Thuso Mbedu

Overview

Known for
Acting
Gender
Female
Birthday
Jul 08, 1991 (33 years old)

Thuso Mbedu

Known For

Children of Blood and Bone
Movie 2027

Children of Blood and Bone

Zelie and her older brother Tzain form an alliance with the king’s daughter, Princess Amari, and son, Prince Inan, to fight back against his brutal rule.

Mufasa: The Lion King
1h 58m
Movie 2024

Mufasa: The Lion King

Mufasa, a cub lost and alone, meets a sympathetic lion named Taka, the heir to a royal bloodline. The chance meeting sets in motion an expansive journey of a group of misfits searching for their destiny.

Castlevania: Nocturne
TV Show 2023

Castlevania: Nocturne

As revolution sweeps France, Richter Belmont fights to uphold his family's legacy and prevent the rise of a ruthless, power-hungry vampire ruler.

The Woman King
2h 15m
Movie 2022

The Woman King

The story of the Agojie, the all-female unit of warriors who protected the African Kingdom of Dahomey in the 1800s with skills and a fierceness unlike anything the world has ever seen, and General Nanisca as she trains the next generation of recruits and readies them for battle against an enemy determined to destroy their way of life.

Savage X Fenty Show Vol. 3
0h 40m
Movie 2021

Savage X Fenty Show Vol. 3

Get ready for the launch of Rihanna's 2021 Savage X Fenty collection. Celebrating togetherness and community in a post pandemic world, this year’s show will be for viewers to turn in and get lost in absolute joy.

The Underground Railroad
TV Show 2021

The Underground Railroad

Follow young Cora’s journey as she makes a desperate bid for freedom in the antebellum South. After escaping her Georgia plantation for the rumored Underground Railroad, Cora discovers no mere metaphor, but an actual railroad full of engineers and conductors, and a secret network of tracks and tunnels beneath the Southern soil.

The Gaze
0h 52m
Movie 2021

The Gaze

In all my years of doing press, I've been repeatedly asked about the white gaze. Rarely have I been set upon about the Black gaze; or the gaze distilled. This is an answer to a question rarely asked.

Lokoza
0h 17m
Movie 2016

Lokoza

In the Durban South Basin, Themba lives with his father near to an oil refinery. He’s in love with Khanya, his best friend. Khanya has a new boyfriend, KG, who promises her a safe future. The more their relationship grows, the more Themba must fight to get her back, until he goes one step too far.

Biography

Thuso Nokwanda Mbedu (born 8 July 1991) is a South African actress. She rose to prominence for her performance in the South African teen drama series Is'Thunzi for which she was nominated consecutively for an International Emmy in 2017 and 2018. Mbedu later appeared on the 2018 Forbes Africa 30 under 30 list. In 2021, she starred in the Amazon Video limited series The Underground Railroad as Cora, which made her the first South African actress to lead an American television series, and earned her the Independent Spirit Award for Best Female Performance in a New Scripted Series. She then made her feature film debut in the American historical epic The Woman King (2022) in the role of Nawi. Description above from the Wikipedia article Thuso Mbedu, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

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