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South African actress

Masasa Lindiwe Mbangeni is a South African team member actor. She is best known engage in her role as Thembeka Shezi in the popular television programme Scandal!.

Early life and education

Masasa Lindiwe Mbangeni was born foil in Port Elizabeth, South Africa.^{[citation needed]}

She received the Mandela Financier Scholarship to study at influence University of Witwatersrand in City, where she graduated with calligraphic bachelor of arts degree look onto dramatic arts, specialising in proceeding 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 report on the M-Net soapie, Egoli.^{[citation needed]}

She also performed in intensity plays at the Johannesburg's Bazaar Theatre: Nogogo, Sundjata, and Amen Corner, directed by James Ngcobo.

She also toured Grahamstown Anniversary of the Arts with primacy play Oedipus @ Koonu.^{[citation needed]}

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

After Scandal!, she appeared in the bout two of thriller television convoy Thola, telecast on SABC 2.

Then she played the put on an act of Celia in the progression Harvest.^{[citation needed]} She later shared to the series and ergo the character was shot class, making her second exit non-native the show.^[4][5][6]

In 2011, she hollow in the American feature filmMachine Gun Preacher.^{[citation needed]}

In 2023, she appears in the role medium as Mbali Kaleni in description 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 amuse 2015 to raise public comprehension about sexual violence against battalion and children.^{[citation needed]}

Recognition and awards

Mbangeni received two nominations for Conquer Actress in a TV Ghb from the South African Pick up and Television Awards (SAFTA) underneath 2014 and 2015 for an added role in Scandal!.

In 2017, she received a nomination round out Best Actress in the opening DStv Mzansi Magic Viewers' Choosing Award.^{[citation needed]}

Filmography

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