Thuso Mbedu

Thuso Mbedu was born on Jul 08, 1991 in South Africa. Thuso Mbedu's big-screen debut came with Shuga - Season 5 directed by Tope Oshin in 2017. Thuso Mbedu is known for The Underground Railroad directed by Barry Jenkins, Thuso Mbedu stars as Cora and Chase Dillon as Homer. Thuso Mbedu has got 4 awards and 12 nominations so far. The most recent award Thuso Mbedu achieved is Film Independent Spirit Awards. The upcoming new movie Thuso Mbedu plays is The Woman King which will be released on Sep 16, 2022.

This September, rising star actress Thuso Mbedu will be seen as the lead of Sony's The Woman King opposite Viola Davis. In the historical epic feature directed by Gina Prince-Bythewood, Mbedu plays Nawi, an ambitious recruit who fights within the all-female military unit lead by Nanisca (Davis). The film was shot in Mbedu's home country of South Africa and also stars John Boyega and Lashana Lynch.Mbedu recently won an Independent Spirit Award, Gotham Award, and Hollywood Critics Association Award, and was nominated for a Critics Choice Award, for her starring role as "Cora" in Barry Jenkins' The Underground Railroad, making her the first South African leading woman of a US television series. The limited series is based on Colson Whitehead's bestselling Pulitzer Prize-winning novel, which the Oscar winner Jenkins adapted and directed. For her performance, USA Today called Mbedu the "series' stunning standout, imbuing Cora with a deep humanity and empathy in her every scene, even when she has no dialogue."An established actress in South Africa, Mbedu was nominated for her second International Emmy Award for Best Performance by an Actress in 2018 for her breakout performance on the series Is'Thunzi. She won a SAFTA (South African Film & TV Awards) for Best Actress - TV Drama for her work on the series. That year, she was also featured on the cover of the Forbes Africa "Under 30" issue highlighting African leaders.Mbedu currently splits her time between Los Angeles and South Africa.