Mbele biography
Mbele biography
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Sonia Mbele
South African actress
Sonia Mbele is a South African actress,[1][2] model,[3] tv producer and entrepreneur.
She produced the first ever Real Housewives franchise in Africa,[4] and is the executive producer for Real Housewives of Johannesburg.[5]
Early life
Sonia Mbele was born in December 1976 in Natalspruit, South Africa.[6]
Career
Mbele began her career in 1998 as a lead act in an SABC 2 drama production that was called Phamokate and in 1999 she was awarded at the FNB Vita Award for Most Promising New Actress.
In 2003, Mbele was cast in SABC 1 soap series Generations through which she rose to prominence in South Africa, she played her role as Ntombi Khumalo up to 2011.[7] In 2009, Mbele won the Golden Horn Award for Best Actress in a TV Soap at the South African Film and Television Awards.[8]
Mbele became the first black celebrity to be named face of Dark & Lovely, Lu