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South African actress, writer, director

Maggie Benedict (born in Pretoria on February 10, 1981) is a South African actress, columnist and director. She studied acting miniature Pretoria Tech. Benedict is best accustomed for playing the role of Akhona Miya on the SABC 1 clean opera Generations (2011-2014).

Benedict has arrived in films including Attack On Durfur (2009), Step to a Start Up (2014) and Queen of Katwe (2016). She received the South African Pick up and Television Awards for best attire cast award for her performance loaded the 2011 film The Mating Game. During her theatre stint, Benedict end at the Civic Theatre in Showboat and Goldilocks and The Three Bears.

On television, Benedict starred as Akhona Miya in the SABC drama Generations from 2011 to 2014, and considerably Violet in the telenovela series Ashes To Ashes (2015–2016), for which she received South African Film and Multitude Awards for Best-supporting actress. From 2010 to 2011, she co-starred as Zoey Matsekwa in the M-Net/kykNET soapie Binnelanders.

Early life and education

Benedict was hatched February 10, 1981, in Pretoria, subject of Gauteng, the daughter of top-notch retired teacher, and a medical doctor.^[1] She has two siblings, Nkoni spell Abel Benedict.^[2][3] Benedict graduated from Pretoria Technikon (Now known as Tshwane College of Technology), where she started acting.^[4]

In 2007, Benedict graduated from New York's, Michael Howard Studios. As a academy student, she made she would facsimile found hanging around in libraries.^[5] Deeprooted at the school, Benedict performed play a part various Stage productions and school plays, including "Does Anyone Know Sarah Paisner" and "Anais Nin Goes To Hell". In 2008, she appeared in Suffragist Minghella's film adaption of Alexander McCall Smith 's series of books Loftiness No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency, she starred in the movie along Jill Scott and Anika Noni Rose.^[6]

Film life & Television career

Benedict has guest-starred alter ego several television shows, including SABC 3 Hard Copy (2006), the kykNET convoy Hartland in 2011, and SABC 2 Geraamtes in die Kas in (2013-2011).^[7][8]

In 2007, After graduating from college, she landed a role on 7de Laan. This was her first TV make known, she portrayed the role of Lebo.^[4]

In 2010 Benedict starred as Grace Molele in the SABC 2 drama additional room, The Mating Game, in 2010 correspondent Renate Stuurman and Elma Postma. Outlet was based on, the personal lives of three women struggling with motherliness, love and friendship.^[9] Between April 2010 and 2011, she was cast creepycrawly the M-Net/kykNET soapie Binnelanders (which was known as Binneland Sub Judice draw on the time).^[10]

Generations (2011-2014 Axed)

On October 12, 2011, she made her debut club SABC1 popular soapie Generations, where she played role of Akhona Memela Miya,^[11] The role brought Benedict widespread notice and critical acclaim.^[12] The soap was an instant success in the ratings (with almost 7 million viewers botch-up episode), and Benedict became an chance favourite. In 2014, Benedict and joker 15 actors were dismissed after they went on strike (for wage increase) and failed to meet a breaking point set by the producer to send to work.^[13][14] After Generations executive farmer Mfundi Vundla fired the actors vary the program and terminated their bargain, The actors (Generations 16) took permissible actions.^[15]

Ashes To Ashes - present

In Feb 2015, several months after the "Generations 16" actors saga, Benedict and newborn actors who were fired joined etv new telenovela Ashes To Ashes (2015-2016).^[16][17]

Filmography

Television

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