Thuso Mbedu: 5 Things To Know About ‘The Woman King’ Breakout Star

Thuso Mbedu is the breakout prima of the new action film The Woman King. The 31-year-old histrion plays a caller enlistee of the Dahomey Amazons, a group of pistillate African warriors being trained by General Nanisca (played by Viola Davis) to support their West African Kingdom during the 1820s. Before The Woman Kingdom arrives successful theaters connected September 16, we rounded up immoderate of the astir absorbing facts astir Thuso. Get to cognize the talented histrion below!

Thuso Mbedu successful ‘The Woman King’ (Photo: TriStar Pictures/Everett Collection)

Thuso plays Nawi successful ‘The Woman King’

Thuso was officially formed in The Woman King in April 2021. Her quality Nawi is described arsenic an ambitious enlistee who partners with Nanisca to combat their enemies and support their homeland. In the trailer, Nanisca tells the recruits, including Nawi, that they request to “fight” oregon they volition “die.” The Woman King is Thuso’s diagnostic movie debut.

She was calved successful South Africa

Thuso was calved successful Pietermaritzburg, KwaZulu-Natal, a portion successful South Africa, connected July 8, 1991. Her parents sadly died erstwhile she was young truthful her grandma raised her and became her ineligible guardian. Thuso went to schoolhouse successful Africa earlier taking a one-year acting people successful New York City, which acceptable her connected her way towards fame.

She’s been nominated for 2 International Emmys.

Thuso’s archetypal tv relation was successful the South African teen play series Is’Thunzi. She received 2 consecutive nominations for an International Emmy Award for Best Performance by an Actress successful 2017 and 2018. Thuso had a panic onslaught erstwhile she filmed a rape country successful the show. “I felt truthful traumatized and truthful powerless successful the moment. I was feeling each azygous emotion arsenic the quality and that translated connected screen,” she told HuffingtonPost.

Thuso Mbedu astatine ‘The Woman King’ premiere (Photo: PICJER/imageSPACE/Shutterstock)

She starred successful the constricted bid ‘The Underground Railroad.’

Thuso got her large interruption successful Amazon Prime Video’s constricted series The Underground Railroad, which marked her archetypal planetary acting project. She played Cora Randall successful the series, astir radical attempting to flight slavery successful the confederate United States during the 1800s. The amusement was nominated for Outstanding Limited Series astatine the 2021 Emmy Awards alongside WandaVision, I May Destroy You, Mare of Easttown, and The Queen’s Gambit which won.

She’s producing caller projects.

Thuso has a producing woody with Paramount to “make socially conscious content,” according to her interrogation with Vanity Fair. She told the publication, “I privation to make opportunities for different people, and I’m grateful I’m capable to.”