Kim Engelbrecht Scores Major International Nod For Her Performance In Showmax’s Reyka
Kim Engelbrecht Scores Major International Nod For Her Peformance In Showmax’s Reyka. Kim Engelbrecht 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. Reyka, now streaming on Showmax across Africa, is also nominated for Best Drama Series, up against Lupin , Narcos: Mexico , and Vigil . 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. Reyka 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. The opening night series at last year’s Monte-Carlo Television Festival, Reyka was sold by Fremantle to 147 territories, including BritBox North America, CANAL+, Channel4 in the UK, HBO LatAm, and Sky Italia. It was released as The