Hakao Mbedu (an haife shi 8 Yuli 1991) ƴar wasan kwaikwayo ƴar Afirka ta Kudu. An ba ta lambar yabo don lambar yabo ta Emmy saboda rawar da ta taka a telenovela Is'Thunzi . Ta kuma buga Kitso Medupe a wasan opera scandal Nosisa a Isibaya, da Boni Khumalo a cikin Waliyyai da Masu Zunubi . A cikin 2021, ta yi tauraro a matsayin babban jagora a cikin jerin iyakantattun jerin Bidiyo na Amazon The Underground Railroad , kuma za ta kuma yi tauraro tare da Viola Davis a cikin tarihin tarihi mai zuwa The Woman King, wanda Gina Prince-Bythewood ya jagoranta . An haifi Soo Nokwanda Mbedu a Pelham, gundumar Pietermaritzburg, KwaZulu-Natal. Kakarta ce wacce ta kasance mai kula da ita bayan da iyayenta suka mutu tun suna ƙarama. Lokacin da Mbedu tana da shekaru goma sha takwas, ta halarci Jami'ar Witwatersrand (Wits), inda ta karanci Gidan wasan kwaikwayo na Jiki da Gudanar da Ayyukan Fasaha, wanda ya sa ta kammala karatun ta cikin girmamawa. A cikin 2012, ta halarci Stella Adler Studio na Acting a New York City, Amurka.