Johanna Wilhelmina Cilliers (born 1950), known professionally as Jana Cilliers, is a South African bilingual actress.
She is the recipient of a number of accolades, including two South African Film and Television Awards and a Fleur du Cap Theatre Award.
[1][2] A native of Pretoria, Cilliers was the daughter of the abstract painter Bettie Cilliers-Barnard and Carel Hancke Cilliers.
She pursued a Bachelor of Arts at the University of Pretoria before going on to train at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (RADA) in London, completing her acting diploma in 1973.
[3] Cilliers was married to film director and scriptwriter Regardt van den Bergh in the 1980s, with whom she had two daughters: Lika Berning and Leán.