Chantal Stanfield

Chantal Stanfield (born 8 July 1983), is a South African actress, singer, voice-artist, dancer and puppeteer. She is best known for the roles in the television serials such as; Geraldina die Tweede, 7de Laan and Montana. Quotes I grew up knowing that the straighter or gladder (smoother) your hair was, the better. I didn’t really know much else because that was just the general ‘coloured’ idea, I didn’t ever really question it. Every hair salon, everybody else who looked like me had that straight hair so I just assumed growing up that it was ‘natural’, not realising that everybody was probably also doing the relaxer/ straightener thing to get it. I decided I wasn’t going to conform anymore and have my self-worth defined by straight hair. One of the best things is that I never had any pressure from family to re-conform to the straightness. I think it’s a fantastic revival of what the 70’s and 80’s did for natural hair. It’s a difficult transition to make though because I see how hair politics really permeates my fellow women of colour – so many think they would look ugly, suddenly appear stupid or be less sought-after without the weave, without the bi-weekly salon trips, without the ghd. Chantal Stanfield’s Hair Expedition Glowing up (retrieved 7 November 2025) External links Category:Actresses from South Africa Category:Singers from South Africa Category:Dancers from South Africa Category:1983 births Category:Women born in the 1980s Category:Living people