Scandal!
veteran theatre actress vanessa cooke, a founder member of joburg’s legendary market theatre, is gleefully rattling bars as mama ruth greenleaf on e.tv soapie scandal! (2005-current). “playing a prisoner, one doesn’t get to do that even in one’s lifetime sometimes,” says 66-yearold vanessa. this “harmless” old bat is in jail for poisoning her charity group, but as of tuesday 16 december, she’s up for parole and the idea terrifies ruth. which is weird. you’d think she wants freedom…