Gillian, a troublemaking princess, was killed off in 2001[6][7] as TerBlanche asked to be written out of the show to move back to South Africa.

[9] In the interview, TerBlanche also noted that she had begun acting again and had recently filmed a pilot in South Africa.

[10] In August 2011, it was announced that TerBlanche would reprise the role of Gillian during the final weeks of All My Children's broadcast on American network television.

[12] Plays she appeared in include: The Glass Menagerie, Pygmalion, Hear Ye, and Ten Times Worse on Friday.

[14][1][15] In January 2025, it was announced her cause of death was the result of an intracranial hemorrhage stemming from blunt force trauma, with the belief being this was sustained from a "ground level fall".