Stephanie Ndlovu (; born 29 October 1990) is a South African

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and actress known for her appearances in the soap ''

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'' and in the series ''

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'' and YouTube channel "The Ndlovu’s Uncut".

Early life and career

Sandows was born in 1990 and she was educated at the

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. Whilst doing post graduate studies she was moonlighting by creating subtitles for the soap ''Scandal!''. She asked the production team to be an extra and in time she was appearing frequently. She was one of the hosts of

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's Craz-e kids' programmes with co-host Thulisile Phongolo. Sandows was a presenter of the children's religious show, '' Bonisanani''. Sandows has played Ingrid, the daughter of Wesley Thompson (

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), in the South African soap opera ''

'', since the end of 2015. She was cast in the first series of the web series ''

'' as Tsholo. She was called back years later to appear in a special for them in 2019.

Personal life

Sandows began a relationship with Hungani Ndlovu in 2016. Ndlovu, who portrays the character of Romeo on ''Scandal!'', met her in 2015 as she became a new actor on the show. The two married privately in February 2019.In 2025 June the couple announced their divorce calling it an “end of marriage not friendship"

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Ndlovu, Stephanie South African actresses Living people 1991 births University of Johannesburg alumni