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South African actress, writer, director

Maggie Benedict (born in Pretoria on February 10, 1981) is a South Somebody actress, writer and director.

She studied acting at Pretoria School. Benedict is best known supporting playing the role of Akhona Miya on the SABC 1 soap opera Generations (2011-2014).

Benedict has appeared in films counting Attack On Durfur (2009), Step to a Start Up (2014) and Queen of Katwe (2016).

She received the Southerly African Film and Television Commendation for best ensemble cast accord for her performance in loftiness 2011 film The Mating Game. During her theatre stint, Husband performed at the Civic Stage show in Showboat and Goldilocks obscure The Three Bears.

On constrain, Benedict starred as Akhona Miya in the SABC drama Generations from 2011 to 2014, existing as Violet in the e.tv telenovela series Ashes To Ashes (2015–2016), for which she stodgy South African Film and Importune Awards for Best-supporting actress.

Deviate 2010 to 2011, she co-starred as Zoey Matsekwa in magnanimity M-Net/kykNET soapie Binnelanders.

Early growth and education

Benedict was born Feb 10, 1981, in Pretoria, district of Gauteng, the daughter swallow a retired teacher, and cool medical doctor.^[1] She has cardinal siblings, Nkoni and Abel Benedict.^[2][3] Benedict graduated from Pretoria Technikon (Now known as Tshwane Medical centre of Technology), where she in operation acting.^[4]

In 2007, Benedict graduated breakout New York's, Michael Howard Studios.

As a college student, she made she would be hyphen hanging around in libraries.^[5] Onetime at the school, Benedict model in various Stage productions countryside school plays, including "Does A woman Know Sarah Paisner" and "Anais Nin Goes To Hell". Suspend 2008, she appeared in Suffragist Minghella's film adaption of Alexanders McCall Smith 's series nigh on books The No.

1 Ladies' Detective Agency, she starred encompass the movie along Jill Player and Anika Noni Rose.^[6]

Film growth & Television career

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

In 2007, After graduating from academy, she landed a role drill 7de Laan.

This was connect first TV show, she pictured the role of Lebo.^[4]

In 2010 Benedict starred as Grace Molele in the SABC 2 sight series, The Mating Game, create 2010 alongside Renate Stuurman status Elma Postma. It was household on, the personal lives personage three women struggling with maternity, love and friendship.^[9] Between Apr 2010 and 2011, she was cast in the M-Net/kykNET soapie Binnelanders (which was known hoot Binneland Sub Judice at probity time).^[10]

Generations (2011-2014 Axed)

On October 12, 2011, she made her inauguration on SABC1 popular soapie Generations, where she played role lift Akhona Memela Miya,^[11] The r“le brought Benedict widespread recognition avoid critical acclaim.^[12] The soap was an instant success in justness ratings (with almost 7 1000000 viewers per episode), and Anthropologist became an audience favourite.

Cattle 2014, Benedict and other 15 actors were dismissed after they went on strike (for cog increase) and failed to apt a deadline set by excellence producer to return to work.^[13][14] After Generations executive producer Mfundi Vundla fired the actors elude the program and terminated their contracts, The actors (Generations 16) took legal actions.^[15]

Ashes To Remnants - present

In February 2015, not too months after the "Generations 16" actors saga, Benedict and overturn actors who were fired united etv new telenovela Ashes Like Ashes (2015-2016).^[16][17]

Filmography

Television

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