Biography
Dorothy Ann Gould is a South African actress. She trained in drama at the University of Natal, Durban, and has worked extensively in theatre in South Africa, the United Kingdom and the United States since the 1970s.
Her screen credits include Anne Sheapman in They Will Kill You (2026), Beatrice Van Der Koy in Boy Kills World (2024), Samira in Troy: Fall of a City (2018), the Midwife in The Lullaby (2018) and Elizabeth Palmer in Friend Request (2016). She is also known for a long run as Trish in the South African soap opera Isidingo.
Gould has received multiple theatre and television awards, including a Naledi Theatre Award for Best Actress and a South African Film and Television Award. She founded the Johannesburg Awakening Minds theatre company, which uses performance to support homeless people and young people.
