Manaka Ranaka (born 6 April 1979), is a South African actress known for playing her starring role for long standing soap opera ''
Generations: The Legacy ''.
In 2000, she played the role of Nandipha Sithole on
Isidingo
''Isidingo'' is a South African soap opera, with dialogue mostly in English and isiXhosa. The series premiered on SABC 3 in July 1998 and was broadcast evenings on SABC 3 from Monday to Friday at 19:00. Until 2001 it was titled ''Isidingo: The ...
soap opera aired on
SABC 3
SABC 3 (stylised as S3) is a South African free-to-air public television network owned by the South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC). It carries programming in English and, few in other South African languages. It has a number of its own ...
.
In 2007, She won the South African Film and Television Award (SAFTA) for Best Actress in a Television Comedy.
Early life
Manaka was born on April 6, 1979, in
Soweto
Soweto () is a township of the City of Johannesburg Metropolitan Municipality in Gauteng, South Africa, bordering the city's mining belt in the south. Its name is an English syllabic abbreviation for ''South Western Townships''. Formerly a se ...
.
She attended Dinwiddie high school.
Personal life
She is the mother of 3 children , Katlego, Naledi and a new baby.
Filmography
Television
References
External links
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1979 births
Living people
South African actresses
People from Soweto
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