Aero World Presents—What It's Like To Be An Award-Winning Actress

Aero World Presents—What It's Like To Be An Award-Winning Actress
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Aero World Presents—What It's Like To Be An Award-Winning Actress

Aero World Presents—What It's Like To Be An Award-Winning Actress

 

Welcome back to another instalment of Aero World: What It's Like. In this exciting segment, we focus on what it's like to be an award-winning actress with none other than Didintle Khunou!

 

Join us as we unpack and get to know the woman of the moment.

 

Background

31-year-old Didintle Khunou is an award-winning actress who graced both the silver screen and theatre stage with her acting expertise, making her first TV debut in the popular South African Sotho TV drama Mamello in 2016. Hailing from Klerksdorp, a South African town known for its large mining and agricultural economy, Didi took the acting world by storm with her portrayal of many complex characters, propelling her to stardom, locally and abroad.

 

Born on the 14th of November 1992, this award-winning firecracker of an actress has gone on to achieve amazing feats in her career, winning the hearts and capturing the imaginations of thousands of South Africans with her outstanding performances on television and stage. Didi is also the proud founder of her company, Galalela Mosadi Productions, and yes, this talented woman is more than just a pretty face with a BA Honours Degree in Dramatic Arts from the University of Witwatersrand.

 

In a recent interview for TrueLove, the beauty gives us some insight into her professional life by relaying she is always eager to learn and perfect her craft and trains with an artistic director and acting coach, Steven Feinstein.

 

Didi's latest TV and movie projects include 'A Soweto Love Story', a Netflix rom-com focused on the hilarious results of finding love, and 'Soon Comes Night, a gripping Netflix crime drama that will keep you on the edge of your seat.

 

Here is some information on this thespian/actress living out loud and putting her money where her mouth is.

 

Profile Info for Didintle Khunou

  • Name: Didintle Khunou
  • Training: BA Dramatic Training: Arts, University of the Witwatersrand
  • Languages: English, Setswana
  • Special Skills: Singing, Ballet, Weapons Handling, Horse Riding, Martial arts, Stage Fighting, Kickboxing, Muay Tai, Piano, Painting, Accents: British, American, North and East African

 

Television

  1. Soon Comes Night
  2. In Your Dreams
  3. Savage Beauty
  4. 13 Weeks to find Mr. Right
  5. Isono
  6. The Throne S1
  7. Single Galz S2
  8. Bona Retsang
  9. Mamello S2 and 3

 

Theatre

  1. A Better Life
  2. The Rocky Horror Show
  3. The Color Purple
  4. Same Same but Different
  5. The Caucasian Chalk Circle
  6. A Year with Frog and Toad
  7. Yerma
  8. Freedom (Review)
  9. Takalani Sex and Me
  10. Soletario

 

Awards

  1. Naledi Award for Best Lead Performance in a Musical for Celie in The Color Purple 2019
  2. Nomination - 15th Annual Naledi Awards - Best Lead Actress in a Musical - The Color Purple Musical
  3. Broadway Online Awards South Africa 2018 - Best Female Lead in a Musical - The Color Purple Musical

 

Watch the full episode on YouTube:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZcJh9ZD4BEo

 

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