Moshidi Motshegwa Biography
Moshidi Motshegwa is a South African actress best known for her leading role as Denzela Ledwaba in the SABC2 police drama series Zero Tolerance, from 2003-2006.
Moshidi Motshegwa Age
Moshidi Motshegwa was born in 1977, She is 42 years as of 2019
Moshidi Motshegwa Career
She won the Best Actress in a Television Drama Golden Horn award at the inaugural SAFTA Awards in 2006, for her role in the series.
She is also known for playing the role of Florence Nxumalo in the 2004 feature film Drum, with Taye Diggs.
Motshegwa has appeared in numerous television shows including Friends Indeed, Gaabo Motho, Flat 27, Generations, Justice For All, Joburg Blues, Behind the Badge, Ke Nnako, SOS, Hillside, The Lab and Jozi H.
She also made a guest appearance in a 2003 episode of the American medical drama series ER entitled “Makemba” (Season 10, Episode 10).
She portrayed Nelson Mandela’s daughter Zinzi in the 1997 made-for-TV movie Mandela and De Klerk. In 2007 she starred in the Dutch mini-series Stellenbosch.
Other films she has appeared in include Hijack Stories (2000), Critical Assignment (2004) and The African Story.
In 2008 she was to have voiced the role of Miriam in an animated television series called Speedy, based on the comic strip by cartoonist Tim Mostert which appears in the South African tabloid The Daily Sun.
The series was notable for being the first content acquisition for the pay-TV arm of Telkom Media, which was awarded a pay-TV licence in September 2007.
Telkom Media subsequently withdrew from the pay-TV market, effectively cancelling the show.
She played the leading role of Uhuru Mokoena, the daughter of a wealthy Xhosa doctor who has post-traumatic stress disorder following a hijacking – in the SABC2 mini-series Noah’s Ark, from July to August, 2008.
She is one of the contestant panelists on the SABC2 game show Where Were You?, from August to November, 2008.
Moshidi is one of the judges of the SABC1 reality competition talent search So You Think You’re Funny!, since November 2008. She helps comedian David Kau find South Africa’s top unsigned comedic talent.
Moshidi Motshegwa TV shows
- Zero Tolerance
- The River
Moshidi Motshegwa Awards
- Golden Horn Award for Best Actress in a TV Soap
- Golden Horn Award for Best Actress in a Lead Role in a TV Drama
- Golden Horn Award for Best Actress – Telenovela
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Moshidi Motshegwa makes her TV comeback #TheRiver1Magic
It might seem that seasoned actress Moshidi Motshegwa is taking time out from acting, but the winner of the Golden Horn Award for Best Actress in a TV Soap has played the Maroon Queen in two seasons of Black Sails, the American adventure series.
Motshegwa also produced the movie, Noem My Skollie, which was nominated for the SAFTAs, and was South Africa’s official selection for the 89th Annual Academy Awards (Oscars) in the Best Foreign Language Film category.
Now she will be appearing on small screens as Malefu in the new telenovela, The River, which made its debut last night on DSTV’s new channel 1 Magic at 8pm.
Sunday Indy asked her about her new role.
What drew you to the character of Malefu?
What a lot of actors look for is a character they’ve never played before, a character that will challenge them and force them to dig deep. Malefu has a story and her story is shared by many women from all walks of life. She loves too much and she believes in God, and when everything else doesn’t make sense to her, her faith is the only thing that keeps her going.
I loved the fact that Malefu is a mother and a wife, so everything she does is bigger than her. She’s not a self-serving person.
Tell us about Malefu and what you enjoy most about her. How did you prepare for the role?
There are many aspects to her. She’s strong, vulnerable, stubborn, but very forgiving. She wants what’s best for her children, but she’s not controlling. I’m always preparing to be Malefu. I observe women around me wherever I am. I take a bit of what I find interesting in every woman I meet. I read the Bible a lot because that’s Malefu’s life manual.
Malefu is described as the matriarch, what are the similarities between you and her?
We’re both strong and we stand up for what we believe in.
What should the people who love you expect from this character, considering they were bowled over by Naomi from Rhythm City?
This character is completely different from Naomi and I love that. Naomi enjoyed killing people, whereas Malefu is a nurturer. She’s everyone’s mother.
I think the only similarity is that they’re both stubborn about what they believe in, and they just want to be happy (although they go about finding happiness in different ways).
Malefu can be over the top, very religious and also tender. What I find most interesting about her is that we all have a person in our lives who is Malefu. Be it a neighbour, someone from church, an aunt or whoever. She’s also quite funny, without realising it.
What do you think people love about your craft because every single character you’ve played has been infectious?
I become the character I’m playing and I think people can see that. I’m always trying to find the different layers of a character. What do they eat? What kind of stockings do they wear? What music do they listen to? How do they iron their clothes? Do they like juice or soft drinks? Those sorts of questions help get to the essence of a character. I’m also fortunate that the producers I’ve worked with have been kind enough to allow me to interpret the characters as I see them and bring new life to them. It’s always a collaboration. And the cast I work with always contribute to how I perform, because I don’t work in a vacuum.