 |publisher=New Africa Books |isbn=978-0-86486-565-6 |pages=37 |language=en}}</ref> Vincent Colby<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Vx-8AAAAIAAJ&q=colby+district+six+museum+musicalk |title=The Big Issue, Cape Town |date=1999 |publisher=Big Issue Cape Town |pages=6 |language=en}}</ref> of the District Six Museum cites the musical play as the material which steered a pivotal discussion held in 1994 at the 'old church hall' in former District Six to establish a dedicated museum.<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=RQlCAQAAIAAJ&q=colby+district+six+museum+musicalk |title=TDR (The Drama Review): the journal of performance studies |date=2004 |publisher=MIT Press [for the] New York University/Tisch School of Arts |pages=140 |language=en}}</ref>


== Personal life ==
== Personal life and education ==
Matthews was born in Klavier Laan (lit. "piano lane"), Steenberg to Anthony Alexander Matthews, a public servant, and Lorraine Ruby Gordene Mentoor.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Anthony Alexander Matthews, of Punts Estate |url=https://www.geni.com/people/Anthony-Matthews-of-Punts-Estate/6000000181634398840 |access-date=2022-08-13 |website=geni_family_tree |language=en-US}}</ref> She matriculated from [[Rosebank, Cape Town|Rosebank's]] Progress College whereafter she obtained her Teaching Diploma from Hewat Teachers Training College,<ref>{{Cite web |title=The Hewat Teacher Training College in Athlone is set alight in solidarity with the UWC students on a boycott {{!}} South African History Online |url=https://www.sahistory.org.za/dated-event/hewat-teacher-training-college-athlone-set-alight-solidarity-uwc-students-boycott |access-date=2022-08-13 |website=www.sahistory.org.za}}</ref> followed by her Advanced Certificate in Education (ACE) from the [[University of Cape Town]], and Bachelor of Education [[Honours degree#South%20Africa|Honours degree]] from the [[Cape Peninsula University of Technology]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=About Us – Rosebank Progress College |url=https://www.rosebankprogresscollege.co.za/aboutus/ |access-date=2022-08-13 |language=en-US}}</ref> She is the second wife (1992 to 2010) and widow of the South African author and anti-apartheid activist, [[Alf Wannenburgh]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Genealogy - Geni - private profile - Genealogy |url=https://www.geni.com/people/private/6000000030142601607?through=6000000030128190310 |access-date=2022-08-13 |website=www.geni.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=20 December 2010 |title=Writer and activist Alf Wannenburgh dies |url=https://www.pressreader.com/search?query=celeste%20wannenburgh&hideSimilar=0&type=2&state=2 |access-date=2022-08-13 |website=www.pressreader.com |publisher=Cape Times |page=3}}</ref> The couple have one son. While enrolled at Hewat, in 1995 she joined the Belhar Players.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Nico Malan Theatre - ESAT |url=https://esat.sun.ac.za/index.php/Nico_Malan_Theatre |access-date=2022-08-13 |website=esat.sun.ac.za}}</ref>
Matthews was born in ''Klavier Laan'' (lit. "piano lane"), [[Steenberg, Cape Town|Steenberg]] to Anthony Alexander Matthews, a public servant, and Lorraine Ruby Gordene Mentoor.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Anthony Alexander Matthews, of Punts Estate |url=https://www.geni.com/people/Anthony-Matthews-of-Punts-Estate/6000000181634398840 |access-date=2022-08-13 |website=geni_family_tree |date=3 September 1926 |language=en-US}}</ref> Her childhood home was opposite the Rahmaniyah Masjied (Steenberg Mosque). Matthews’ ethnic background is matrilineally [[Tswana people|Batswana]] and [[Khoekhoen]] — descending directly from the ‘controversial’<ref>{{Cite book |last1=Anderson |first1=Clare |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-F1kAgAAQBAJ&dq=Mentoor+van+Mozambiek&pg=PA67 |title=Mutiny and Maritime Radicalism in the Age of Revolution |last2=Frykman |first2=Niklas |last3=Voss |first3=Lex Heerma van |last4=Rediker |first4=Marcus |date=2013-12-19 |publisher=Cambridge University Press |isbn=978-1-107-68932-9 |pages=67 |language=en}}</ref> 18th century slave,<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=XelRAQAAIAAJ&q=Mentoor+van+Mozambiek |title=Van Riebeeck Society Publications |date=2005 |publisher=The Society |isbn=978-0-9584522-3-6 |pages=xii & 608 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last1=Worden |first1=Nigel |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=t7anCLn2p0cC&dq=Mintor+van+Mozambique&pg=PR16 |title=Trials of Slavery: Selected Documents Concerning Slaves from the Criminal Records of the Council of Justice at the Cape of Good Hope, 1705-1794 |last2=Groenewald |first2=Gerald |date=2005 |publisher=Van Riebeeck Society, The |isbn=978-0-9584522-3-6 |pages=xvi |language=en}}</ref><ref>Emien Wood. 2019. "’n Genealogiese analise van ’n enkele familie as verteenwoordiging van ’n kultuurgroep: ’n ondersoek na nuwe perspektiewe." ''PhD Thesis'' (Stellenbosch University). Stellenbosch: SUN MeDIA. p. 2. (available at: https://core.ac.uk/download/196259554.pdf).</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last=Schoeman |first=Karel |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=_0swAQAAIAAJ&q=Mentor+ |title=Verkenning |date=1996 |publisher=Human & Rousseau |isbn=978-0-7981-3591-7 |pages=88 |language=af}}</ref> Mento(o)r van Mozambique (1792) of [[Quelimane]] at Oudebosch.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Du Preez |first=Ingram Frank |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=QsxBAAAAYAAJ&q=fortuin |title=From Mission Station to Municipality |date=1987 |publisher=Municipality of Pacaltsdorp |isbn=978-0-620-12780-6 |pages=278 & 314 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Genealogy - Geni - private profile - Genealogy |url=https://www.geni.com/people/private/6000000181634028859 |access-date=2022-09-10 |website=www.geni.com}}</ref><ref>Emien Wood. 2019. "’n Genealogiese analise van ’n enkele familie as verteenwoordiging van ’n kultuurgroep: ’n ondersoek na nuwe perspektiewe." ''PhD Thesis'' (Stellenbosch University). Stellenbosch: SUN MeDIA. pp. 364 & 403-404. (available at: https://core.ac.uk/download/196259554.pdf).</ref> According to the Matthews family's oral history, her father's family are of Bantu, St. Helenian, and early Afro-American extraction.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Anthony Alexander Matthews, of Punts Estate |url=https://www.geni.com/people/Anthony-Matthews-of-Punts-Estate/6000000181634398840 |access-date=2022-09-10 |website=geni_family_tree |date=3 September 1926 |language=en-US}}</ref>

She matriculated from [[Rosebank, Cape Town|Rosebank's]] Progress College in 1992, whereafter she obtained her Teaching Diploma from Hewat Teachers Training College (1996);<ref>{{Cite web |title=The Hewat Teacher Training College in Athlone is set alight in solidarity with the UWC students on a boycott {{!}} South African History Online |url=https://www.sahistory.org.za/dated-event/hewat-teacher-training-college-athlone-set-alight-solidarity-uwc-students-boycott |access-date=2022-08-13 |website=www.sahistory.org.za}}</ref> followed by an Advanced Certificate in Education (ACE) with a major in Science from the [[University of Cape Town]] (2003–2004); and completed her [[B.Ed.]] [[Honours degree#South Africa|Honours degree]] in Education Management with the [[Cape Peninsula University of Technology]] (2016).<ref>{{Cite web |title=About Us – Rosebank Progress College |url=https://www.rosebankprogresscollege.co.za/aboutus/ |access-date=2022-08-13 |language=en-US}}</ref> She is the second wife (1992–2010) and widow of the South African author and anti-apartheid activist, [[Alf Wannenburgh]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Genealogy - Geni - private profile - Genealogy |url=https://www.geni.com/people/private/6000000030142601607?through=6000000030128190310 |access-date=2022-08-13 |website=www.geni.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=20 December 2010 |title=Writer and activist Alf Wannenburgh dies |url=https://www.pressreader.com/search?query=celeste%20wannenburgh&hideSimilar=0&type=2&state=2 |access-date=2022-08-13 |via=PressReader |publisher=Cape Times |page=3}}</ref><ref name=":2">{{Cite web |last=Sias |first=Chrislynn |date=15 September 2022 |title=Anties Neem Aksie |url=https://www.pressreader.com/south-africa/kuier/20220915/page/11 |access-date=2022-09-09 |via=PressReader |publisher=Kuier Magazine |page=9}}</ref> The couple have one son. While enrolled at Hewat, she joined the Belhar Players in 1995.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Nico Malan Theatre |url=https://esat.sun.ac.za/index.php/Nico_Malan_Theatre |access-date=2022-08-13 |website=esat.sun.ac.za}}</ref>


== Awards ==
== Awards ==
In 1999, she won a [[Fleur du Cap Theatre Awards|Fleur du Cap Theatre Award]] for 'Best Supporting Actress' as 'Sophie' in Heinrich Reisenhofer's ''Suip!'' (lit. "drink!").<ref>{{Cite web |title=Celeste Matthews {{!}} TVSA |url=https://www.tvsa.co.za/actors/viewactor.aspx?actorid=616 |access-date=2022-08-12 |website=www.tvsa.co.za}}</ref><ref name=":1">{{Cite web |title=Celebrating Celeste Matthews Wannenburgh – National Arts Council |url=https://www.nac.org.za/latest-news/celebrating-celeste-matthews-wannenburgh/ |access-date=2022-08-12 |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last1=Graan |first1=Mike Van |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=YDLV7JfBTWoC&dq=celeste+matthews+actor&pg=PA277 |title=The South African Handbook on Arts and Culture 2002/2003 |last2=Ballantyne |first2=Tammy |date=2002 |publisher=David Philip |isbn=978-0-86486-506-9 |pages=277 |language=en}}</ref> The play and cast also won an additional Fleur du Cap Award for 'Best New Indigenous Script' (1999) that same evening.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Suip! - ESAT |url=https://esat.sun.ac.za/index.php/Suip! |access-date=2022-08-13 |website=esat.sun.ac.za}}</ref>
In 1999, she won a [[Fleur du Cap Theatre Awards|Fleur du Cap Theatre Award]] for 'Best Supporting Actress' as 'Sophie' in Heinrich Reisenhofer's ''Suip!'' (lit. "drink!") and received a First National Bank (FNB) Vita Award<ref name=":2" /><ref name=":3" /> nomination for the same role in early 2000.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Celeste Matthews |url=https://www.tvsa.co.za/actors/viewactor.aspx?actorid=616 |access-date=2022-08-12 |website=www.tvsa.co.za}}</ref><ref name=":1">{{Cite web |title=Celebrating Celeste Matthews Wannenburgh – National Arts Council |url=https://www.nac.org.za/latest-news/celebrating-celeste-matthews-wannenburgh/ |access-date=2022-08-12 |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last1=Graan |first1=Mike Van |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=YDLV7JfBTWoC&dq=celeste+matthews+actor&pg=PA277 |title=The South African Handbook on Arts and Culture 2002/2003 |last2=Ballantyne |first2=Tammy |date=2002 |publisher=David Philip |isbn=978-0-86486-506-9 |pages=277 |language=en}}</ref> The play and cast also won an additional Fleur du Cap Award for 'Best New Indigenous Script' (1999) that same evening.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Suip! |url=https://esat.sun.ac.za/index.php/Suip! |access-date=2022-08-13 |website=esat.sun.ac.za}}</ref>


== Political career ==
== Political career ==
[[File:Logo of Cape Town, South Africa.svg|thumb|178x178px|City of Cape Town logo.]]
Matthews participated in the [[2021 South African municipal elections]] as a candidate for [[Minister of Public Works and Infrastructure (South Africa)|Minister]] [[Patricia de Lille|Patricia de Lille's]] [[Good (political party)|Good party]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=GOOD - Political Party |url=https://forgood.org.za/ |access-date=2022-08-13 |website=For Good |language=en-ZA}}</ref> and subsequently joined the [[Cape Town City Council]] as a Proportional Representative (PR) [[Councillor]] ([[wiktionary:raadslid#Dutch|''Raadslid'']]) on November 9th, 2021.<ref name=":0" /><ref>{{Cite web |date=3 October 2021 |title=GOOD joins hot metro contest |url=https://www.pressreader.com/search?query=celeste%20wannenburgh |archive-date=10 August 2022 |access-date=2022-08-13 |website=Weekend Argus |page=2}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Felix |first=Jason |title=GOOD adds lawyers, business owners and an actor to its election arsenal |url=https://www.news24.com/news24/southafrica/news/good-adds-lawyers-business-owners-and-an-actor-to-its-election-arsenal-20211004 |access-date=2022-08-13 |website=News24 |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=10 August 2022 |title=Aunty Pat's GBVF campaign says don't shut up, speak up |url=https://www.pressreader.com/search?query=Celeste%20Wannenburgh |access-date=2022-08-13 |website=www.pressreader.com |publisher=Cape Argus |page=4}}</ref> Between 2005 and 2021, she served as a ''commissioner''<ref>{{Cite web |title=New Western Cape Cultural Commission |url=https://www.westerncape.gov.za/news/new-western-cape-cultural-commission |access-date=2022-08-13 |website=Western Cape Government |language=en}}</ref> for the Western Cape Cultural Commission and as a board member and adjudicator/advisor on several departmental agencies under South Africa's [[Department of Sports, Arts and Culture|Department of Sport, Arts and Culture]].<ref name=":1" />
Matthews participated in the [[2021 South African municipal elections]] as a candidate<ref>Independent Electoral Commission (IEC). 2021 Municipal Elections Candidate List (Western Cape [WC]). https://www.elections.org.za/pw/Documents/CandidateLists/WC.pdf</ref> for [[Minister of Public Works and Infrastructure (South Africa)|Minister]] [[Patricia de Lille|Patricia de Lille's]] [[Good (political party)|Good party]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=Good – Political Party |url=https://forgood.org.za/ |access-date=2022-08-13 |website=For Good |language=en-ZA}}</ref> and subsequently joined the [[Cape Town City Council]] as a [[Proportional representation|proportional representative]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=Electoral Commission : How to contest municipal elections |url=https://www.elections.org.za/content/Dynamic.aspx?id=1649&name=Pa.. |access-date=2022-09-19 |website=www.elections.org.za}}</ref> (PR) municipal [[councillor]] ([[wiktionary:raadslid#Dutch|''raadslid'']]) on 9 November 2021.<ref name=":0" /><ref>{{Cite web |date=3 October 2021 |title=Good joins hot metro contest |url=https://www.pressreader.com/search?query=celeste%20wannenburgh |access-date=2022-08-13 |website=Weekend Argus |page=2}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Felix |first=Jason |title=Good adds lawyers, business owners and an actor to its election arsenal |url=https://www.news24.com/news24/southafrica/news/good-adds-lawyers-business-owners-and-an-actor-to-its-election-arsenal-20211004 |access-date=2022-08-13 |website=News24 |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=10 August 2022 |title=Aunty Pat's GBVF campaign says don't shut up, speak up |url=https://www.pressreader.com/search?query=Celeste%20Wannenburgh |access-date=2022-08-13 |via=PressReader |publisher=Cape Argus |page=4}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Sias |first=Chrislynn |date=15 September 2022 |title=Anties Neem Aksie |url=https://www.pressreader.com/south-africa/kuier/20220915/page/11 |access-date=2022-09-09 |website=Press Reader |publisher=Kuier Magazine |page=8}}</ref> She is, therefore, one of the 115 PR members that make up the City Council's total membership of 231 councillors.<ref name="City of Cape Town Link"/> Between 2005 and 2021, she served as a commissioner<ref>{{Cite web |title=New Western Cape Cultural Commission |url=https://www.westerncape.gov.za/news/new-western-cape-cultural-commission |access-date=2022-08-13 |website=Western Cape Government |language=en}}</ref> for the Western Cape Cultural Commission (WCCC),<ref>{{Cite web |last=Payi |first=Bulelwa |title=Good adds flames to hotly-contested metro |url=https://www.iol.co.za/weekend-argus/news/good-adds-flames-to-hotly-contested-metro-2e2c0ddb-6d4d-41f2-8b86-0f0dade6150e |access-date=2022-09-19 |website=www.iol.co.za |language=en}}</ref> at the invitation of the then minister [[Pallo Jordan]],<ref>{{Cite web |last=Sias |first=Chrislynn |date=15 September 2022 |title=Anties Neem Aksie |url=https://www.pressreader.com/south-africa/kuier/20220915/page/14 |access-date=2022-09-10 |website=Press Reader |publisher=Kuier Magazine |page=10}}</ref> and as a board member and adjudicator/advisor on several departmental agencies at provincial and national levels under South Africa's [[Department of Sports, Arts and Culture|Department of Sport, Arts and Culture]].<ref name=":1" />

In May 2023, Matthews' name was published in a Provincial Gazette Extraordinary for the Western Cape as one of 17 shortlisted Good party candidates for the Provincial Parliament of the Western Cape seat that became vacant following Shaun August's controversial dismissal.<ref>{{Cite web |date=May 2023 |title=Provincial Gazette Extraordinary |url=https://archive.gazettes.africa/archive/za-wc/2023/za-wc-provincial-gazette-dated-2023-05-22-no-8761.pdf |place=Western Cape, RSA |page=3}}</ref> Matthews separated from the Good party in October 2023, and was subsequently given a Certificate of Recognition civic award by the City of Cape Town for her contribution to Sub-council 16 and the wards that comprise it during her two years in Council (9 November 2021 to 6 October 2023).{{citation needed|date=December 2023}}


== Original plays/works ==
== Original plays/works ==
Her own plays, ''Sandra se Erfenis'' (first performed by Hewat Drama Group with a student cast at the Grahamstown Festival)—was performed with a student cast at the [[National Arts Festival|Grahamstown Festival]]; and ''Sonne Skaamte'' was staged as a 'PlayGround performed reading' (at the Baxter Theatre?) in 2004.<ref>{{Cite web |title=APM |url=https://www.apm.co.za/artiste/celeste-matthews-306/ |access-date=2022-08-13 |website=Artistes Personal Management}}</ref><ref name="auto">{{Cite web |title=Celeste Matthews - ESAT |url=https://esat.sun.ac.za/index.php/Celeste_Matthews |access-date=2022-08-13 |website=esat.sun.ac.za}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Sandra se Erfenis - ESAT |url=https://esat.sun.ac.za/index.php/Sandra_se_Erfenis |access-date=2022-08-13 |website=esat.sun.ac.za}}</ref>
Her own plays, ''Sandra se Erfenis'' (first performed by Hewat Drama Group with a student cast at the Grahamstown Festival) — was performed with a student cast at the [[National Arts Festival|Grahamstown Festival]]; and ''Sonne Skaamte'' was staged as a 'performed reading' in 2004 at the PlayGround venue at the [[Baxter Theatre Centre]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=APM |url=https://www.apm.co.za/artiste/celeste-matthews-306/ |access-date=2022-08-13 |website=Artistes Personal Management}}</ref><ref name="auto">{{Cite web |title=Celeste Matthews |url=https://esat.sun.ac.za/index.php/Celeste_Matthews |access-date=2022-08-13 |website=esat.sun.ac.za}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Sandra se Erfenis |url=https://esat.sun.ac.za/index.php/Sandra_se_Erfenis |access-date=2022-08-13 |website=esat.sun.ac.za}}</ref>


== Theatre productions ==
== Theatre productions ==
[[File:Baxter Theatre.JPG|thumb|240x240px|Baxter Theatre Centre on the Main Road in Rondebosch, Cape Town.]]
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2023: ''African Gothic'' (Reza de Wet's ''Diepe Grond'') at Theatre Arts, Observatory<ref>{{Cite web |last=Cohen |first=Robyn |date= 22 November 2023|orig-date=22/11/2023 |title=THEATRE NEWS: AFRICAN GOTHIC BY REZA DE WET, DIRECTED BY AMEE LEKAS, WINNER OF THEATRE ARTS EMERGING THEATRE DIRECTORS BURSARY 2023 |url=https://thecaperobyn.co.za/theatre-news-african-gothic-by-reza-de-wet-directed-by-amee-lekas-winner-of-theatre-arts-emerging-theatre-directors-bursary-2023/ |website=The Cape Robyn}}</ref>


2018: ''Tjieng Tjang Tjerries'' at US Woordfees, Stellenbosch<ref>{{Cite web |title=Jolyn Phillips Wins 2018 Humanities and Social Sciences Award for Tjieng Tjang Tjerries |url=https://pensouthafrica.co.za/jolyn-phillips-wins-2018-humanities-and-social-sciences-award-for-tjieng-tjang-tjerries/ |website=Pen South Africa}}</ref>
2018: ''Tjieng Tjang Tjerries'' at US Woordfees, Stellenbosch<ref name="auto" /><ref>{{Cite web |title=Jolyn Phillips Wins 2018 Humanities and Social Sciences Award for Tjieng Tjang Tjerries |url=https://pensouthafrica.co.za/jolyn-phillips-wins-2018-humanities-and-social-sciences-award-for-tjieng-tjang-tjerries/ |website=Pen South Africa}}</ref>


2017: ''Die dans van die watermeid'' (“The dance of the water maiden”) at the Baxter Theatre, Cape Town<ref>{{Cite web |title=Powerful story of simplicity |url=https://www.news24.com/News24/powerful-story-of-simplicity-20171113 |access-date=2022-08-13 |website=News24 |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Mayne |first=Jane |date=2017-11-07 |title=Review: 'Die Dans van Watermeid' |url=https://weekendspecial.co.za/die-dans-van-die-watermeid-review/ |access-date=2022-08-13 |website=WeekendSpecial |language=en-ZA}}</ref>
2017: ''Die dans van die watermeid'' ("The dance of the water maiden") at the Baxter Theatre, Cape Town<ref>{{Cite web |title=Powerful story of simplicity |url=https://www.news24.com/News24/powerful-story-of-simplicity-20171113 |access-date=2022-08-13 |website=News24 |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Mayne |first=Jane |date=2017-11-07 |title=Review: 'Die Dans van Watermeid' |url=https://weekendspecial.co.za/die-dans-van-die-watermeid-review/ |access-date=2022-08-13 |website=WeekendSpecial |language=en-ZA}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Enchanting Afrikaans drama at the Baxter |url=http://www.news.uct.ac.za/article/-2017-11-01-enchanting-afrikaans-drama-at-the-baxter |access-date=2022-09-09 |website=www.news.uct.ac.za |language=en}}</ref>


2012: ''Saying Goodbye to Amelia'' as 'Nora' at the Catalina Theatre
2012: ''Saying Goodbye to Amelia'' as 'Nora' at the Catalina Theatre


2008: ''Kroes'' as 'Aunty Maggie'<ref>{{Cite web |date=2008-03-06 |title=Aangrypende Kroes by Oude Libertas op die planke |url=https://www.argief.litnet.co.za/article.php?news_id=34071 |access-date=2022-08-13 |website=www.argief.litnet.co.za}}</ref> (presented at the 2008 ''Suidoosterfees'')<ref>{{Cite web |title=Kroes - ESAT |url=https://esat.sun.ac.za/index.php/Kroes |access-date=2022-08-13 |website=esat.sun.ac.za}}</ref> at Artscape, Cape Town and Oude Libertas Amphitheatre, Stellenbosch
2008: ''Kroes'' as 'Aunty Maggie'<ref>{{Cite web |date=2008-03-06 |title=Aangrypende Kroes by Oude Libertas op die planke |url=https://www.argief.litnet.co.za/article.php?news_id=34071 |access-date=2022-08-13 |website=www.argief.litnet.co.za}}</ref> (presented at the 2008 ''Suidoosterfees'')<ref>{{Cite web |title=Kroes |url=https://esat.sun.ac.za/index.php/Kroes |access-date=2022-08-13 |website=esat.sun.ac.za}}</ref> at Artscape, Cape Town and Oude Libertas Amphitheatre, Stellenbosch


2007: ''Shirley, Goodness and Mercy'' at the Baxter Theatre<ref>{{Cite web |last=Lategan |first=Herman |date=2007-01-24 |title=New play at Baxter takes you into the nostalgic heart of South Africa |url=https://www.argief.litnet.co.za/article.php?news_id=8941 |access-date=2022-08-13 |website=www.argief.litnet.co.za |publisher=LitNet-argief}}</ref>
2007: ''Shirley, Goodness and Mercy'' at the Baxter Theatre<ref>{{Cite web |last=Lategan |first=Herman |date=2007-01-24 |title=New play at Baxter takes you into the nostalgic heart of South Africa |url=https://www.argief.litnet.co.za/article.php?news_id=8941 |access-date=2022-08-13 |website=www.argief.litnet.co.za |publisher=LitNet-argief}}</ref>


2006: ''Truth in Translation'' (2006) at the Market Theatre and repeated at the Baxter Theatre in 2007 (music composed by Hugh Masekela)<ref>{{Cite web |title=Truth in Translation - ESAT |url=https://esat.sun.ac.za/index.php/Truth_in_Translation |access-date=2022-08-13 |website=esat.sun.ac.za}}</ref>
2006: ''Truth in Translation'' at the Market Theatre in Johannesburg (music composed by [[Hugh Masekela]])<ref>{{Cite web |title=Truth in Translation |url=https://esat.sun.ac.za/index.php/Truth_in_Translation |access-date=2022-08-13 |website=esat.sun.ac.za}}</ref>


2005: ''The Goodbye Kiss'' at Theatre on the Bay, Camps Bay
2003 to 2004: ''District Six – The Musical'' as 'Auntie Hester' at the Baxter Theatre


2002: ''District Six – The Musical'' as 'Auntie Hester' at the Baxter Theatre (recording released to DVD in 2007)<ref>University of Wisconsin–Madison Library. 2007. ''David Kramer & Taliep Petersen's District Six'' (Videos, Slides, Films). https://search.library.wisc.edu/catalog/9911222555702121</ref>
1999 to 2001: ''Suip!'' as 'Sophia' (Aardklop Festival; Perth International Arts Festival [2001] and Octagon Theatre, Crawley, Western Australia [1999?];<ref>{{Cite web |title=Issue 42 (Apr-May 2001) |url=https://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-766762890 |access-date=2022-08-13 |website=Trove |publisher=RealTime |page=24 |language=en}}</ref> Klein Karoo Festival; Baxter Theatre; Grahamstown Festival; Opera House, Port Elizabeth; International Arts Festival, Zanzibar; Knysna Theatre)


2002: ''[[The Vagina Monologues]]'' (directed by Dawn Lindberg [April 2002]) at Caesars in Gauteng and the Baxter Theatre
199*/200*: ''Moenie Try Nie'' at Grahamstown Festival<ref>{{Cite web |title=Moenie Try Nie - ESAT |url=https://esat.sun.ac.za/index.php/Moenie_Try_Nie |access-date=2022-08-13 |website=esat.sun.ac.za}}</ref>


1999 to 2001: ''Suip!'' as 'Sophia' (Aardklop Festival; Perth International Arts Festival [2001] and Octagon Theatre, Crawley, Western Australia [1999?];<ref>{{Cite web |title=Issue 42 (Apr-May 2001) |url=https://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-766762890 |access-date=2022-08-13 |website=Trove |publisher=RealTime |page=24 |language=en}}</ref> Klein Karoo Festival; Baxter Theatre; Grahamstown Festival; Opera House, Port Elizabeth; International Arts Festival, Zanzibar; Knysna Theatre)
1998: ''Mix Masala'' at Artscape<ref>{{Cite web |title=Mix Masala - ESAT |url=https://esat.sun.ac.za/index.php/Mix_Masala |access-date=2022-08-13 |website=esat.sun.ac.za}}</ref>


199*/200*: ''Moenie Try Nie'' at Grahamstown Festival<ref>{{Cite web |title=Moenie Try Nie |url=https://esat.sun.ac.za/index.php/Moenie_Try_Nie |access-date=2022-08-13 |website=esat.sun.ac.za}}</ref>
== Filmography ==
{{Small|''Source''}}<ref>{{Cite web |title=Celeste Matthews {{!}} TVSA |url=https://www.tvsa.co.za/actors/viewactor.aspx?actorid=616 |access-date=2022-08-13 |website=www.tvsa.co.za}}</ref>


2021: ''[[Angeliena]]'' ([[Netflix]] Movie) as 'Angeliena's Mommy'<ref>{{Cite web |title=SPOTLIGHT {{!}} New Venom movie; DC Fandome global event; & local film 'Angeliena' on Netflix |url=https://www.sowetanlive.co.za/entertainment/2021-10-14-spotlight-new-venom-movie-dc-fandome-global-event-local-film-angeliena-on-netflix/ |access-date=2022-08-13 |website=SowetanLIVE |language=en-ZA}}</ref>
1998: ''Mix Masala'' at Artscape<ref>{{Cite web |title=Mix Masala |url=https://esat.sun.ac.za/index.php/Mix_Masala |access-date=2022-08-13 |website=esat.sun.ac.za}}</ref>


1994: ''Sandra se Erfenis'' at Grahamstown Festival (Rhodes Box). Written and directed by Matthews—who also played the role of "Auntie Murie"
2021: ''Atlantis'' (Movie) as 'Taxi Passenger'


== Filmography ==
2021: ''Swirl'' (Shomax Movie)<ref>{{Cite web |last=Landie |first=Candice |date=2021-03-31 |title=A Love Letter To Hair On The Cape Flats |url=https://www.koesister.com/post/a-love-letter-to-hair-on-the-cape-flats |access-date=2022-08-13 |website=Koesister |language=en}}</ref>
{| class="wikitable"
|+
!Year
!Film
!Role
!Genre
!Ref.
|-
|2021
|''[[Angeliena]]''
|Angeliena's mommy
|[[Netflix]] Movie
|<ref>{{Cite web |title=Celeste Matthews |url=https://www.tvsa.co.za/actors/viewactor.aspx?actorid=616 |access-date=2022-08-13 |website=www.tvsa.co.za}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Spotlight {{!}} New Venom movie; DC Fandome global event; & local film 'Angeliena' on Netflix |url=https://www.sowetanlive.co.za/entertainment/2021-10-14-spotlight-new-venom-movie-dc-fandome-global-event-local-film-angeliena-on-netflix/ |access-date=2022-08-13 |website=SowetanLIVE |language=en-ZA}}</ref>
|-
|2021
|''Atlantis''
|Taxi passenger
|Movie
|
|-
|2021
|''Swirl''
|Unknown
|Shomax Movie
|<ref>{{Cite web |last=Landie |first=Candice |date=2021-03-31 |title=A Love Letter To Hair On The Cape Flats |url=https://www.koesister.com/post/a-love-letter-to-hair-on-the-cape-flats |access-date=2022-08-13 |website=Koesister |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Cohen |first=Robyn |date=2021-03-25 |title=Film review: SWIRL, directed and written by Quanita Adams |url=https://thecaperobyn.co.za/film-review-swirl-directed-and-written-by-quanita-adams/ |access-date=2022-09-09 |website=The Cape Robyn |language=en-ZA}}</ref>
|-
|2018–present
|''[[Arendsvlei]]''
|Gertie Cupido
|Afrikaans TV Series
|<ref name=":3">{{Cite web |last=Sias |first=Chrislynn |title=Theresa Sedras en Celeste Matthews Wannenburgh woeker op TV |url=https://www.netwerk24.com/netwerk24/kuier/theresa-sedras-en-celeste-matthews-wannenburgh-woeker-op-tv-20220909 |access-date=2022-09-09 |website=Netwerk24 |language=af-ZA}}</ref>
|-
|2017/2018
|''Sara se Geheim''
|Debbie
|Afrikaans TV Series
|<ref>{{Cite web |last=Tremeer |first=Amanda |date=2021-01-14 |title=Getting schooled in Arendsvlei |url=https://stories.showmax.com/getting-schooled-in-arendsvlei/ |access-date=2022-09-09 |website=Showmax Stories |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Sara se Geheim {{!}} Full Cast {{!}} Season 1 |url=https://www.tvsa.co.za/shows/viewshowcast.aspx?showid=5482&season=1 |access-date=2022-09-09 |website=www.tvsa.co.za}}</ref>
|-
|2017
|''Nama Swaan''
|Grandmother
|Showmax & [[Silwerskerm Film Festival]]
|<ref>{{Cite web |title=Nama Swaan |url=https://www.showmax.com/eng/movie/ufqa1lkk-nama-swaan |website=Shomax}}</ref>
|-
|2016
|''Twee Grade van Moord''
|Nurse 2
|Afrikaans Movie
|<ref>{{Cite web |title=Twee Grade van Moord (2016) movie posters |url=https://www.movieposterdb.com/twee-grade-van-moord-i4212552 |access-date=2022-09-09 |website=MoviePosterDB.com |language=en}}</ref>
|-
|2016
|''Vinkel & Koljander''
|Neesha Solomons
|Afrikaans TV Series
|<ref>{{Cite web |last=Hill |first=Saskia |title=Vinkel en Koljander: Die splinternuwe sitkom op kykNET |url=https://www.netwerk24.com/huisgenoot/Nuus/vinkel-en-koljander-die-splinternuwe-sitkom-op-kyknet-20170528 |access-date=2022-09-09 |website=Huisgenoot |language=af-ZA}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=kykNET Uitgawe 2 - 2016 |url=https://viewer.joomag.com/kyknet-uitgawe-2-2016/0639681001462351800?page=18 |access-date=2022-09-09 |website=Joomag |language=en}}</ref>
|-
|2013
|''Lenteblom''
|Vanessa
|Afrikaans Movie
|<ref>{{Cite web |last=Grundling |first=Mauritz |date=2013-08-27 |title=Lenteblom by die kykNET Silwerskerm-fees 2013 |url=https://www.litnet.co.za/lenteblom-by-die-kyknet-silwerskerm-fees-2013/ |access-date=2022-09-09 |website=LitNet}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Lenteblom |url=https://esat.sun.ac.za/index.php/Lenteblom |access-date=2022-09-09 |website=esat.sun.ac.za}}</ref>
|-
|2013
|[[Mad Dogs (British TV series)|''Mad Dogs'' (British TV series)]]
|Kaela (in episode #3.2)
|British TV Series
|
|-
|2012
|''Oupa en Ouma Sit op die Stoep''
|Patience Daniels
|Afrikaans TV Series
|
|-
|2009/2012
|''Montana''
|Mrs. De Villiers (S1) &
Bonteheuwel Good Samaritan (S2)
|Afrikaans TV Series
|
|-
|2011
|''There Are No Heroes''
|Neighbour
|Short Film
|
|-
|2006/2010
|''Stokvel''
|Lynette Isaacs (S4) &
Sister Plaatjies (S7)
|Afrikaans TV Series
|
|-
|2007
|''Der Mann von gestern''
|Unknown
|German TV Movie
|<ref>{{Cite web |title=Celeste Matthews |url=https://www.csfd.cz/tvurce/225206-celeste-matthews/biografie/ |access-date=2022-08-12 |website=csfd.cz |language=cs-CZ}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Der Mann von gestern (2007) pełna obsada |url=https://www.filmweb.pl/film/Der+Mann+von+gestern-2007-464723/cast/actors |access-date=2022-08-12 |website=Filmweb |language=pl}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Celeste Matthews - Serien, Sendungen auf TV Wunschliste |url=https://www.wunschliste.de/person/celeste-matthews |access-date=2022-08-12 |website=TV Wunschliste |language=de}}</ref>
|-
|2007
|''Geraldina die Tweede''
|Matron Firestone
|Afrikaans TV Series
|
|-
|2006
|''Home Affairs''
|Lizzie (S2)
|TV series
|
|-
|2006
|''Orion''
|Mrs. Otto
|TV series
|
|-
|2006
|''The Piano''
|Unknown
|SABC2 TV Movie
|<ref>{{Cite web |year=2006 |title=Heartlines |url=https://www.heartlines.org.za/films/the-piano}}</ref>
|-
|2005
|''Known Gods''
|Mara Horing
|TV series
|
|-
|2005
|''Scandal!''
|Guest star (S1)
|TV series
|
|-
|2005
|''{{ill|Einmal so wie ich will|de}}''
|Nelly
|German TV Movie
|
|-
|2005
|''{{ill|Under the Dark Sun of Africa|fr|Pas de ciel au-dessus de l'Afrique}}''
|Guest star
|German TV Movie
|<ref>{{Cite web |title=Kein Himmel über Afrika: Folgen mit Celeste Matthews |url=https://www.wunschliste.de/person/celeste-matthews/kein-himmel-ueber-afrika/folgen |access-date=2022-09-09 |website=TV Wunschliste |language=de}}</ref><ref>{{Citation |last=KG |first=imfernsehen GmbH & Co |title=Kein Himmel über Afrika: Cast & Crew |url=https://www.fernsehserien.de/kein-himmel-ueber-afrika/cast-crew |language=de |access-date=2022-09-09}}</ref><ref>{{Citation |title=Není nebe nad Afrikou (2005) |url=https://www.csfd.cz/film/207529-neni-nebe-nad-afrikou/hraji/ |language=cs-CZ |access-date=2022-09-09}}</ref>
|-
|2004
|[[Forgiveness (2004 film)|''Forgiveness'']]
|Petra
|Movie
|
|-
|2003
|''Das Licht von Afrika''
|Amy
|German TV Movie
|
|-
|2003
|''Dissonances''
|Gardienne
|French Movie
|<ref>{{Citation |title=Dissonances (2003) |url=https://www.csfd.cz/film/166178-dissonances/filmoteka/ |language=cs-CZ |access-date=2022-09-09}}</ref>
|-
|2002
|Villa Rosa
|Unknown
|TV series
|
|-
|2002
|Big Oakes
|Unknown
|TV series
|
|-
|2002
|SOS (Save Our Souls)
|Unknown
|TV series
|
|-
|2002
|''Fishy Fêshuns''
|Flower seller (S2)
|TV series
|
|-
|2000
|''Backstage''
|Guest star (S1)
|TV series
|
|}


==Awards and nominations==
2018: ''Arendsvlei'' (Afrikaans TV Series) as 'Gertie Cupido' (appearing in more than 88 episodes).


{| class="wikitable sortable"
2017/2018: ''Sara se Geheim'' (Afrikaans TV Series) as 'Debbie'
! Year

! Association
2016: ''Twee Grade van Moord'' as 'Nurse 2'
! Category

! Work
2016: ''Vinkel & Koljander'' (Afrikaans TV Series) as 'Neesha Solomons'
! Result

! Ref
2013: ''Lenteblom'' (Afrikaans Movie) as 'Vanessa'
|-

| 1999
2013: [[Mad Dogs (British TV series)|''Mad Dogs'' (British TV series)]] as 'Kaela' in episode #3.2
| [[Fleur du Cap Theatre Awards|Fleur du Cap Theatre Award]]

| Best Actress in a Supporting Role
2012: ''Oupa en Ouma Sit op die Stoep'' (Afrikaans TV Series) as 'Patience Daniels'
|''Suip!''

| {{win}}
2011: ''There Are No Heroes'' (Short) as 'Neighbour'
| <ref name="Encyclopaedia of South African Theatre, Film, Media and Performance (ESAT)">{{cite web |date=28 January 2019 |title=Suip! |url=https://esat.sun.ac.za/index.php/Suip! |access-date=20 August 2023 |website=Encyclopaedia of South African Theatre, Film, Media and Performance (ESAT)}}</ref>

|-
2007: ''Der Mann von gestern'' (German TV Movie)<ref>{{Cite web |title=Celeste Matthews |url=https://www.csfd.cz/tvurce/225206-celeste-matthews/biografie/ |access-date=2022-08-12 |website=csfd.cz |language=cs-CZ}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Der Mann von gestern (2007) pełna obsada |url=https://www.filmweb.pl/film/Der+Mann+von+gestern-2007-464723/cast/actors |access-date=2022-08-12 |website=Filmweb |language=pl}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Celeste Matthews - Serien, Sendungen auf TV Wunschliste |url=https://www.wunschliste.de/person/celeste-matthews |access-date=2022-08-12 |website=TV Wunschliste |language=de}}</ref>
| 2000

| First National Bank Vita Award
2007: ''Geraldina die Tweede'' (TV Series) as 'Matron Firestone'
| Best Actress in a Supporting Role

| ''Suip!''
2006: ''Home Affairs'' (SABC1 TV Series [Season 2]) as 'Lizzie'
| {{nominated}}

|}
2006: ''Orion'' (TV Series) as 'Mrs. Otto'

2005: ''Known Gods''' (TV Series [a 26-part drama]) as 'Mara Horing'

2005: ''Scandal!'' (e.tv TV Series [Season 1]) as 'Guest Star'

2005: ''Einmal so wie ich will'' (German TV Movie) as 'Nelly'

2005: ''{{ill|Under the Dark Sun of Africa|fr|Pas de ciel au-dessus de l'Afrique}}'' (German TV Movie)

2004: ''Forgiveness'' as 'Petra'

2003: ''Das Licht von Afrika'' (German TV Movie) as 'Amy'

2003: ''Dissonances'' as 'Gardienne'


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* https://www.pressreader.com/south-africa/kuier/20220915/page/11


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Celeste Matthews
Born
Celeste Mitzi Karin Matthews

1961 (age 63–64)
Cape Flats, South Africa
NationalitySouth African
Alma materUniversity of Cape Town, and the Cape Peninsula University of Technology
Occupation(s)Actress, Municipal Councillor (metropolitan municipality), and Radio Personality
Years active1994–present
SpouseAlf Wannenburgh (m. 1992; died 2010)
Children1
Parents
  • Anthony Alexander (father)
  • Lorraine Ruby Gordene Mentoor (mother)
AwardsFleur du Cap Theatre Award

Celeste Mitzi Karin Matthews (born 1961) is a South African actress, playwright, and former City of Cape Town local government official elected to the City Council[1] in 2021.[2][3][4] She is best known for her roles as Gertie Cupido[5][6] in kykNET & kie's Arendsvlei (a telenovela)[7] and Auntie Hester[8] in David Kramer and Taliep Petersen's award-winning 2002[9][10] revival of District Six: The Musical (1987).[11][12] Vincent Colby[13] of the District Six Museum cites the musical play as the material which steered a pivotal discussion held in 1994 at the 'old church hall' in former District Six to establish a dedicated museum.[14]

Personal life and education

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Matthews was born in Klavier Laan (lit. "piano lane"), Steenberg to Anthony Alexander Matthews, a public servant, and Lorraine Ruby Gordene Mentoor.[15] Her childhood home was opposite the Rahmaniyah Masjied (Steenberg Mosque). Matthews’ ethnic background is matrilineally Batswana and Khoekhoen — descending directly from the ‘controversial’[16] 18th century slave,[17][18][19][20] Mento(o)r van Mozambique (1792) of Quelimane at Oudebosch.[21][22][23] According to the Matthews family's oral history, her father's family are of Bantu, St. Helenian, and early Afro-American extraction.[24]

She matriculated from Rosebank's Progress College in 1992, whereafter she obtained her Teaching Diploma from Hewat Teachers Training College (1996);[25] followed by an Advanced Certificate in Education (ACE) with a major in Science from the University of Cape Town (2003–2004); and completed her B.Ed. Honours degree in Education Management with the Cape Peninsula University of Technology (2016).[26] She is the second wife (1992–2010) and widow of the South African author and anti-apartheid activist, Alf Wannenburgh.[27][28][29] The couple have one son. While enrolled at Hewat, she joined the Belhar Players in 1995.[30]

Awards

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In 1999, she won a Fleur du Cap Theatre Award for 'Best Supporting Actress' as 'Sophie' in Heinrich Reisenhofer's Suip! (lit. "drink!") and received a First National Bank (FNB) Vita Award[29][31] nomination for the same role in early 2000.[32][33][34] The play and cast also won an additional Fleur du Cap Award for 'Best New Indigenous Script' (1999) that same evening.[35]

Political career

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City of Cape Town logo.

Matthews participated in the 2021 South African municipal elections as a candidate[36] for Minister Patricia de Lille's Good party[37] and subsequently joined the Cape Town City Council as a proportional representative[38] (PR) municipal councillor (raadslid) on 9 November 2021.[3][39][40][41][42] She is, therefore, one of the 115 PR members that make up the City Council's total membership of 231 councillors.[1] Between 2005 and 2021, she served as a commissioner[43] for the Western Cape Cultural Commission (WCCC),[44] at the invitation of the then minister Pallo Jordan,[45] and as a board member and adjudicator/advisor on several departmental agencies at provincial and national levels under South Africa's Department of Sport, Arts and Culture.[33]

In May 2023, Matthews' name was published in a Provincial Gazette Extraordinary for the Western Cape as one of 17 shortlisted Good party candidates for the Provincial Parliament of the Western Cape seat that became vacant following Shaun August's controversial dismissal.[46] Matthews separated from the Good party in October 2023, and was subsequently given a Certificate of Recognition civic award by the City of Cape Town for her contribution to Sub-council 16 and the wards that comprise it during her two years in Council (9 November 2021 to 6 October 2023).[citation needed]

Original plays/works

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Her own plays, Sandra se Erfenis (first performed by Hewat Drama Group with a student cast at the Grahamstown Festival) — was performed with a student cast at the Grahamstown Festival; and Sonne Skaamte was staged as a 'performed reading' in 2004 at the PlayGround venue at the Baxter Theatre Centre.[47][48][49]

Theatre productions

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Baxter Theatre Centre on the Main Road in Rondebosch, Cape Town.

2023: African Gothic (Reza de Wet's Diepe Grond) at Theatre Arts, Observatory[50]

2018: Tjieng Tjang Tjerries at US Woordfees, Stellenbosch[48][51]

2017: Die dans van die watermeid ("The dance of the water maiden") at the Baxter Theatre, Cape Town[52][53][54]

2012: Saying Goodbye to Amelia as 'Nora' at the Catalina Theatre

2008: Kroes as 'Aunty Maggie'[55] (presented at the 2008 Suidoosterfees)[56] at Artscape, Cape Town and Oude Libertas Amphitheatre, Stellenbosch

2007: Shirley, Goodness and Mercy at the Baxter Theatre[57]

2006: Truth in Translation at the Market Theatre in Johannesburg (music composed by Hugh Masekela)[58]

2005: The Goodbye Kiss at Theatre on the Bay, Camps Bay

2002: District Six – The Musical as 'Auntie Hester' at the Baxter Theatre (recording released to DVD in 2007)[59]

2002: The Vagina Monologues (directed by Dawn Lindberg [April 2002]) at Caesars in Gauteng and the Baxter Theatre

1999 to 2001: Suip! as 'Sophia' (Aardklop Festival; Perth International Arts Festival [2001] and Octagon Theatre, Crawley, Western Australia [1999?];[60] Klein Karoo Festival; Baxter Theatre; Grahamstown Festival; Opera House, Port Elizabeth; International Arts Festival, Zanzibar; Knysna Theatre)

199*/200*: Moenie Try Nie at Grahamstown Festival[61]

1998: Mix Masala at Artscape[62]

1994: Sandra se Erfenis at Grahamstown Festival (Rhodes Box). Written and directed by Matthews—who also played the role of "Auntie Murie"

Filmography

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Year Film Role Genre Ref.
2021 Angeliena Angeliena's mommy Netflix Movie [63][64]
2021 Atlantis Taxi passenger Movie
2021 Swirl Unknown Shomax Movie [65][66]
2018–present Arendsvlei Gertie Cupido Afrikaans TV Series [31]
2017/2018 Sara se Geheim Debbie Afrikaans TV Series [67][68]
2017 Nama Swaan Grandmother Showmax & Silwerskerm Film Festival [69]
2016 Twee Grade van Moord Nurse 2 Afrikaans Movie [70]
2016 Vinkel & Koljander Neesha Solomons Afrikaans TV Series [71][72]
2013 Lenteblom Vanessa Afrikaans Movie [73][74]
2013 Mad Dogs (British TV series) Kaela (in episode #3.2) British TV Series
2012 Oupa en Ouma Sit op die Stoep Patience Daniels Afrikaans TV Series
2009/2012 Montana Mrs. De Villiers (S1) &

Bonteheuwel Good Samaritan (S2)

Afrikaans TV Series
2011 There Are No Heroes Neighbour Short Film
2006/2010 Stokvel Lynette Isaacs (S4) &

Sister Plaatjies (S7)

Afrikaans TV Series
2007 Der Mann von gestern Unknown German TV Movie [75][76][77]
2007 Geraldina die Tweede Matron Firestone Afrikaans TV Series
2006 Home Affairs Lizzie (S2) TV series
2006 Orion Mrs. Otto TV series
2006 The Piano Unknown SABC2 TV Movie [78]
2005 Known Gods Mara Horing TV series
2005 Scandal! Guest star (S1) TV series
2005 Einmal so wie ich will [de] Nelly German TV Movie
2005 Under the Dark Sun of Africa [fr] Guest star German TV Movie [79][80][81]
2004 Forgiveness Petra Movie
2003 Das Licht von Afrika Amy German TV Movie
2003 Dissonances Gardienne French Movie [82]
2002 Villa Rosa Unknown TV series
2002 Big Oakes Unknown TV series
2002 SOS (Save Our Souls) Unknown TV series
2002 Fishy Fêshuns Flower seller (S2) TV series
2000 Backstage Guest star (S1) TV series

Awards and nominations

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Year Association Category Work Result Ref
1999 Fleur du Cap Theatre Award Best Actress in a Supporting Role Suip! Won [83]
2000 First National Bank Vita Award Best Actress in a Supporting Role Suip! Nominated

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