Wp/nr/Thuso Mbedu

U-Thuso Nokwanda Mbedu (owabelethwa mhla amalanga abunane ku-Velabahlinze ngonyaka we-1991) ungomunye wabadlali bakumabonwakude be-Sewula Afrika. Waduma khulu ngendima ayidlalako emdlalweni we-Sewula Afrika wabantu abatjha obizwa ngokobana yi-Sthunzi, lapho akhethwa khona ngokulandelana ukuthi athathe unongorwana wangaphetjheya obizwa nge- International Emmy ngonyaka wee-2017 kanye no-2018. U-Mbedu ekukhambeni kwesikhathi wavela ehlanganweni ebizwa ngokuthi yi- Forbes Africa 30 ngaphasi kwabantu abangaphasi kweminyaka ematjhumi amathathu ubudala ngonyaka wee-2018.Mtsweni S

Ngonyaka wee-2021, wadlala ehlelweni elibizwa nge-Underground Railroad elitholakala kuAmazon Video, lapho kunamahlelo amanengi nekungilo elamenza bona abemdlali wokuthoma we-Sewula Afrika okhamba phambili kwezamahlelo adlala kumabonwakude we-America. Lokhu kwamenza bona athumbe unongorwana obizwa bona yi-Independent Spirit Award etholwa mumuntu wengubo okhamba phambili ngokuba mdlali wakumabonwakude ehlelweni elitjha. Waragela phambili waba ngomunye wabalingisi ehlelweni elimlando wangaphetjheya e-America obizwa ngokobana yi- The Woman King( 2022) lapho adlala khona iskhundla saka Nawi.

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U-Mbedu wabelethelwa eMidlands Medical Centre endaweni ye-Pietermaritzburg, KwaZulu-Natal. Ubelethwa ngumma okhuluma isiZulu kanye noyise okhuluma isiSotho nesiXhosa. Wakhuliswa e-Pelham ngugogo wakhe , owabamumuntu omtlhogomelako ngemva kokuhlongakalelwa babelethi bakhe bobabili asesemncani. U-Mbedu wafunda esikolweni esibizwa nge-Pelham Primary School, waragela phambili emabangeni aphezulu e-Pietermaritzburg Girls' High School. Waragela phambili emazingeni aphezulu e-University ye Witwatersrand( Wits),