Elize du Toit

Elize Du Toit

du Toit in 2013, photo by Prphotos.com

Place of Birth: Grahamstown, Cape Province, South Africa

Date of Birth: 21 February, 1980

Ethnicity: Afrikaner [including French Huguenot]

Elize du Toit is a South African-born actress.

She was born in Grahamstown, and her family immigrated to Berkshire, England when she was fourteen years old. Her mother is artist Susanne du Toit, who was born in Pretoria. Du Toit is a common Afrikaner surname of French Huguenot origin. Elize has three children with her former husband, British actor Rafe Spall.

Elize’s patrilineal line can be traced to François du Toit, who emigrated from Lille, France, to South Africa, in 1686. Actress and model Charlize Theron and tennis player Roger Federer also descend from him.

6 Responses

  1. andrew says:

    Her mother was born in Pretoria, South Africa.

  2. andrew says:

    Elize’s mother is artist Susanne du Toit.

  3. bablah says:

    Daughter-in-law of Timothy Spall.

  4. guyinsf says:

    No need to mention French huguenot as all Afrikaners have french in them. Also the word huguenot is unnecessary as catholics and protestants in France aren’t genetically different.

    • andrew says:

      Nope, the legacy of Huguenots is so important in the culture, politics and econony of South Africa that you can’t omit that word.

      Elize’s patrilineal line can be traced back to François du Toit, who immigrated from Lille, France, to South Africa, in 1686. Charlize Theron also descends from him.

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