Elize du Toit

Elize du Toit

filming Material Girl for the BBC
Born 5 September 1981
Grahamstown, South Africa
Residence West Kensington, London, UK
Occupation Film, television actress
Years active 2000–present
Spouse(s) Rafe Spall (2010–present)
Children Lena Spall
Rex Spall

Elize du Toit (born 5 September 1981) is a South African born actress best known for playing the role of Izzy Davies in the Channel 4 soap opera Hollyoaks from 2000 to 2004, with a brief return in 2007.

Early and personal life

Elize du Toit was born in Grahamstown, South Africa,[1] the second of four children, to an artist mother and an orthodontist father. She spent most of her childhood in Pretoria. She moved to Berkshire, United Kingdom in December 1994, where she attended Wellington College, completed her A-levels - attaining straight As in English, French, History and History of Art - and was a member of Reading's Progress Theatre.[2] She studied history at Edinburgh University, and performed with the Edinburgh University Theatre Company.[3]

On 1 February 2008, she met actor Rafe Spall through friends in a bar in London.[4] The couple married in 2010,[5] and live in West Kensington, London.[6] Their first child, a daughter Lena was born in 2011, and in November 2012 their second, a son called Rex.[5]

Career

Elize Du Toit won the role of Izzy Davies in the Channel 4 Soap Opera Hollyoaks after an open audition – beating 40,000 hopefuls. She left the show in 2004 after four years filming in Liverpool.[2]

In November 2011, Du Toit made an appearance in Coronation Street as Jenny, the ex-girlfriend of Matt Carter.[7]

Filmography

Year Title Role Notes
2000–2004 Hollyoaks Izzy Cornwell
2005 Triangle Bailey Blake American pilot, not picked up[8]
2006 The Devil's Chair Rachel Fowles
Dalziel and Pascoe Abigail Stewart Series 10, 2 episodes: "Glory Days, Part 1 & 2"[9]
The Line of Beauty Sophie Tipper 1 episode
2007 Flirting with Flamenco Karen Straight-to-DVD[10]
Doctor Who Sinister woman Series 3, 2 episodes
Hollyoaks Izzy Cornwell
2008 The Bill Claire Webster 1 episode
Casualty Nicola Westland 3 episodes
2009 Homeland Sylvie
Waterloo Road Heather
Ghost Town Rachel
2010 Material Girl Katy Travis 1 episode
M.I. High Sydney Barbour [11]
2011 Waking the Dead Bonnie Yorke 2 episodes
Lewis Andrea de Ritter 1 episode: The Gift of Promise
Coronation Street Jenny 1 episode
2012 Skyfall Vanessa M's Assistant

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