The actress, who has had roles in Interxesions, Sokhulu and Partners and Zone 14, among others, has now scored herself a gig on e.tv’s biggest soapie, Rhythm City.
Dambisa Maqoba, e.tv’s publicity assistant, confirms the news.
“She’ll play a character by the name of Lerato, Fats’s cousin. She’s the epitome of all Fats’s aggravations. She’s vain, flirtatious and well aware of how good looking she is.”
And Lerato uses her looks to her advantage, he says, twisting vulnerable men around her pretty little finger. “She’s very ambitious and will stop at nothing to get what she wants.”
Maqoba won’t say how long the actress will be on the soapie, but viewers should expect to see her from July or so, he says.
Samkelo Ndlovu is a South African actress best known for her role as Sonia on the SABC1 soccer drama series Zone 14, since 2010.
She is also known for her role as Nkosazana in the eleventh season of the SABC1 AIDS drama television series Soul City, in 2011.
She also starred as wild child Lira Khumalo in the Mzansi Magic telenovela Inkaba, from 2012-2013.
Born and bred in Alexandra Township, Samkelo attended primary school at Fairways Primary and completed her high school education at Sandringham High School in 2007.
She attended AFDA – the South African School of Motion Picture Medium and Live Performance – and a month out of college landed her first major role as Lerato in the soccer comedy feature film Taka Taka, starring comedians Trevor Noah and Kagiso Lediga.
Roles in the SABC1 dramas Zone 14, Intersexions and Sokhulu & Partners followed, as well as a supporting role in the SABC1 soapie Generations.
In 2011 she landed the role of Esther in the Thapelo Moekoena-produced feature Skyf – The Movie.
Samkelo will make her debut on Rhythm City during this month (July 2013).
Credit: Sundayworld / TVSA
