Lena Farugia

Cast · Writer

Born

June 1, 1951 · New York City, New York, USA

Died

January 18, 2019

Birth name

Lena F Farrugia

Lena Farugia was born and raised in New York. She studied at Thomas Moore College, Fordham and Columbia University. She started her professional career in New York, then got married to a South African filmmaker and moved to South Africa, where she made a professional career as an actress, writer, director and producer on movie and television projects. Memorable roles include: Dr. Ann Taylor in _The Gods Must Be Crazy II_ (1989) (directed by Jamie Uys), and Elizabeth Carter in The Sandgrass People (directed by Koos Roets); both roles as female lead.