The South African series Reyka, has earned two Emmy nominations; lead actress Kim Engelbrecht is up for “Best Actress” while the series is up for “Best Drama”.
South Africa (30 September 2022) – The proudly South African series Reyka, has earned two Emmy nominations and South Africans are very excited! The drama series follows criminal profiler Reyka Gama as she investigates a string of brutal murders committed by a serial killer in the sugar cane fields of KwaZulu-Natal.
Kim Engelbrecht plays the lead in the show and has followed up her 2022 South African Film and Television Award (SAFTA) Best Actress win with an International Emmy nomination for her title role in the M-Net crime series.
Reyka is the first African drama series to be nominated in more than a decade – and only the third ever, after Home Affairs in 2007 and 2008, and Sokhulu and Partners in 2009.
“This nomination means so much more than you could ever imagine,”
“This serves as validation to our entire Reyka team that hard work and commitment does not go unnoticed. Congratulations Team Reyka. I saw a quote this morning: ‘You can get to where you want to go from exactly where you are.’ Thank you to the International Emmys for the incredible nomination. Thank you for the opportunity to share our show with the world. South Africa has so many stories to tell.” – Kim Engelbrecht
Engelbrecht is just the fifth African actress to be nominated for the International Emmy, after Egyptian Menna Shalabi (Every Week On A Friday) in 2021, Thuso Mbedu (Is’thunzi) in 2017 and 2018, and Lerato Mvelase in 2010 and Brenda Ngxoli in 2007 for Home Affairs. Mbedu has gone on to star in The Underground Railroad and The Woman King to international acclaim.
“It is wonderful for South African talent to be recognised,”
“The Reyka team was incredible and the shoot, although in the middle of a terrible wave of Covid, was extremely special. Everyone knew they were working on an exceptional production and worked with great care and passion. This nomination is a testament to creator Rohan Dickson’s incredible scripts and to the really ambitious and imaginative work of the directors, production and creative team, who stretched themselves every day.” – Harriet Gavshon, Executive Producer from Quizzical Pictures
At the 2022 SAFTAs, Reyka won four Golden Horns: Best Actress (Engelbrecht), Directing (Catharine Cooke and Zee Ntuli), Scriptwriting (Dickson), and Cinematography (Tom Marais). It was also nominated for TV Drama, Best Actor (Hamilton Dlamini), Editing (Melanie Jankes Golden and Matthew Swanepoel), and Make-Up and Hairstyling (Theola Booyens).
Take a look at the trailer for the series below. If you have not yet watched it, it is available to stream on Showmax.
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