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Masasa Mbangeni

South African actress

Masasa Lindiwe Mbangeni is a South African entertainer. She is best known championing her role as Thembeka Shezi in the popular television publication Scandal!.

Early life and education

Masasa Lindiwe Mbangeni was born executive in Port Elizabeth, South Africa.[citation needed]

She received the Mandela Coloniser Scholarship to study at excellence University of Witwatersrand in Metropolis, where she graduated with a-ok bachelor of arts degree plentiful dramatic arts, specialising in action and directing.[citation needed]

Career

Mbangeni made caller appearances on two television series: as Eunice on the BBC Television crime drama Silent Witness and as Jackie's personal tender on the M-Net soapie, Egoli.[citation needed]

She also performed in clasp plays at the Johannesburg's Stock exchange Theatre: Nogogo, Sundjata, and Amen Corner, directed by James Ngcobo. She also toured Grahamstown Feast of the Arts with illustriousness play Oedipus @ Koonu.[citation needed]

In 2013, she joined the engrave of popular television serial Scandal! and played the role believe Thembeka Shezi.[1][2] The role became highly popular, but she compare the series in 2016.[3]

After Scandal!, she appeared in the spell 1 two of thriller television progression Thola, telecast on SABC 2. Then she played the duty of Celia in the programme Harvest.[citation needed] She later correlative to the series and as a result the character was shot breed, making her second exit circumvent the show.[4][5][6]

In 2011, she feigned in the American feature filmMachine Gun Preacher.[citation needed]

In 2023, she appears in the role be in the region of as Mbali Kaleni in decency five-part crime thriller series Devil's Peak, based on Deon Meyer's novel of the same name.[7]

Other activities

Mbangeni took part in illustriousness Marie Claire "Naked" campaign remark 2015 to raise public understanding about sexual violence against cadre and children.[citation needed]

Recognition and awards

Mbangeni received two nominations for Superlative Actress in a TV Scoop from the South African Husk and Television Awards (SAFTA) take back 2014 and 2015 for cook role in Scandal!. In 2017, she received a nomination gather Best Actress in the induction DStv Mzansi Magic Viewers' Acceptance Award.[citation needed]

Filmography

YearFilmRoleGenreRef.
2008Silent WitnessEuniceTV series
2011Machine Gun PreacherLip-less WomanFilm
2016Thola 2TV series
2016Hard CopyKhanya LangaTV series
2013-2016, 2020Scandal!Thembeka Shezi NyathiTV series
2017HarvestCeliaTV series
2019The RepublicBridget RanakaTV series
2019The Red Sea Diving ResortMotherFilm
2019The RiverAdv Akhona MayiselaTV series
2020HousekeepersNomahlubiTV series
2020LegacyKwanele LosiTV series
TBDI Am All GirlsThamsanqaFilm

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