Thembi Mtshali-Jones

**UThembi Mtshali-Jones** (owazalwa 7 November 1949), umlingisi waseNingizimu Afrika.Uthathwa njengomunye wabaculi abadume kakhulu eNingizimu Afrika, uThembi uphawuleka ngokulingisa emidlalweni eminingi kamabonakude ethandwayo okubalwa kuyo *uSgudi 'Snaysi*, *Stokvel*, *Silent Witness* nethi *Imbewu.*Ngaphandle kokulingisa, ubuye abe ngumculi odumile, umbhali wemidlalo yeshashalazi kanye ne-Associate Teaching Artist eGlobal Arts Corps eKosovo kanjalo nomqeqeshi eCambodia.

## Impilo yomuntu siqu
Wazalwa ngomhlaka 7 Novemba 1949 eSabhoza, isigodi esiseduze noLundi, eThekwini, eNingizimu Afrika .Abazali bakhe bahlukanisa ngemuva nje kokuzalwa kwakhe.Kamuva wakhulela elokishini laKwaMashu lapho aqedela khona izifundo zakhe.Ngezikhathi zesikole, wakhulelwa ngakho-ke waphoqeleka ukuba ashiye isikole. 

Ngo-1998, waba nokuhlala eGallaudet University eWashington DC, e-USA kwathi kamuva waba se- University of Louisville, e-USA ngo-2004. Nge umnikelo emkhakheni wezobuciko, yena wenziwe Honorary Citizen of Louisville yiMeya futhi wathola emavi ekubonga yi Kentucky iSigele . Kamuva uMbusi waseKentucky wamnika isihloko esithi Honorary Kentucky Colonel, udumo oluphakeme eKentucky. 

Unendodakazi eyodwa, uPhumzile wasemshadweni wakhe wokuqala owagcina ngesehlukaniso. Kamuva, wayeshade no-Emrys Jones, owayemncane ngeminyaka eyishumi kunoThembi. Uhlangane no-Emrys, ngesikhathi ezobuka owesifazane oyedwa kaThembi ekhombisa i- *A Woman in Waiting* . Babenezinyanga eziyisishiyagalombili bethandana futhi ekugcineni bashada. U-Emrys wasebenza njengomhlaziyi webhizinisi enkampanini kawoyela ezinze eLondon. Bahlala ndawonye iminyaka engu-17, waze washona ngo-2016 kulandela isifo senhliziyo. 

## Umsebenzi
*Ithalente lakhe lokulingisa latholwa nguWelcome* Msomi lapho uThembi adlala khona emdlalweni wakhe wokuqala uMabatha. Wabe esejoyina i-'Musical Ipi Tombi ', waba ngowesifazane oholayo njengo-'Mama Tembu'. Wenza izinkambo eziningi zomhlaba wonke ezibandakanya iWest End neBroadway . Kamuva waya e-USA ukuze athuthukise umsebenzi wakhe wezomculo lapho ahlangana khona nabaculi abadumile uHugh Masekela noMiriam Makeba .Bavakashela iYurophu ne-Afrika iminyaka eminingana. Ngo-1987, uThembi wabuyela eNingizimu Afrika wajoyina iMarket Theatre. Etheatre, uthole ithuba lokusebenza noJanice Honeyman kwiBlack And White Follies.

Kusukela ngawo-1970, ubedlala esiteji ngenombolo yemidlalo ethile. NoGcina Mhlophe noMaralin Vanrenen, ubebhalile futhi wadlala umdlalo wasesteji Owake *Wambona uZandile* . Uwine i-Fringe First e- Edinburgh Festival Fringe ngendima ayidlalile kulowo mdlalo. Ngaleyo mpumelelo, wabe esehlanganyela ngokubhala umdlalo we- *Edeni nezinye izindawo kanye nabesifazane base-Afrika* noBarney Simon .Khonamanjalo, wahambela e-UK nase-USA ngomculo weMalcom Purkey ' uMarabi '. Ngo-1998, wathola ilungelo lokuculela ingoma kamongameli wangaleso sikhathi uNelson Mandela ngosuku lwakhe lokuzalwa lwama-80 eWashington DC. Ingoma yasakazwa bukhoma kwi- CNN .

Kodwa-ke, *waduma ngomdlalo wethelevishini obizwa ngo-1986 uSgudi 'Snaysi ngendima ka'Thoko* '.Ngo-1988, wenza ukuba intombazane yakhe ibukeke njengowesifazane ohola phambili *eMapantsula* . Le filimu yaklonyeliswa njengeBest New Film e- Cannes Film Festival ngalowo nyaka. Ngo-1999, wabhala ngokubhala umdlalo wesifazane oyedwa othi *A Woman in Waiting* . Lo mdlalo ubususelwa empilweni yangempela kaThambile futhi ubudlalelwa eJoseph Paps Theatre eNew York. Umdlalo kamuva wanqoba iFringe First e-Edinburgh Festival. Ngo-2001, lo mdlalo wadlalwa eNew Ambassador Theatre, eLondon futhi kamuva eNingizimu Afrika, eTunisia, eCanada, e-US naseBermuda Island.Ngo-1999, uThembi wahlabana ngendondo yeBest Actress Award eThe Carthage Festival eTunisia. Kamuva wenza uhlelo lomsakazo i-BBC 4, futhi wawina iSony Gold Award ngo-2002.

Ngo-2002, wajoyina *isitokofela* sethelevishini ngendima ethi 'Hazel'. Kamuva waphakanyiselwa i- International Emmy Award ngo-2004 ngale ndima. Ngo-2002 waqokwa emkhakheni we-African Excellence in Entertainment & Arts kwiTribute Achievers Awards Ceremony. Ngo-2006, uThembi wajoyina umkhankaso wamazwe omhlaba i- *Truth In Translation* owawuqondiswe ngumqondisi waseMelika uMichael Lessac . Lo mdlalo wavulwa eRwanda futhi kamuva wadlala e-US, eYurophu nase-Afrika kanye naseBaxter Theatre Centre ngo-2007. Ngo-2009, wathola i-Lifetime Achievement Award yeDolobha laseThekwini kanye nesiFundazwe saKwaZulu-Natali. Wabe esethola umklomelo we-Lifetime ku-Arts and Culture Trust ngo-2015.

NgoNovemba 2019, uThembi wahlonishwa nge-The Living Legend Award kuNational Black Theatre Festival eNorth Carolina, e-USA ukuhlukanisa umsebenzi wakhe kumabhayisikobho aseNingizimu Afrika.Ngawo lowo nyaka, walingisa emdlalweni owawuhlonishwa ngokugxeka *uMama kuMama* kuNational Black Theatre Festival. Lo mdlalo ubususelwa kunoveli kaSindiwe Magona . Ngokuhamba kwesikhathi uMagona wabhala incwadi yomlando womuntu ethi 'Theatre Road: My Story i-akhawunti ekhuthazayo kaThembi Mtshali-Jones', eyakhishwa yaqondana nosuku lokuzalwa lukaMtshali-Jones iminyaka engama-70. 

## Filmography