Leleti Khumalo

Quick Facts

Full Name	Leleti Khumalo
Occupation	Movie Actress
Date Of Birth	Mar 30, 1970(1970-03-30)
Age	54
Birthplace	KwaMashu
Country	South Africa
Birth City	KwaZulu-Natal
Horoscope	Pisces

Leleti Khumalo Biography

Leleti Khumalo is one of the most popular and richest Movie Actress who was born on March 30, 1970 in KwaMashu, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. Star of the critically acclaimed apartheid movie Sarafina! who was also Fedens as Fedens in Hotel Rwanda.

Whoopi Goldberg co-starred with her in the film version of Sarafina! co- starred with her in the movie versions of Sarafina!

In 1985 she auditioned for the Mbongeni Ngema musical which was to become the international blockbuster Sarafina!; Ngema wrote the lead character of Sarafina for Khumalo. She was previously married to him. She is currently married to businessman Skhutazo Winston Khanyile and she gave birth to their twins Ulwenzile and Yamukelani Khanyile.

Khumalo performed the role of Sarafina on stages in South Africa and on Broadway, where she received a 1988 Tony Award nomination for Best Actress in a Musical. Sarafina! had a Broadway run lasting two years, after which the production embarked on a worldwide tour. In 1987 Khumalo received a NAACP Image Award for Best Stage Actress. In 1992, she starred alongside Whoopi Goldberg, Miriam Makeba and John Kani in Darrell James Roodt’s film version of Sarafina!, which had a worldwide distribution, and became the biggest film production to be released on the African continent. Khumalo was nominated for an Image Award, together with Angela Bassett, Whoopi Goldberg and Janet Jackson. Based on the 1976 Soweto youth uprisings, Sarafina! tells the story of a young school girl who is not afraid to fight for her rights and inspires her peers to rise up in protest, especially after her inspirational teacher, Mary Masombuka (Goldberg) is imprisoned and Murdered.

She was born in Durban, South Africa. She was engaged with Mbongeni Ngema from 1992 until 2005.

Leleti Khumalo Net Worth

Leleti Khumalo is one of the richest Movie Actress from South Africa. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Leleti Khumalo 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

She sang in an local youth group known as Amajika.

She was awarded an Tony Award nomination and an NAACP Image Award for her performance in Sarafina!

Leleti Khumalo (born 30 March 1970) is a South African actress known for her leading role in the movie and stage play Sarafina! and for her roles in other films such as Hotel Rwanda, Yesterday and Invictus.The soap opera Imbewu:The Seed where she was MaZulu.

Height, Weight & Body Measurements

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Who is Leleti Khumalo Dating?

According to our records, Leleti Khumalo married to Skhuthazo Winston Khanyile , Mbongeni Ngema. As of December 1, 2023, Leleti Khumalo’s is not dating anyone.

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In 2015 Leleti was invited to Zanzibar Island, Tanzania, as a chief guest of the famous African film festivals known as the Zanzibar film Festivals, for its 18th anniversary celebrations.

Facts & Trivia

Leleti Ranked on the list of most popular Movie Actress. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in South Africa. Leleti Khumalo celebrates birthday on March 30 of every year.

Khumalo co-starred in Mbongeni Ngema’s international musical Magic at 4 AM which was dedicated to Muhammad Ali. She subsequently starred in another Ngema musical, Mama (1996), which toured Europe and Australia. In 1997, she starred in Sarafina 2.

Was Sarafina a true story?

Sarafina! is a fictional retelling of the 1976 Soweto Uprising , a protest event against the Bantu Education system that dominated in the apartheid era.

What happened between Mbongeni Ngema and Leleti Khumalo?

In 1992, Leleti Khumalo married actor and playwriter Mbongeni Ngema, the pair met whilst filming the movie Sarafina! However, after being together for so long, Khumalo, after considering divorce for a long time woke up one morning and decided to make the divorce to Ngema official.

Is Leleti Khumalo The real Sarafina?

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Does Leleti Khumalo have a baby?

Leleti Khumalo children are two with Skhuthazo and one from ex-husband, Ngema.

Who was the first white person in South Africa?

History. The history of White settlement in South Africa started in 1652 with the settlement of the Cape of Good Hope by the Dutch East India Company (VOC) under Jan van Riebeeck.