At the age of 13 André was touring South Africa on a professional basis with her sister and the well-known group “Groep Twee”. She continued to shine as a solo artist at school. She was the first pupil at Epworth to represent the Province in singing and performed as a soloist for the Natal Schools Choir. At 20 she completed a degree at Natal University majoring in Speech and Drama.
On arrival in Johannesburg. André auditioned for a part in a musical and immediately won the lead role as Catherine in “Pippin”. As the result of her overnight success she became one of South Africa’s favourite musical comedy performers going on to star in many musicals including ”Cinderella" “Vanities” "Starting Here Starting Now" "Tomfoolery" “Little Shop of Horrors” "Side by Side by Sondheim" " Noel and Gertie" .
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André played in several TV dramas and feature films including "Charlie Word 'n Starê" in which she sang and composed the theme song "Saam met Jou".
Apart from her stage and film performances André became a household name hosting SABC TV’s first children show “Bangalory Time” for some years and during this period honed her song-writing skills, being required to write and perform a new song live on air each week. In addition to this André went on to host her own TV comedy series “The André Hattingh Show”.
Having worked with international directors, André was then invited to New York, where she performed. She returned to South Africa to play the lead in “Little Shop of Horrors”. after which she appeared in many more productions. In 2000 she co-wrote, directed, produced and starred in a show called “Two Tickets to Broadway”.
In 1987 André diversified her talents and has since established herself as one of South Africa’s leading lights in ethnic fashion design, even bringing out a collection for the opening of the “Lost City” In l999 André was invited to Paris to show her Images of Africa Collection with tremendously successful results. She now has her own exclusive studio in Parktown North. Her customers include many famous people in Showbiz and business. Her unique unstructured garments in hand-made natural fabrics are worn by clients around the world.