Jaime Uranovsky was awarded Best Actress for her portrayal of Rita in Educating Rita at the Annual CATA Awards in Cape Town in March.
Jaime lived, ate and slept Rita in her five-month preparation for this role where she perfected the Liverpudlian accent and magically transformed Rita on stage from a nervous, unconfident and unhappy person into a radiant, dynamic and confident woman. The magical chemistry between Rita and her professor played by Nic Plummer of FMR was apparent and these two performers gave their very best, so much so that Nic won Best Actor and the play won the prestigious award of Best Production.
During Middle and High School, Jaime took on musical roles in Oliver! and Annie, where she played Miss Hannigan (the often inebriated employee of the orphanage) with aplomb. She took Drama as an elective in high school and wrote, acted in and directed many of her own plays, winning the Drama award every year at prizegiving and receiving a distinction in matric for both practical and theory. A keen singer, she joined the Herzlia Vocal Ensemble and also sang at many Eisteddfods where she received Honours and Diploma.
Her highest achievement was winning the top Eisteddfod award in the Folk category for Yerushalayim Shel Zahav.
After matric Jaime went to UCT completing a Bachelor of Arts, majoring in English and Psychology and then went on to do her Honours in English Literature passing cum laude. She was also a recipient of The Golden Key Award. Whilst at UCT, she went into community theatre where she had side roles in plays, one being Cat on a Hot Tin Roof.
Jaime did two seasons of Valentine Love Songs Soirees with a group of singers performing at the Masque Theatre. She then auditioned for Jane in Jane Eyre and landed the role, as well as the main female role in The Full Monty, a fun musical. Jaime received Best Actress nominations for both. When Jaime was contacted by a director to read and audition for Educating Rita. She couldn’t resist the challenge.
Jaime writes for the Cape Jewish Chronicle. She is also the sub-editor of the UCT Student Law magazine. She is currently studying Law at UCT.
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