Do you remember the 'Lizzy Lotto' ad featuring Philicity Reeken?
Can you remember the 'Lizzy Lotto' ad? Well, Philicity Reeken reminded us why it is one of the most famous ads ever...
Philicity Reeken is one of South Africa's most well-known actors.
Philicity has had a long-standing career in the local entertainment space. The star has acted in the drama series 'Song vir Katryn’, the SABC3 soapie ‘Isidingo’, the e.tv soapie ‘Scandal!’, and the M-Net sitcom ‘The Coconuts’, as well as playing Busi in the popular Afrikaans soap ‘Binnelanders’.
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She was also a celebrity contestant on the M-Net reality competition ‘Survivor South Africa: Maldives’ back in 2011.
The 'Lizzy Lotto' ad made its appearance about 15 years ago - and it made Reeken a household name.
Philicity Reeken, who portrays the role of a secretary named 'Lizzy', was called in by her boss to write a letter.
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'Lizzy' then decided to give her boss attitude and stick out her tongue because she was fed up.
She then showed him her winning lottery ticket and walked out dancing.
"Lizzy won the Lotto, and she was just fed up with her annoying boss. The ad is about 14 or 15 years old. It was my very first ad - and it went viral," Reeken said.
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