Carole Horst Around the time she was in the seventh grade, South African actor Thando Thabethe auditioned for the lead role in a school play.
It didn’t pan out the way she’d planned — she landed a small part in the choir, “sort of singing ‘Kumbaya’ and not really doing much,” she recalls, with a laugh — but a spark was lit. “Even just being part of something that small at such a young age is what shaped me, knowing that this is something that I want to do for the rest of my life.”That life-long dream now has Thabethe poised for breakout success.
First comes a star turn as Constable Nandi Cele in the crime drama “Reyka,” an eight-part series produced by Serena Cullen Prods.
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