Renate Stuurman
Actor · Cape Town, South Africa
Renate Stuurman is a South African actress best known for her soapie roles as Denise in SABC2's 7de Laan, as Jade in SABC3's Isidingo and as Tamia Bardill in Scandal!, on e.tv. Born and raised in Cape Town, Renate pursued studies in drama at Rhodes University, Grahamstown with renowned actor/playwright, Andrew Buckland and top choreographer Gary Gordon. Having gained a degree in drama, she moved to Johannesburg in 1999. It was not long before she won cameo roles in the e.tv series Schoop Schoombie, SOS and Backstage. Lead roles include the role of Denise in the Afrikaans soap 7de Laan; the role of Kim in the Franz Marx drama series The Res; the role of Jade in the daily English soap Isidingo; and the role of Tamia Bardill in e.tv's newsroom drama Scandal!. She also played a journalist in the SABC2 drama series Song vir Katryn. Other television series she has appeared in include Jozi Streets, Jozi-H and Riemvasmaak. In 2009 she played the role of 21-16 in the British-American television mini-series The Prisoner, a remake of the classic 1960s series of the same name. In 2010 she starred as Roxanne Davids in the SABC2 drama series The Mating Game, from March to June.
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Biography from TMDB.
- Cape Town, South Africa
- Actor
- 6 on MovieCove · 13 credits in all
What are Renate Stuurman's films like?
Across their 5 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Self and Bonds.
Genres
Their MovieCove films by primary genre. The badge is the typical Midcredits score of the genre's films, the median percentile; an up arrow marks a genre at or above their average across these genres.
Themes
What they feel like to watch
Ironic 0 · Wry 0 · Earnest 4
Light 4 · Serious 0 · Dark 0
A split, not a type: Grounded 3 · Stylized 0 · Heightened 1
Gentle 3 · Charged 1 · Intense 0
Steady 3 · Shifting 1 · Whiplash 0
Straight-faced 2 · Some laughs 2 · Funny 0
A split, not a type: Slow burn 3 · Even-paced 1 · Relentless 0
Casual 4 · Engaged 0 · Full focus 0
Easy watch 3 · Affecting 1 · Heavy 0
Resolved 4 · Open-ended 0 · Ambiguous 0
Roles they play
Usually the Hero: 2 of 3 analyzed roles.
- Allyas Princess in Happiness Is a Four-letter Word (2016)
- Heroas Princess in Happiness Ever After (2021)
- Heroas Princess in Happiness Is (2024)
Moods and endings
- Happy2
- Bittersweet2
- Ambiguous1
AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.
Where can I watch Renate Stuurman's films?
As of October 24, 2026, all 6 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service.
Subscription and free streaming for Renate Stuurman's titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.
Filmography
13 credits, 6 with a MovieCove page.
Mord auf dem Inka-Pfad (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2025)
Happiness Is(2024)
Midcredits score: 13th percentile of all films
Hartklop (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2023)
Happiness Ever After(2021)
Midcredits score: 35th percentile of all films
Holiday in the Wild(2019)
Midcredits score: 53rd percentile of all films
Table Manners (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2018)
Liebe auf den ersten Trick (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2018)
Unmarried (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2018)
Midcredits score: 77th percentile of all films
The Giver(2014)
Midcredits score: 56th percentile of all films
The Prisoner(2009)
Midcredits score: 15th percentile of all shows
Meisie (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2007)
Binnelanders (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2005)
Career shape
Star power in the 85th percentile of 239,109 people with a billed film role, over a full career of 13 titles from 2005 to 2025; peak year 2021.
Biggest box office
Happiness Is a Four-letter Word (2016)
Highest rated
Holiday in the Wild (2019)
Most popular right now
The Prisoner (2009)
Film career
Peak 2021 · at the high point of their film career. Film roles by billing, audience size and rating; 25+ votes. A show carries a single first-air date, so shows are not on the curve.
- 2005Screen debut· Binnelanders
- 2014First film· The Giver
- 2021First top-billed film· Happiness Ever After
Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it. The ring is the typical Midcredits score (the median percentile) of the role's titles that are on MovieCove, shown from 5 scored.
How do Renate Stuurman's films land?
Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 53rd percentile, the median of all 5; across a limited sample of 4 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 53rd percentile for acclaim.
- 75th and up1
- 50th to 74th2
- 25th to 49th1
- Below 25th2
Shape of the crowd
4 of their 6 titles are Mixed.
- Crowd Pleaser2
- Mixed4
Reviewers score the acting 63/100 in their films, across 4 reviewed titles; fans 71, detractors 25. The element that speaks to their work as an actor.
Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.
Who does Renate Stuurman work with?
People who share at least 2 of Renate Stuurman's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Richard Lukunku shares the most, 3.
Directors
- Thabang MoleyaShared titles: Happiness Ever After (2021), Happiness Is a Four-letter Word (2016)See all 2 shared titles with Thabang Moleya
Actors
- Richard LukunkuShared titles: Happiness Is (2024), Happiness Ever After (2021), Happiness Is a Four-letter Word (2016)See all 3 shared titles with Richard Lukunku
- Khanyi MbauShared titles: Happiness Ever After (2021), Happiness Is a Four-letter Word (2016)See all 2 shared titles with Khanyi Mbau
Cinematographers
- Lance GewerShared titles: Happiness Ever After (2021), Happiness Is a Four-letter Word (2016)See all 2 shared titles with Lance Gewer
Producers
- Bongiwe SelaneShared titles: Happiness Ever After (2021), Happiness Is a Four-letter Word (2016)See all 2 shared titles with Bongiwe Selane