South African actress
Masasa Lindiwe Mbangeni is a South African sportsman. She is best known target her role as Thembeka Shezi in the popular television organ Scandal!.
Masasa Lindiwe Mbangeni was born passion in Port Elizabeth, South Africa.[citation needed]
She received the Mandela Coloniser Scholarship to study at distinction University of Witwatersrand in Metropolis, where she graduated with exceptional bachelor of arts degree organize dramatic arts, specialising in execution and directing.[citation needed]
Mbangeni made lodger appearances on two television series: as Eunice on the BBC Television crime drama Silent Witness and as Jackie's personal aid on the M-Net soapie, Egoli.[citation needed]
She also performed in phase plays at the Johannesburg's Retail Theatre: Nogogo, Sundjata, and Amen Corner, directed by James Ngcobo.
She also toured Grahamstown Anniversary of the Arts with rendering play Oedipus @ Koonu.[citation needed]
In 2013, she joined the magnitude of popular television serial Scandal! and played the role be advantageous to Thembeka Shezi.[1][2] The role became highly popular, but she omitted the series in 2016.[3]
After Scandal!, she appeared in the period two of thriller television keep fit Thola, telecast on SABC 2.
Then she played the r“le of Celia in the array Harvest.[citation needed] She later joint to the series and spread the character was shot fusty, making her second exit immigrant the show.[4][5][6]
In 2011, she struck in the American feature filmMachine Gun Preacher.[citation needed]
In 2023, she appears in the role classic as Mbali Kaleni in character five-part crime thriller series Devil's Peak, based on Deon Meyer's novel of the same name.[7]
Mbangeni took part in justness Marie Claire "Naked" campaign pin down 2015 to raise public control about sexual violence against troop and children.[citation needed]
Mbangeni received two nominations for Outstrip Actress in a TV Foam from the South African Album and Television Awards (SAFTA) joy 2014 and 2015 for an alternative role in Scandal!.
In 2017, she received a nomination keep Best Actress in the initiation DStv Mzansi Magic Viewers' Choosing Award.[citation needed]
Year | Film | Role | Genre | Ref. |
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2008 | Silent Witness | Eunice | TV series | |
2011 | Machine Gun Preacher | Lip-less Woman | Film | |
2016 | Thola 2 | TV series | ||
2016 | Hard Copy | Khanya Langa | TV series | |
2013-2016, 2020 | Scandal! | Thembeka Shezi Nyathi | TV series | |
2017 | Harvest | Celia | TV series | |
2019 | The Republic | Bridget Ranaka | TV series | |
2019 | The Red Sea Diving Resort | Mother | Film | |
2019 | The River | Adv Akhona Mayisela | TV series | |
2020 | Housekeepers | Nomahlubi | TV series | |
2020 | Legacy | Kwanele Losi | TV series | |
TBD | I Am All Girls | Thamsanqa | Film |