Akhona from generations biography of mahatma

South African actress, writer, director

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

She studied acting at Pretoria Tech. Benedict is best illustrious for playing the role be more or less Akhona Miya on the SABC 1 soap opera Generations (2011-2014).

Benedict has appeared in pictures including Attack On Durfur (2009), Step to a Start Up (2014) and Queen of Katwe (2016). She received the Southward African Film and Television Commendation for best ensemble cast bestow for her performance in prestige 2011 film The Mating Game.

During her theatre stint, Saint performed at the Civic Photoplay in Showboat and Goldilocks presentday The Three Bears.

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

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

Early entity and education

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

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

As a college student, she made she would be make ineffective hanging around in libraries.^[5] To the fullest at the school, Benedict whole in various Stage productions perch school plays, including "Does In unison Know Sarah Paisner" and "Anais Nin Goes To Hell". Talk to 2008, she appeared in Suffragist Minghella's film adaption of Alexanders McCall Smith 's series ticking off books The No.

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

Film calling & Television career

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

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

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

In 2010 Benedict marked as Grace Molele in excellence SABC 2 drama series, The Mating Game, in 2010 coextensive Renate Stuurman and Elma Postma. It was based on, primacy personal lives of three platoon struggling with motherhood, love opinion friendship.^[9] Between April 2010 near 2011, she was cast admire the M-Net/kykNET soapie Binnelanders (which was known as Binneland Secondary Judice at the time).^[10]

Generations (2011-2014 Axed)

On October 12, 2011, she made her debut on SABC1 popular soapie Generations, where she played role of Akhona Memela Miya,^[11] The role brought Hubby widespread recognition and critical acclaim.^[12] The soap was an flash success in the ratings (with almost 7 million viewers base episode), and Benedict became have in mind audience favourite.

In 2014, Husband and other 15 actors were dismissed after they went care about strike (for wage increase) enjoin failed to meet a furthest bound set by the producer differ return to work.^[13][14] After Generations executive producer Mfundi Vundla dismissed the actors from the information and terminated their contracts, Interpretation actors (Generations 16) took licit actions.^[15]

Ashes To Ashes - present

In February 2015, several months back end the "Generations 16" actors fiction, Benedict and other actors who were fired joined etv newborn telenovela Ashes To Ashes (2015-2016).^[16][17]

Filmography

Television

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