Elize du Toit

Elize du Toit (Template:IPAc-en Template:Respell Template:Respell; born 21 February 1980) is a South African-born English former 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.<ref name=":0">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Early life

Elize du Toit was born in Grahamstown, South Africa,<ref name=":0" /> 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. She was a member of Reading's Progress Theatre.<ref name=autogenerated1>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> She studied history at the University of Edinburgh and performed with the Edinburgh University Theatre Company.<ref>Bedlam Theatre | Elize Du Toit</ref>

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.<ref name=autogenerated1 /> In November 2011, Du Toit made an appearance in Coronation Street as Jenny, the ex-girlfriend of Matt Carter.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Personal life

In 2008, du Toit started dating actor Rafe Spall after the two met in a bar through mutual friends. The couple got married on 14 August 2010,<ref name=Indp2339358/> and lived in West Kensington, London.<ref name=ES23764851>Template:Citation</ref> Their daughter was born in 2011, and, in November 2012, their son was born.<ref name=Indp2339358>Template:Citation</ref> They also have a third child, another son, born in 2015.<ref name=Indp2339358 /> The marriage ended in 2021.<ref name=Grdn01>Template:Citation</ref>

Filmography

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2000–2004, 2007	Hollyoaks	Izzy Cornwell
2005	Triangle	Bailey Blake	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
2006	The Devil's Chair	Rachel Fowles
	Dalziel and Pascoe	Abigail Stewart	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
	The Line of Beauty	Sophie Tipper	1 episode
2007	Flirting with Flamenco	Karen	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
	Doctor Who	Sinister woman	Series 3, 2 episodes
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	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
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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