Maggie Benedict

**Maggie Benedict** (o tsholetswe kwa Pretoria ka Tlhakole a le lesome, 1981) ke modiragatsi wa Aforika Borwa, mokwadi le mokaedi. O ithutile bodiragatsi kwa Pretoria Tech. Benedict o itsege thata ka go tshameka karolo ya Akhona Miya mo motshamekong wa difilimi tsa SABC 1 wa *[[Generations]]* (2011-2014).

Benedict o tlhageletse mo difiliming tse di akaretsang *Attack On Durfur* (2009), *Step to a Start Up* (2014) le *Queen of Katwe* (2016). O amogetse Dietsele tsa Difilimi le Thelebišene tsa Aforika Borwa tsa kabelo ya batshameki ba ba gaisang ba setlhopha ka ntlha ya tiragatso ya gagwe mo filiming ya 2011 ya *The Mating Game*. Ka nako ya fa a ne a le mo theatre, Benedict o ne a diragatsa kwa Civic Theatre mo difiliming tsa *Showboat* le *Goldilocks and The Three Bears*.

Mo thelebišeneng, Benedict o ne a tshameka jaaka Akhona Miya mo drameng ya SABC ya Generations go tloga ka 2011 go ya go 2014, le jaaka Violet mo motseletseleng wa difilimi tsa e.tv tsa *[[Ashes To Ashes]]* (2015–2016), tse a neng a di amogela Dietsele tsa Difilimi le Thelebišene tsa Aforika Borwa tsa Modiragatsi yo o Gaisang wa Motshegetsi. Go tloga ka 2010 go fitlha ka 2011, o ne a tshameka mmogo le Zoey Matsekwa mo filiming ya M-Net/kykNET ya *Binnelanders*.

## Botshelo jwa pele le thuto
Benedict o tshotswe ka Tlhakole a le lesome, 1981, kwa Pretoria, kgaolo ya Gauteng, e le morwadia morutabana yo o rotseng tiro, le ngaka ya kalafi. O na le bana ba babedi, Nkoni le Abel Benedict. Benedict o alogile kwa Pretoria Technikon (e jaanong e itsiweng jaaka Yunibesithi ya Technology ya Tshwane), kwa a simolotseng go diragatsa teng.

Ka 2007, Benedict o ne a aloga kwa New York, kwa Studio sa Michael Howard. Jaaka moithuti wa kholetšhe, o ne a bonwa thata kwa metlobong ya dibuka. Fa a le kwa sekolong, Benedict o ne a diragatsa mo ditlhagisong tse di farologaneng tsa Serala le mo metshamekong ya sekolo, go akaretsa le "Does Anyone Know Sarah Paisner" le "Anais Nin Goes To Hell". Ka 2008, o ne a tlhagelela mo filiming ya ga Anthony Minghella e e neng e tserwe mo motseletseleng wa dibuka tsa ga Alexander McCall Smith tsa The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency, o ne a tshameka mo baesekopong eno mmogo le Jill Scott le Anika Noni Rose.

## Tiro ya difilimi le ya thelebishene
Benedict o nnile moeng mo dipontshong di le mmalwa tsa thelebišene, go akaretsa Hard Copy (2006) ya SABC 3, motseletsele wa kykNET wa Hartland ka 2011, le Geraamtes in die Kas ya SABC 2 ka (2013-2011).

Ka 2007, Fa a sena go aloga kwa kholetšheng, o ne a bona seabe mo 7de Laan. E ne e le pontsho ya gagwe ya ntlha ya thelebishene, o ne a tshameka karolo ya ga Lebo.

Ka 2010 Benedict o ne a tshameka jaaka Grace Molele mo motseletseleng wa drama wa SABC 2, *The Mating Game*, ka 2010 a na le Renate Stuurman le Elma Postma. E e neng e ikaegile ka, matshelo a basadi ba bararo ba ba kgaratlhang ka bomme, lorato le botsalano. Magareng ga Moranang 2010 le 2011, o ne a tsenngwa mo filiming ya M-Net/kykNET ya Binnelanders (e e neng e itsege jaaka Binneland Sub Judice ka nako eo).

### Generations (2011- e emisitswe ka 2014)
Ka Phalane a le lesome le bobedi, 2011, o ne a dira lekgetlho la gagwe la ntlha mo motshamekong o o tumileng wa SABC1 wa Generations, koo a neng a tshameka karolo ya ga Akhona Memela Miya, Seabe seno se ne sa dira gore Benedict a amogelwe thata le go akgolwa ke batshwayadiphoso. Motshameko o o ne wa atlega ka bonako mo ditekanyetsong (ka babogedi ba ka nna didikadike di le supa ka kgaolo), mme Benedict o ne a nna mmamoratwa wa balebeledi. Ka 2014, Benedict le badiragatsi ba bangwe ba le lesome le botlhano ba ne ba lelekwa morago ga gore ba ngale tiro (ka ntlha ya go okelediwa dituelo) mme ba palelwa ke go fitlhelela nako e e beilweng ke motlhagisi la go boela tirong. Morago ga gore motlhagisi-mogolo wa Generations Mfundi Vundla a leleke badiragatsi mo thulaganyong le go fedisa ditumalano tsa bone, Badiragatsi (Generations 16) ba ne ba tsaya dikgato tsa semolao.

### Ashes To Ashes - jaanong
Ka Tlhakole 2015, dikgwedi di le mmalwa morago ga tlhakatlhakano ya badiragatsi ba "Generations 16", Benedict le badiragatsi ba bangwe ba ba neng ba lelekwa mo tirong ba ne ba tsenelela telenovela ya etv e ntšha ya  Ashes To Ashes (2015-2016).

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