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Nambitha Ben-Mazwi

April 15, 2025 By Owen Swanson

Nambitha Ben-Mazwi

Nambitha Ben-Mazwi, also known as “Lady Nam,” is an award-winning actress, entrepreneur, style icon, and global activist. A University of Cape Town graduate with an Honours degree in Business Science, she was recognized as one of the top 5 entrepreneurs in South Africa by Accenture Group in 2019.

As the founder of the women’s empowerment movement #SheSpeaksByLadyNam, Lady Nam has used her platform to inspire and uplift women worldwide. She has built a successful media company, NambithaBM Media, and made history as the first South African with six Netflix International credits. Her standout roles include Netflix’s “Savage Beauty,” Showmax’s “Empini,” “Happiness Ever After,” the Emmy-winning “Black Mirror,” and Showtime’s “King Shaka.” In 2024, she won “Best Actress” at the Global NFTSA Awards for her performances in Savage Beauty and Empini.

In addition to acting, Lady Nam is a Global Citizen Ambassador, UN Equal Education Ambassador, and Brand SA Ambassador. She was named one of the 20 Black women shaping global entertainment by Leading Ladies Africa in 2024, alongside industry icons like Issa Rae and Lupita Nyong’o. She also had the honor of being chosen by Beyoncé for Black Is King, where she advocates for “dark skin magic” and the empowerment of marginalized women.

Her accolades include Glamour Woman of the Year (2016), Woman of Wonder (2020), Actress of the Year (2022), and a Global Visionary Award (2023). Recently, she was honored as an Industry ICON by Don Julio 1942 at the 2024 Academy Oscars Night.

Lady Nam’s influence extends beyond entertainment; she is a prominent brand ambassador and hosted the 2023 Moët & Chandon Champagne Day in Epernay. She continues to make waves with her international hosting role at the 2024 Essence Film Festival, further cementing her status as a global powerhouse in entertainment and activism.

For bookings or more information on Nambitha, please get in contact with an agent at OSM Talent.

Nthati Moshesh

February 20, 2025 By Owen Swanson

Nthati Moshesh

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Nthati Moshesh is a multi-award winning South African actress with a career spanning over 30 years across film, television, and theatre. Born and raised in Katlehong (Ekurhuleni), she developed a passion for drama from an early age. She studied Drama as a matric subject at St. Andrew’s School for Girls in Bedfordview before furthering her studies at Natal Technikon (now Durban University of Technology), where she graduated with a National Diploma in Performing Arts in 1990.

Her early film career was marked by her first feature film role in Kini and Adams, which was nominated for a Palme d’Or at the 1997 Cannes Film Festival. She later starred in The Long Run, produced by Anant Singh, and played prominent roles in Kin alongside Miranda Otto and Isaiah Washington, Beat The Drum, Round Trip, and Cape of Good Hope. More recently, she has appeared in A Safari Romance, The Fragile King, and Ayanda (and the Mechanic), earning a nomination for Best Supporting Actress at the African Movie Academy Awards and the SAFTAs.

Nthati has had a prolific television career, with starring roles in major South African and international productions. Nthati made her television debut on South Africa’s first soap, Egoli playing the role of Lerato. She won her first award in 2004, a Canadian Gemini Award (equivalent to an Emmy) for her role as Odette in Human Cargo and has received multiple SAFTA nominations and wins, including Best Actress for Thola, Saints and Sinners, and Isono. Her notable TV roles include Scandal!, Home Affairs, Lockdown, Housekeepers, Ring of Lies II, Saints & Sinners and most recently taking home the Best Supporting Actress in a TV Drama at the SAFTAs for her portrayal of Grace Bhengu in Netflix’s Savage Beauty.

Nthati’s work has enabled her to indulge her love for travelling. She has acted in London, Zimbabwe and Israel and attended festivals in France and Spain.

Nthati has also ventured into the content creator realm and has worked with various beauty care brands. Looking into the future she plans to expand on her social media platforms and work with various brands on campaigns.

Beyond acting, Nthati is passionate about philanthropy and is a dedicated advocate for the arts, she has served as an executive member of PAWE (Performing Arts Workers Equity) and was a board member of the National Children’s Theatre. With her extensive industry experience, Nthati continues to be a trailblazer in South African entertainment, inspiring new generations of performers while delivering compelling performances on screen and stage.

For bookings or more information on Nthati, please get in contact with an agent at OSM Talent.

Mosa Lekwene

December 11, 2024 By Owen Swanson

Mosa Lekwene

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Mosa is a passionate and dedicated actress with experience in supporting roles. She has an actively engaging audience on TikTok, where she showcases her acting and lip-syncing skills through lip-syncing to scenes from popular movies.

She is eager to expand my career into voice-over and commercial acting, leveraging my social media presence to connect with wider audiences.

For bookings or more information on Mosa, please get in contact with an agent at OSM Talent.

Kwanele Mthethwa

November 13, 2024 By Owen Swanson

Kwanele Mthethwa

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Kwanele Mthethwa is a South African actress who rose to fame with her role as Ayanda in the Mzansi Magic telenovela Isithembiso.  Born and raised in Durban, she moved to Johannesburg in 2018 and immediately landed the role of Ayanda on Isithembiso.

Originally a recurring character, her first appearance in the role was in Season 2, Episode 221, which first aired on Mzansi Magic on 4 February, 2019. She then got an opportunity to star cast for the third season, which ended in 2020.

Kwanele next starred in the Mzansi Magic telemovie Indandatho Yokukhanya, a supernatural drama which aired as part of the channel’s “Lokshin Bioskop” strand on Sunday, 5 January 2020. Also starring Unati Guma, the film
follows a timid and overly cautious girl who finds out that her parent’s spirits were taken by the Dark One and she embarks on a mission to save them.

Kwanele next played the recurring role of Boity on the Mzansi Magic drama series Abomama, making her first appearance in the role on 1 August, 2021 (Season 2, Episode 5).  Later that month she starred in a second Mzansi Magic movie – Umhlukanisi – which first aired on the channel on 28 August, 2021.

The premise of the movie is that after seven years of marriage, a domestic worker finds herself falling in love with her boss – but her husband finds out and manipulates her to rob the family she has grown to love.  The film also stars Fortune Thobejane.

Another film role followed, this time in the Showmax Original Movie Umakoti Wethu – the feature film directorial debut of Nozipho Nkelemba – which was released for streaming on 23 September, 2021.  Fulu Mugovhani stars in this drama as Khathu, who finds herself in crisis when her husband’s new job ignites old flames.  Melusi Mbele plays her husband Sizwe, with Kwanele Mthethwa as the woman caught in the middle.

Kwanele next found herself in another recurring role in an Mzansi Magic series, this time in the role of Phumeza on the channel’s flagship soapie, The Queen.  Her first appearance in the role was in Season 6, Episode 69, which aired on 28 October, 2021.

The following year she starred in another Showmax Original movie, Induku, which was released on 20 January, 2022.  In the film she stars as Khethiwe Shibe, who defies her father in order to save her family by secretly entering her community’s biggest stick-fighting tournament.  Kwanele also had a guest role in an episode of the 1Magic romantic comedy- drama series Entangled which aired on 18 March, 2022 (Season 1, Episode 11).

Kwanele again had a guest role on the SABC 13 part drama series The premier as Dudu Madau. She followed this up with another starring role in television when she was cast as lead role Thembelihle in the Mzansi Magic drama series Umbuso.

Her character in the show is Ma E’s (Bheki Sibiya) daughter who is trapped in a loveless, childless marriage with Mothusi (Sphamandla Dhludhlu), a superficially charming businessman working in the NGO sector. Mothusi is an emotionally abusive serial cheater who wants a Thembelihle to be a traditional wife while offering none of the respect that role would involve.
Thembelihle secretly still loves Uncle Tiny’s son, Tshepiso (played by Khojane Morai).

Umbuso premiered on Mzansi Magic on Sunday 3 April, 2022.
She is currently on the BET telenovela REDEMPTION playing the leading role of Faith Zikode and has an upcoming feature film Titled “Wathinta umfazi” playing the lead role of Bongi promise khumalo. Based on a true story

For bookings or more information on Kwanele, please get in contact with an agent at OSM Talent.

Thato Dithebe

July 9, 2024 By Owen Swanson

Thato Dithebe

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Thato Dithebe is a South African actor best known for his role as Neo in the e.tv soapie House of Zwide. Hailing from Krugersdorp in Gauteng, he attended Maragon Private School before furthering his studies at the University of the Witwatersrand, in 2019.

He made his professional screen debut in 2016 when he was cast as a presenter on SABC1’s youth block YoTV, in the shows YoTV Land and YoTV Live. In 2020 he began hosting the Channel O lifestyle show GenZ, as President Thato.

Thato made his acting debut in a cameo role on the SABC2 sitcom Gauteng Maboneng in an episode that aired on 29 January,2017 (Season 3, Episode 12). He next had a guest starring role in an episode of the BET sitcom Black Tax which aired on 25 February, 2020 (Season 1, Episode 7). A guest starring role in the 1Magic drama series Unmarried followed, in Season 3, Episode 7 (which aired on 20 May, 2022).

The role of Neo in House of Zwide came next. Originally credited in a first season episode as “Alex’s Team Member” (Season 1, Episode 251), he began recurring from Season 2 onwards. In the show his character is a charismatic, confident charmer who takes a strong interest in Ona (Nefisa Mkhabela), despite the fact that she has a longtime boyfriend, Soka (Linda Nxumalo).

In the same year he had a guest starring role in an episode of the Mzansi Magic soapie The Queen (Season 7, Episode 37), which aired on 13 September, 2022.

Thato landed his first starring role in television when he was cast as Tshepang, an Amapiano star who leave home to find his fame and fortune, in the Mzansi Magic drama series Kokota and later joined One Magic’s telenovela “Champions”.

For bookings or more information on Thato, please get in contact with an agent at OSM Talent.

Chris Fisher – CPT

July 9, 2024 By Owen Swanson

Chris Fisher - CPT

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Born in 1986, Chris has always had a love for imaginative play and immersive storytelling. After 4 years at the Rhodes University drama department, he moved back to Cape Town in 2010 to pursue a career in performance. He has since been stretching his repertoire across many fields including film, television, theatre, voice and ‘street performance’.

On screen credits include ‘Blue Crush 2’, ‘Saints and Strangers’, ‘Black Sails’, ‘Raised by Wolves’, ‘Deep State’, ‘Endangered Species’, ‘Monster Island’, ‘Tali’s Wedding Diaries’, ‘House of David’, ‘Good Luck, Have Fun, Don’t Die’ and ‘The Morning After’ among many others..

Theatre credits include ‘Charlotte’s Web’, ‘Shakespeare the Sadist’, ‘Bent’, ‘Midsummer Night’s Dream’, ‘Hamlet Machine’, ‘Stilted’, ‘Heathcliffe Goes Home’, ‘Experiment with an Airpump’ among others.

He has endeavoured to expand his range far and wide, while maintaining a solid grounding in expressive play – which he uses to inspire a love for keeping our childlike sense of play alive and well in the world. He has most recently immersed himself in the facilitation of joy sharing sessions through The Up Org.

Chris is impassioned by the notion of celebrating our gifts as human beings and the inherent interconnectedness of our universe to create WIN WIN WINS: for ourselves, for those around us and for this beautiful planet we all have the privilege of inhabiting.

Chris currently lives in Nature’s Valley on the Garden Route, South Africa with his life partner and 2 children.

For bookings or more information on Chris, please get in contact with an agent at OSM Talent.

Thabang Mashiane

May 30, 2024 By Owen Swanson

Thabang Mashiane

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Thabang Mashiane is a trained actress with a BA in Live Performance which she obtained after a three-year course at Afda. Her training began in high school, at Curro Heuwelkruin, under the guidance of Nicole Senekal with the focus being in Stage Performance. She graduated high school with two prestigious awards in the creative arts, and an opportunity to perform at Woordfees 2017 through the National Arts Competition.

In the same year she started her training at AFDA: School of Creative Economy, with her major being Live Performance, throughout her studies at Afda she broadened her skills by co-writing scripts alongside Screenwriting and Directing students. She graduated with an award as Best Actor in Television 2019 and two film writer credits.

She has since continued to sharpen her acting skills while also assisting in different departments on film sets, in order to broaden her understanding of the process of filmmaking as well as starring in short films throughout the last few years.

Thabang is passionate about storytelling and the impact it has on the socio-economic climate of the world at large. She constantly working towards becoming a multi-faceted creative with strong sense of social awareness, keen skills in acting and screenwriting, and the ability to adapt to all mediums of performance with great ease, knowledge and skill.

For bookings or more information on Thabang, please get in contact with an agent at OSM Talent.

Dineo Nchabeleng

March 7, 2024 By Owen Swanson

Dineo Nchabeleng

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Dineo Nchabeleng was born in Pretoria and spent most of her childhood in the Eastrand, where she completed her nursery and primary schooling. She later completed her high schooling at the National School of Arts, majoring in classical music. Her career began at the young age of 7, making her among the few budding child stars in SA at the time.

Dineo Nchabeleng kick started her career with international feature films My Brother The Egg & Beat The Drum (won over 20 international film awards). She then went on to presenting on Sabc 1’s yo.tv : Blue Couch and Sabc 2’s School Tv.

After a few years of working her way up, she made it onto South Africa’s biggest soapie (at the time) Generations. Dineo Nchabeleng quickly became a ‘house hold favorite’ and after 4 years on the soapie she ventured onto new things. End Game (sabc 1 political thriller series), Dream World S2 (SABC 1 rom com), Thandeka’s Diary (SABC 1 comedy), Family Secrets (SABC 1 drama) and Soul City are amongst the shows she later went on to be a part of on the SABC show roll.

From budding child star to lead role on award winning Ring Of Lies (Mzansi Magic telenovela S1 & S2) and #FeesMustFall activist character on another award winning show Lockdown (Mzansi Magic series S3). The Magic In Motion academy produced a popular movie called ‘Sofa Silahlane’ where Dineo Nchabeleng and fellow ‘Ring of Lies’ co-star Bohang Moeko, tell a tragic love story with the pair as leads and veteran actors like Seputla Sebogodi amongst them.

She also played a character on Etv’s Gold Diggers (S2) alongside the likes of Owen Sejake and Clementine Mosimane.

Dineo Nchabeleng has had a consistent career in prime time television and continues to entertain viewers all while being a mother to her daughter. She is currently 31 years old and recently featured on EVOD SA original action feature film ‘Whatever It Takes’ as lead, which has won a SAFTA 2023 in the category: Best Made For TV Movie. She was also recently featured in two Mzansi Original Movies: Mjolo Ke Pandemic and UmshadoWethu. Behind the camera, Dineo is a creative and working to make a name in the production side of the industry.

For bookings or more information on Dineo, please get in contact with an agent at OSM Talent.

Emmanuel Castis

March 1, 2024 By Owen Swanson

Emmanuel Castis

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Emmanuel Castis is a seasoned professional in the entertainment industry. Emmanuel has performed across the globe in various productions and across various mediums.

Emmanuel is a SAFTA AWARD Winning actor, who became a household name playing Steve Stethakis on the popular Soap opera Isidingo.

Since then he has performed in various television shows and films, in South Africa, The United States, the UK and Norway, a few of which were on Etv’s Scandal and Broken Vows, SABC’s Erfsondes and 7de Laan, ABC’s General Hospital and NBC’s Days of Our Lives, HBO Cinemax’s Warrior and MNET’s Trackers.

Emmanuel has also performed in the global touring company of the Broadway hit, Jersey Boys. He was part of the developmental cast of the Broadway Musical Mandela, which has just done a season off the West End in London. He is currenlty playing Sam Carmichael, in the hit Musical Mamma Mia.

He is also a singer- songwriter, having released an Album, South of Nowhere. He has performed at events across the globe with his band Dalliance, and as a guest artist in the US band, Vanity Fair.

For bookings or more information on Emmanuel, please get in contact with an agent at OSM Talent.

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Cassidy Nicholson

Thato Dithebe

Chris Fisher - CPT

Thabang Mashiane

Dineo Nchabeleng

Emmanuel Castis