South African actress, Cleo Rinkwest, on the rise!

Multi talented South African born actress, Cleo Rinkwest, has officially wrapped up with the movie Kite. Having finished filming in April, the ADRs have just been completed and Kite is set for worldwide release in 2014. Kite is a live action film of the remake of the Japanese Anime. Cleo’s co- stars included Samuel L Jackson, Callan McAuliffe and India Eisely.

No stranger to film and television scene, Cleo has acted alongside highly acclaimed actor, Luthuli Dlamini, in a short film titled, As It Used To Be. The film has since gone on to pick up 9 international awards, having won the last two in Grenoble, France. Cleo also featured in the SABC 1 drama, Tempy Pushas, where she played the role of Claudia. She also appears in Mi Casa’s Heavenly Sent music video, and is currently featured in the latest Gumtree commercial.

Cleo’s talents do not only lie on screen, but off screen as well. Cleo has written for South Africa’s most popular television shows such as The Wild, where she was the youngest scriptwriter, Soul City, Inkaba, Zone 14 and Zabalaza. She is a formally trained Ballroom and Latin American dancer, as well as an entrepreneur, owning a production company with partner and fellow actor, Lehasa Moloi, called Lekholo Moving Pictures (100 Moving Pictures).

There is a lot of promise from this rising star. Cleo is currently working on her first original feature film entitled Girls with Curves, and is looking forward to growing her brand within the South African industry. 

By Sheila Afari (PR)

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