Hanli Rolfes

Hanli Rolfes (credited as Hanli Rolfes-Opperman from 2002-2010) is a South African actress best known for her role as Sarah-Lee Odendaal on the SABC1 soapie Generations, from 1996-2001.

She received an Honours degree in Drama (cum laude) from the University of Pretoria in 1994. Shortly thereafter she made her television debut as Lieutenant Bernice Fox in Scholtz Films's Die Laksman, after which she started her six-year stint on Generations.

She has had lead roles in a number of major shows on Afrikaans pay channel kykNET, including the roles of Louise Schoeman in the soapie Villa Rosa, Sophia Landman in the drama series Kruispad, Sonja Mostert in Binnelanders and Lanie in Getroud Met Rugby, a drama series she co-created with her husband at the time, Deon Opperman.