Martéz has always had a passion for acting and also to grow the industry. She coached at ACT Cape Town and privately for many years. With hundreds of commercials, stills campaigns, a TV series and a few films under her belt, it made sense to share what she had learnt over the years.

Martéz holds a gold medal certificate of merit in performance through LAMDA (London Academy of Music and Dramatic Arts), and has completed many producing, acting and script writing workshops through local and international learning institutions.

Martéz’s love for acting started at a young age and was fuelled by being chosen as the youngest actress to perform in a Guilbert and Sullivan production in Port Elizabeth at the age of 14.

In recent years, Martéz produced and directed “Imagine”, a fashion film, that won Best Young Actress at the LAFA (Los Angeles Film Awards) and Actors Awards in 2017. The film also garnered wins for Best Song at Top Shorts, Best Indie Short and Best Song at the Festigious Film Festival as well as Honourable Mentions for First Time Director and Young Filmmaker at Top Shorts and Festigious!

Although a small part, Martéz had the opportunity to work with incredible director, Riaz Solker, on a local independent film, The Wrong side of the Day, in late 2017. Her role as mom to a troubled daughter that ends up being killed, had so many wonderful, intricate layers - every actor’s dream.

Her role as Suzette in Eyes Wide Open gave Martéz the opportunity to show off her fluency in Afrikaans. The film received a Gold Medal Award at the New York Festival's World’s Best TV & Films 2018 under the category Education and Instruction as well as a finalist certificate in the category Human Concerns.

2024 took an interesting turn when Martéz and a friend decided to produce their own film and Regardt van den Bergh stepped in to write the script. What started off as a small production, turned into an intense few weeks of filming, where she directed, co-produced and acted in a supporting role. The film, Vier Seisoene Kind, is in post production, so watch this space.

That same year, Martéz booked the role of Rebecca Hollander, a role that challenged her both as actress and personally. Poachers Moon is a semi-autobiographical film about two childhood friends who find themselves on the opposite sides of the rhino poaching crisis. Martéz plays sister to James Hollander.

Martéz wears many hats - that of actress, talent coach, model, director and producer - as her love for story, its process and sinking her teeth into a role, no matter how large or small, are equally satisfying to her.

Feedback from past students:

"I'm so grateful for all I've learned in the courses I've done with Martez over the last few years. I had only done a few Adverts as an extra, but wanted the real acting roles, so I started with her "Casting for Commercials" course at ACT Cape Town. It was amazing to see what I was doing wrong & get the best guidance to improve my skills so much to book many jobs. With the success I was having from what I learned, I joined more of her acting courses to refine my skills in dialogue & Scene Study. These courses helped me so much & totally transformed what I was doing to help me land 35 roles & counting in TV series, TV Commercials, Docu-Dramas & Feature Films. Martez has a way of getting the performance out of you even when you think you could never do it. I'm truly grateful for all she has taught me."
-Ant Latimer, Actor with ERM

“Martez has extensive experience in the model and commercial industry and in recent years she has ventured into acting. We both attended a film acting course presented by filmmaker, Bonnie Rodini at ACT in 2006. Since then, she has co-founded SAMDB and become more involved with independent film projects. I attended her Fighting for Film course (fighting technique for actors) and found her passionately dedicated, professional and exuding a genuine interest in every student. Newcomers to the industry, would indeed have a sound mentor in Martez Saporta. “

- Adri van der Hoven, Actress with Artists One

“Upon meeting Martez, I had the impression that she might be a difficult woman that expected the world of me, expecting me to know everything about how to act, even though we had never met and it being my very first "acting lesson". Needless to say, just how wrong I was in my assumption of her. She has the most amazing warm and kind heart that made me feel comfortable to try even when I felt stupid. I felt accepted and working in that environment made me thrive. I felt like she genuinely cared. Somewhat like a mother figure, she helped me to build confidence and gave me hope that I could be better. I was on my second lesson when I learned that I had booked my very first Worldwide Commercial for Aquafresh. She is a wonderful person and an even better coach, well worth the investment.”
- Lisa-Maria Jaftha, Model with Fusion Model Management

Martez Saporta-Rothuysen

Martez Saporta-Rothuysen