Kagiso Rathebe

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Kagiso Rathebe
Born (1992-10-26) 26 October 1992 (age 31)
Johannesburg, South Africa
OccupationActor
Notable work
  • Scandal
  • How To Ruin Christmas
  • Spoorloos
  • Keeping Score
  • Generations: The Legacy
  • Entangled
  • The Queen
  • Noughts & Crosses

Kagiso Rathebe [1] [2] (born 26 October 1992) is a South African actor and model. After graduating from The Market Theatre Laboratory, [3] Kagiso has gone on to star on shows such as How To Ruin Christmas , [4] Spoorloos, [5] The Queen , [6] and Noughts & Crosses . [7] He is best known for his role as Amo on Scandal! [8] [9]

In addition to his 2022 guest appearance on The River, 2023 has seen Kagiso star in Amazon Prime’s "My Girlfriends Father" [10] [11] as well as Mzansi Magic’s crime thriller "Maru A Pula" [12] - both film’s directed by filmmaker Kagiso Sam Leburu. [13]

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