Nthati Moshesh

Short Biography

Nthati Moshesh is a South African actress best known for her leading roles in the drama series Home Affairs (2005-2006) and the soapie 7de Laan (2000-2002). Nthati was born in Katlehong on the East Rand in 1969. She matriculated at St. Andrews Girls School in Bedfordview. She studied drama from Matric and her main interest is film. One of the highlights of her career was the first film she did on location in Zimbabwe, Kini and Adam, which was on the official selection list for the 1996 Cannes Film Festival. In 2000 she played the lead in Anant Singh`s film The Long Run and in 2002 appeared in the film Kin, starring Miranda Otto and Isaiah Washington.Her other film credits include roles in Beat The Drum (2003); Round Trip (2003, in which she had a starring role as a Nigerian woman hired as a nanny by an Israeli couple, only to have a lesbian affair with the wife); and Cape Of Good Hope (2004). Her TV credits include roles the series 7de Laan; Soldier, Soldier; Gaz`lam; Home Affairs; Interrogation Room; The Deafening Silence; Scout`s Safari (for the US Discovery Channel); Snitch; and Homecoming. She has also acted in the mini-series Human Cargo (2004) and Whiskey Echo (2005); and the made-for-TV movies Pride of Africa (1997) and Only Love (1998).