Bonnie Mbuli Biography

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Bonnie Mbuli stars at Precious Chamusso, wife of Patrick.

Actress, presenter and part-time model Bonnie Mbuli's career began at the tender age of 13 when she played roles in local South African television productions 'Viva Families' and 'African Skies' coupled with cameo roles in international productions 'Born Free 2' and 'Cave Girls'. She went on to present various magazine programmes including 'Teleschool', 'Zapmag', 'Technics Heart of the Beat' and 'Limits Unlimited'.

In 2001, Bonnie landed a lead role in the hit soap 'Backstage' aimed at South African youth and, on leaving, was cast in the role of Portia an AIDS victim, in the community series 'Gazlam'. This was followed by a role in a detective series, 'Zero Tolerance'.

Over the past two years, she has hosted a talk show on SABC 1 entitled 'True-Life', landed a role in the mini-series 'Homecoming', and starred in two Canadian television series, 'Charlie Jade', a sci-fi epic and 'Scouts Safari', an adventure series set in the African wilds. She has recently completed a major role in 'Home Affairs' for Penguin Films, a thirteen part series interlinking the lives of five very different women. 

In the film arena, she successfully attained the lead role of the young Dolly Radebe, in 'Drum - Stories of Sophiatown' and a lead role in a Danish dogma film, 'Zero Gravity' directed by the acclaimed Jon Bang Carlsen.

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