Thuso Mbedu is a South African award winning actress who came to limelight for her performance in the South African tv drama Is’Thunzi for which she was nominated consecutively in 2017 and 2018.

She was born on the 8th of July, 1991 to a kwazulu-Natal mother and a Xhosa and Sotho father. She first had a small role in 2014 in the second season of the Mzansi Magic soap opera Isibaya.

In 2018, she appeared on Forbes list for 30 under 30. In 2021 she became the first South African woman to lead an American television series with the Amazon limited series “The underground railroad”. In March she bagged the Independent Spirit Award for her role in the underground railroad.

In 2022, she appeared in the historical epic movie “The woman king” playing the role of Nawi. Her performance in the movie scored her the spot in New York Times top 10 best actors list for 2022.