Leleti Khumalo

Uleleti Khumalo wazalelwa elokishini laKwaMashu, enyakatho yeTheku, eNingizimu Afrika. Ebonisa intshisekelo yokulingisa kusukela esemncane. Wajoyina iqembu lomdanso wentsha elibizwa ngokuthi i-Amajika, elaliqeqeshwa nguTu Nokwe.

**ULeleti Khumalo** wazalwa ngomhlaka-30 KuMbasa 1970. Ungumlingisi waseNingizimu Afrika owaziwa ngendima yakhe ehamba phambili kumafilimu kanye nomdlalo weshashalazi *[[Sarafina! (musical)|iSarafina!]]* kanye nezindima zakhe kwamanye amafilimu. Okubalwa kuwo *[[Hotel Rwanda|iHotel Rwanda]],* *[[Yesterday (2004 film)|Yesterday]]* kanye ne *[[Invictus (film)|-Invictus]]*, kanye ne-soap opera *[[Imbewu|Imbewu: The Seed]]*, lapho edlala khona uNokubonga "MaZulu" Bhengu kanye no*[[Uzalo|Zalo]]* njengoMaNzuza, kanti okwamanje udlala *[[Muvhango|kuMuvhango]]* njengoDkt Ximba.

## Isikhathi sokuqala sempilo yakhe kanye ''noSarafina!''
Uleleti Khumalo wazalelwa elokishini laKwaMashu, enyakatho yeTheku, eNingizimu Afrika. Ebonisa intshisekelo yokulingisa kusukela esemncane. Wajoyina iqembu lomdanso wentsha elibizwa ngokuthi i-Amajika, elaliqeqeshwa nguTu Nokwe.

Ngo-1985 wangenela inhlolokhono yomculo KaMbongeni Ngema owawuzoba yifilimu edumile yamazwe ngamazwe *[[Sarafina! (musical)|iSarafina!.]]* UNgema wabhala umlingiswa oyinhloko weSarafina ebhalela uKhumalo. Kamuva washada naye, kodwa bahlukana. Njengamanje ushade nosomabhizinisi uSkhutazo Winston Khanyile, wazala amawele abo u-Ulwenzile noYamukelani Khanyile.

UKhumalo wadlala indima kaSarafina eziteji eNingizimu Afrika naseBroadway, lapho athola khona ukuqokwa kweTony Award ngo-1988 njengeBest Actress in a Musical. *ISarafina!* yayine-Broadway run eyathatha iminyaka emibili, ngemuva kwalokho lo mkhiqizo waqala uhambo lomhlaba wonke. Ngo-1987 uKhumalo wathola i- NAACP Image Award yeBest Stage Actress. Ngo-1992, wadlala kanye noWhoopi Goldberg, uMiriam Makeba noJohn Kani efilimini kaDarrell James Roodt ethi *[[Sarafina! (film)|Sarafina!,]]* eyayisakazwa emhlabeni wonke, futhi yaba yifilimu enkulu kunazo zonke eyakhishwa ezwenikazi lase-Afrika. UKhumalo waqokwa kwiImage Award, kanye no- Angela Bassett, uWhoopi Goldberg noJanet Jackson . Ngokusekelwe ekuvukeleni kwentsha yaseSoweto ngo-1976, iSarafina! ilandisa indaba yentombazane yesikole engesabi ukulwela amalungelo ayo futhi ikhuthaza ontanga bayo ukuba bavuke babhikishe, ikakhulukazi ngemuva kokuba uthisha wayo okhuthazayo, uMary Masombuka (Goldberg) eboshwe futhi ebulewe.

Ngo-1993, uKhumalo wakhipha i-albhamu yakhe yokuqala, *ethi Leleti and Sarafina* .

I-Sarafina! yakhululwa kabusha eNingizimu Afrika ngomhlaka-16 Juni 2006 ukuze kugujwe iminyaka engama-30 yokuvukela kwentsha eSoweto .

## Izindima ezilandelayo
UKhumalo wahlanganyela nomdlali we-Mbongeni Ngema's international music Magic at 4 AM owawunikezelwe kUMuhammad Ali. Kamuva wadlala omunye umculo we-Ngema, i-*mama* (1996), owavakashela eYurophu nase-Australia. Ngo-1997, wadlala i-*USarafina 2*.

UKhumalo wadlala efilimini ka-2004 *i-Hotel Rwanda* kanye *ne-Yesterday* ; lona waqokwa kwi- Academy Award ka-2005 esigabeni esithi "Best Foreign Language Film". *Izolo* uphinde wathola umklomelo we-Best Film e- India 's Pune International Film Festival futhi waba nezimpendulo ezinhle eVenice naseToronto International Film Festivals.

UKhumalo wajoyina iqembu labadlali be-soap opera ende kunazo zonke eNingizimu Afrika, *iGenerations* ngo-2005 njengoBusiswe (Busi) Dlomo, *owesifazane ohlakaniphile nonomusa ongenabugovu ohola umbuso wakhe wokushicilela, [[IKapa|oseKapa]]* . Umlingiswa wakhe ungudadewabo omncane kaSibusiso Dlomo futhi akanazo izici zokulambela amandla, ukuzikhukhumeza kanye nokungabi nandaba anazo (uSibusiso). Usebenzise ubuhlakani bakhe nobuhlakani bakhe ukufika lapho ekhona namuhla, ehola inkampani yezokuxhumana eqanjiwe yaseNingizimu Afrika, i-Ezweni, ayiqhuba nomfowabo kanye nomsunguli uKarabo Moroka. 

Ngo-2015 uKhumalo wajoyina abadlali be- *[[Uzalo]]* futhi wadlala njengoZandile "MaNzuza" Mdletshe. Le ndima yaphawula ukubonakala kwakhe kokuqala esikrinini ngemuva kokuphumula kweminyaka emibili ekulingiseni ukuze akhulise izingane zakhe. 

Ngo-2015 uLeleti wamenywa eSiqhingini saseZanzibar, eTanzania, njengesimenywa esiyinhloko semikhosi yamafilimu yase-Afrika edumile eyaziwa ngokuthi iMikhosi yamafilimu yaseZanzibar, emikhosini yayo yokugubha iminyaka eyi-18.

Udlale indima kaMazulu ku- Imbewu ye-e.tv, kusukela ngo-2018 kwaze kwaba sekupheleni kochungechunge ngo-2023.

NgoJulayi 2024, wawina indima kaDkt. Ximba kwisizini entsha ezayo ye-telenova *Muvhango* .