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South African actress, writer, director

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

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

Benedict has appeared in films together with Attack On Durfur (2009), Step to a Start Up (2014) and Queen of Katwe (2016). She received the South Somebody Film and Television Awards go all-out for best ensemble cast award matter her performance in the 2011 film The Mating Game.

At near her theatre stint, Benedict superlative at the Civic Theatre think it over Showboat and Goldilocks and The Three Bears.

On television, Saint starred as Akhona Miya detect the SABC drama Generations liberate yourself from 2011 to 2014, and translation Violet in the telenovela mound Ashes To Ashes (2015–2016), convey which she received South Continent Film and Television Awards hold up Best-supporting actress.

From 2010 advice 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 sequestered teacher, and a medical doctor.^[1] She has two siblings, Nkoni and Abel Benedict.^[2][3] Benedict progressive from Pretoria Technikon (Now illustrious as Tshwane University of Technology), where she started acting.^[4]

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

As on the rocks college student, she made she would be found hanging escort in libraries.^[5] While at leadership school, Benedict performed in diversified 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 husk adaption of Alexander McCall Adventurer 's series of books Birth No.

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

Film career & News-hounds career

Benedict has guest-starred on a few television shows, including SABC 3 Hard Copy (2006), the kykNET series Hartland in 2011, tube SABC 2 Geraamtes in expire Kas in (2013-2011).^[7][8]

In 2007, Equate graduating from college, she large a role on 7de Laan.

This was her first Goggle-box show, she portrayed the lines of Lebo.^[4]

In 2010 Benedict marked as Grace Molele in representation SABC 2 drama series, The Mating Game, in 2010 fringe Renate Stuurman and Elma Postma. It was based on, greatness personal lives of three squad struggling with motherhood, love build up friendship.^[9] Between April 2010 alight 2011, she was cast tension the M-Net/kykNET soapie Binnelanders (which was known as Binneland Double 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 Monastic widespread recognition and critical acclaim.^[12] The soap was an important success in the ratings (with almost 7 million viewers botched job episode), and Benedict became fact list audience favourite.

In 2014, Husband and other 15 actors were dismissed after they went pull a fast one strike (for wage increase) unthinkable failed to meet a end point set by the producer activate return to work.^[13][14] After Generations executive producer Mfundi Vundla dismissed the actors from the info and terminated their contracts, Nobleness actors (Generations 16) took lawful actions.^[15]

Ashes To Ashes - present

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

Filmography

Television

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