The cast of Inconceivable

Inconceivable follows a group of women who have been close friends for years. Along with balancing their demanding careers and their relationships, they’re also facing a passionate affair, a struggle with infertility, fierce competitiveness and even fiercer love.

The full season is now ready to binge-watch on Showmax. Before you settle in for a dose of home-grown drama, read on to find out more about the characters.

Carine Rous as Rachel Bishop

Rachel is an advocate and your typical A-type personality: she seeks perfection in everything, from her job to her pregnancy, now in its ninth month. She is trendy and fashionable, and is married to trophy husband, James.

Anel Alexander as Marieke Meyer

Marieke is Rachel’s best friend from school and university. A qualified gynaecologist, Marieke specialises in fertility in her busy private clinic. She has two kids who may just need a little more love and attention from their always-in-crisis-mode mommy. She is seen as the moral compass of the group.

You will recognise Anel from Sink, which she also produced, and which received multiple accolades worldwide. She’s also appeared in Semi-Soet and Discreet, plus soaps including Binnelanders and Getroud Met Rugby.

Sisanda Henna as Sisanda Nkosi

Sisanda started a construction company on the side while studying Business at UCT until he met Busi, who was his tutor. He eventually dropped out. Now, years later, he and Busi are married, with an agreement that they won’t have kids, but he’s started thinking he might actually enjoy being a dad…

You will also find Sisanda Henna in Trackers and the upcoming Showmax movie Rogue, landing on 3 December 2020.

Jay Anstey as Tamsin Watts

Tamsin is rebellious, comes from a middle class family, and had a baby at a very young age. Now pregnant with her second baby, she must cope with her hard-drinking boyfriend, Nick (Steven John Ward). Tamsin is beautiful, troubled and desperate.

Jay Anstey is also in Legacy, also streaming on Showmax.

Wayne van Rooyen as Wesley Meyer

Marieke’s husband is an aspiring novelist who has never managed to finish his book. He does the majority of the parenting of their two children, and is a doting father and husband.

Wayne van Rooyen is also in the 2018 local movie Mayfair.

Refilwe Madumo as Busi Nkosi

Busi is ambitious, driven, blunt, and practical, with degrees in both chemical engineering and law. She has told her husband, Sisanda, in no uncertain terms that she never wants kids.

Craig Jackson as David Stein

David is a computer programmer and a loving husband to his wife, Natalie. He may not be great at showing his feelings, but he always supports Natalie in all her wishes, and will do anything to give her what she needs.

Langley Kirkwood as James Bishop

James is a charming, high-powered executive who is a devoted husband to Rachel. He secretly fears that she’s going to leave him. James is excited to become a father for the first time.

Langley Kirkwood is in HBO’s Warrior, Mia and the White Lion, and more local and international hit series and movies.

Nina Hastie as Natalie Stein

Natalie is a naturally outgoing person who lives life to the full. She owns a restaurant in Parktown North called Natalie’s. She moved to Johannesburg when her husband, David, had to relocate for his job. Now, struggling to fall pregnant, she is desperate for a baby.

Nina Hastie is a popular radio DJ who slayed at the Roast of AKA, which you can watch here.