Who is Uzalo actress Thembi Nyandeni and why do we love her so much? Let’s get to know this legendary entertainer. Thembi Nyandeni is one of the most historical entertainers in our country. Thembi was born on 19 March 1958, which means she’ll be turning 64 in 2022.
Thembi is well known to have played the role of Mkabayi Zungu in Isibaya. Mkabayi is a character that took Thembi’s career to greater heights, but did you know that her career dates back to the dark ages of apartheid. Thembi is one of the people who took people away from the sad time of those days by entertaining them.
She made history when she replaced Monasonto Mazibuko for the part of Beauty in the popular 1980s drama called Kwakhala Nyonini. Nomasonto passed away in a car accident after the first season of the theatre was shot.
Thembi’s role as Beauty made her a household name. The series followed a man named Mfaniseni, portrayed by Magic Hlatshwayo, a polygamist. Mfaniseni brings a new wife he legally married to his traditional wives in the village and broke all hell. The character of Beauty was referred to as ” umfazi wephepha”, meaning the paper wife, as she would wave the marriage paper at everything she wanted to claim, much to the dismay of the other wives. The results of that arrangement were hilarious and educational.
Thembi went on to play the character of Selina Sikhumba in Zone 14 and many more. Recently Thembi was playing a flamboyant Mama G in The Republic. She has been announced as a new edition to season 8 of the most watched Soapie on SABC1 called Uzalo, where she will play Nkunzi’s rival Njinji Magwaza.
Thembi is known to be a stage actor, and she has been in many big stage plays that have gone internationally.
She was the creative director of Umoja’s most famous stage plays with her co-founder Todd Thwala.
Thembi’s net worth as of 2022 is estimated between R1,8 million and R2,5 million.
Thembi keeps her private life very, shall we say, private. She has a son whose name is Candice Nyandeni. He is not in the showbiz industry like his mom. Let’s wait and see what drama she has in store for us on Uzalo as she tackles the Red Bull.
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