Masali Baduza

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Masali Baduza
Born1996 (age 2627)
Alma mater New York Film Academy
OccupationActress
Years active2017–present

Masali Baduza (born 1996) is a South African actress. She is best known for her role as Sephy Hadley in the BBC drama Noughts + Crosses . She was named a rising star and one to watch by the Royal Television Society. [1]

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Baduza began her career mostly in theatre and appeared in the South African crime thriller Trackers , which was M-Net's top performing show for 2019. [2] [3] Her films include Slumber Party Massacre (2021) and The Woman King (2022).

Early life

The youngest of six children, Baduza is from East London, Eastern Cape. [4] She is bilingual in Xhosa and English. She trained at the Los Angeles campus of the New York Film Academy, graduating with an Associate degree in 2016. [5] [6]

Filmography

YearTitleCharacterNotes
2019 Trackers Thandi Makebe3 episodes
Bhai's Cafe Thandi
The FighterLeratoShort film
2020present Noughts + Crosses Sephy Hadley Main role
2021 Slumber Party Massacre Young Trish Deveraux
2022 The Woman King Fumbe

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References

  1. "Ones to watch: TV's rising stars". Royal Television Society. 31 October 2019. Retrieved 8 March 2020.
  2. ""The journey of Sephy is just beautiful to me": Masali Baduza on her new role in BBC One's Noughts and Crosses". Royal Television Society. 5 March 2020. Retrieved 8 March 2020.
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