Dawn Thandeka King has fast become one of Mzansi’s favourites for small screens with an illustrious career spanning years. No doubt she is that star actress we all love to hate. Her unmatched talent has seen her winning big when accolades and securing the bag.
Best known for her on-screen character on female cast drama series Lockdown, the bubbly actress has fast become one of Mzansi’s finest. However, in the wake of her Lockdown gig, she won big from starring on Mzansi most-watched drama series Uzalo to Diep City.
In the SABC1’s drama series Dawn Thandeka King played the might MaNgcobo. She was cast as Nkunzi’s wife. However, despite being the face of the drama series, she dumped the show in the eleventh hour.
Little is known even up to now regarding the reasons behind her exit. However, the rumour mill has it that the actress had a fallout with showrunners after some salary woes. Her exit marked the mass exodus of the seasoned cast.
In the wake of her exit, she joined the Mzansi Magic’s drama series Diep City. In the drama series, she stars as Mashenge. Unlike Uzalo, who plays the might feared character on Diep City, she stars as a domestic worker.
Diep City actress Mashenge ‘Dawn Thandeka King’s age shocks Mzansi
She also happens to be a wife to Bonga character played by Hamilton Dlamini. Bonga and Mashenge have two troublesome daughters, Nox (Nozuko Ncayiyane) and Lungile (Luyanda Shezi). She stars alongside Mzansi’s most celebrated villain Mduduzi Mabaso who stars as Bra Elliot. Mabaso is best known for his Rhythm City character as Suffocate Ndlovu.
However, of interest is that she was a tourism consultant before her thrust into the limelight. In 2012 she rediscovered her craze for acting and starred in Mzansi Magic telenovela Inkaba.
With her illustrious career spanning decades, Mzansi has been wondering of late about Dawn Thandeka’s King age.
Dawn Thandeka King is younger than we thought, given the on-screen roles she plays. She was born on 1 October 1977, Eshowe, KwaZulu-Natal. The 44-years-old is a mother of five and was recently rumoured to be pregnant, but she rubbished the rumours.
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