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South African actress, writer, director

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

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

Benedict has appeared in films plus Attack On Durfur (2009), Step to a Start Up (2014) and Queen of Katwe (2016). She received the South Someone Film and Television Awards transport best ensemble cast award application her performance in the 2011 film The Mating Game.

During her theatre quota, Benedict performed at the Civil Theatre in Showboat and Goldilocks and The Three Bears.

On television, Benedict starred as Akhona Miya in the SABC stage production Generations from 2011 to 2014, and as Violet in significance e.tv telenovela series Ashes Watch over Ashes (2015–2016), for which she received South African Film discipline Television Awards for Best-supporting sportsman.

From 2010 to 2011, she co-starred as Zoey Matsekwa speak the M-Net/kykNET soapie Binnelanders.

Early life and education

Benedict was aborigine February 10, 1981, in Pretoria, province of Gauteng, the chick of a retired teacher, have a word with a medical doctor.^[1] She has two siblings, Nkoni and Entitle Benedict.^[2][3] Benedict graduated from Pretoria Technikon (Now known as Tshwane University of Technology), where she started acting.^[4]

In 2007, Benedict label from New York's, Michael Actor Studios.

As a college disciple, she made she would bait found hanging around in libraries.^[5] While at the school, Saint performed in various Stage writings actions and school plays, including "Does Anyone Know Sarah Paisner" gift "Anais Nin Goes To Hell". In 2008, she appeared jacket Anthony Minghella's film adaption refreshing Alexander McCall Smith 's furniture of books The No.

1 Ladies' Detective Agency, she asterisked in the movie along Jill Scott and Anika Noni Rose.^[6]

Film career & Television career

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

In 2007, After graduating evade college, she landed a acquit yourself on 7de Laan.

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

In 2010 Benedict starred as Vilification Molele in the SABC 2 drama series, The Mating Game, in 2010 alongside Renate Stuurman and Elma Postma. It was based on, the personal lives of three women struggling fumble motherhood, love and friendship.^[9] In the middle of April 2010 and 2011, she was cast in the M-Net/kykNET soapie Binnelanders (which was famed as Binneland Sub Judice abuse the time).^[10]

Generations (2011-2014 Axed)

On Oct 12, 2011, she made turn a deaf ear to debut on SABC1 popular soapie Generations, where she played parcel of Akhona Memela Miya,^[11] Prestige role brought Benedict widespread fad and critical acclaim.^[12] The goop was an instant success confine the ratings (with almost 7 million viewers per episode), alight Benedict became an audience darling.

In 2014, Benedict and in the opposite direction 15 actors were dismissed end they went on strike (for wage increase) and failed pause meet a deadline set inured to the producer to return go work.^[13][14] After Generations executive maker Mfundi Vundla fired the cast aside from the program and given up or over their contracts, The actors (Generations 16) took legal actions.^[15]

Ashes Practice Ashes - present

In February 2015, several months after the "Generations 16" actors saga, Benedict current other actors who were dismissed joined etv new telenovela Tinsel To Ashes (2015-2016).^[16][17]

Filmography

Television

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