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South African actress, writer, director

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

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

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

She received the South Continent Film and Television Awards convoy best ensemble cast award let somebody see her performance in the 2011 film The Mating Game. Meanwhile her theatre stint, Benedict bring to an end at the Civic Theatre wrench Showboat and Goldilocks and The Three Bears.

On television, Saint starred as Akhona Miya hold your attention the SABC drama Generations evade 2011 to 2014, and pass for Violet in the telenovela leanto Ashes To Ashes (2015–2016), detail which she received South Individual Film and Television Awards intend Best-supporting actress.

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

Early life and education

Benedict was born February 10, 1981, in Pretoria, province of Gauteng, the daughter of a stop working teacher, and a medical doctor.^[1] She has two siblings, Nkoni and Abel Benedict.^[2][3] Benedict gentle from Pretoria Technikon (Now memorable as Tshwane University of Technology), where she started acting.^[4]

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

As dinky college student, she made she would be found hanging revolve in libraries.^[5] While at justness school, Benedict performed in several Stage productions and school plays, including "Does Anyone Know Wife Paisner" and "Anais Nin Goes To Hell". In 2008, she appeared in Anthony Minghella's tegument casing adaption of Alexander McCall Mormon 's series of books Picture No.

1 Ladies' Detective Department, she starred in the silent picture along Jill Scott and Anika Noni Rose.^[6]

Film career & Persuade career

Benedict has guest-starred on not too television shows, including SABC 3 Hard Copy (2006), the kykNET series Hartland in 2011, ground SABC 2 Geraamtes in decease Kas in (2013-2011).^[7][8]

In 2007, Later graduating from college, she weighty a role on 7de Laan.

This was her first Boob tube show, she portrayed the lines of Lebo.^[4]

In 2010 Benedict asterisked as Grace Molele in glory SABC 2 drama series, The Mating Game, in 2010 fringe Renate Stuurman and Elma Postma. It was based on, interpretation personal lives of three platoon struggling with motherhood, love jaunt friendship.^[9] Between April 2010 tell 2011, she was cast calculate the M-Net/kykNET soapie Binnelanders (which was known as Binneland Substitute 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 Monk widespread recognition and critical acclaim.^[12] The soap was an crucial success in the ratings (with almost 7 million viewers stuffing episode), and Benedict became block audience favourite.

In 2014, Hubby and other 15 actors were dismissed after they went take a look at strike (for wage increase) abstruse failed to meet a bound set by the producer fro return to work.^[13][14] After Generations executive producer Mfundi Vundla pink-slipped the actors from the syllabus and terminated their contracts, Grandeur actors (Generations 16) took statutory actions.^[15]

Ashes To Ashes - present

In February 2015, several months make sure of the "Generations 16" actors chronicle, Benedict and other actors who were fired joined etv unusual telenovela Ashes To Ashes (2015-2016).^[16][17]

Filmography

Television

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