Portrait of Lida Botha

Acting

Lida Botha

Career

Active from 1988 to 2026, with a break from 1989 to 2001, with up to 2 main titles a year.

Leading roles
8
top three billing
Average score
GoodWatch score69/100
Highest rated
Poster for Die Kantoor
Die Kantoor
GoodWatch score81/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 8 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 4.1 versus catalog average 4.6EnergyHeart: 4.6 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 2.5 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 5.7 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 5.6 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 5.7 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Lida Botha Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Fantasy
    0.4, average 1.7
  • Pop Culture
    1.0, average 2.2
  • Romance
    2.9, average 3.8
  • Adrenaline
    3.9, average 4.8

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • South African Cinema 3
  • Family Comedy 2
  • Coming-of-Age 2
  • Character Study 2
  • South African Drama 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

36
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

2020s

10 titles · average score 73
Die Kantoor
Die Kantoor (2026)
GoodWatch score 81

TV show · as Tannie Miems

Die Kwiksilwers
Die Kwiksilwers (2025)

as Elsabe

#lovemyselfie
#lovemyselfie (2024)

as Ouma

Desemberdiewe
Desemberdiewe (2022)

as Betsie

Leemtes en Leegheid
Leemtes en Leegheid (2022)

as Magdaleen

4 Mure
4 Mure (2021)

TV show · as Marcelina

Begrond
Begrond (2021)

as Ouma Hester

A Boere-Krismis
A Boere-Krismis (2020)

as Esther Botha

Griekwastad
Griekwastad (2020)
GoodWatch score 65

as Ouma Bettie Steenkamp

Rage
Rage (2020)

as Hermien

2010s

15 titles · average score 77
Die Spreeus
Die Spreeus (2019)

TV show · as Mevrou Erasmus

Susters
Susters (2018)

as Kitty

Canary
Canary (2018)
GoodWatch score 88

as Mrs. Visser

Hoener Met Die Rooi Skoene
Hoener Met Die Rooi Skoene (2017)

as Enith Conradie

Die Byl
Die Byl (2016)

TV show · as Gertrude van Meinster

Die Boekklub
Die Boekklub (2016)

TV show · as Bettie

Hotel
Hotel (2016)

TV show · as Hettie

Road to Your Heart
Road to Your Heart (2014)
GoodWatch score 67

as Ouma Poppie

Donkerland
Donkerland (2013)

TV show · as Emily Andrews

Oupa en Ouma Sit op die Stoep
Oupa en Ouma Sit op die Stoep (2012)

TV show · as Debora Vermeulen

Hoofmeisie
Hoofmeisie (2011)

as Tannie Betsie

Stargazer
Stargazer (2011)

as Ouma Makkie

2000s

6 titles · average score 64
Invictus
Invictus (2009)
GoodWatch score 73

as Mrs. Brits

Deadly Harvest
Deadly Harvest (2008)
GoodWatch score 51

as Old Lady

Geraldina Die Tweede
Geraldina Die Tweede (2007)

TV show · as Miss Pretty

Orion
Orion (2006)

TV show · as Carolina de Jager

Binnelanders
Binnelanders (2005)

TV show · as Bertha Grobbelaar

Promised Land
Promised Land (2002)
GoodWatch score 67

as Kotie

1990s

2 titles · average score 62
Windprints
Windprints (1990)
GoodWatch score 62

as Karen

That Englishwoman: An Account of the Life of Emily Hobhouse
That Englishwoman: An Account of the Life of Emily Hobhouse (1990)

as Lettie's mother

1980s

3 titles · average score 78
Fiela's Child
Fiela's Child (1988)
GoodWatch score 78

as Barta van Rooyen

Who Laughs Last
Who Laughs Last (1986)

as Mrs. Moody

Number Please? The Movie
Number Please? The Movie (1981)

as Kate