Savage Beauty (TV series)

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Savage Beauty
Genre
Created byLebogang Mogashoa
Directed by
  • Denny Miller
  • Rea Rangaka
  • Thati Pele
Starring
Music by Kyle Shepherd
Country of origin South Africa
Original languages
  • English
  • Sotho
No. of seasons2
No. of episodes12
Production
Executive producers
  • Harriet Gavshon
  • Nimrod Geva
  • Lebogang Mogashoa
Producers
  • Siphiwe Hlabangane
  • JP Potgieter
CinematographyTom Marais
Editors
  • Mmapula Letsoalo
  • Aluta Mlisana
  • Matthew Swanepoel
Camera setup Multi-camera
Running time43–54 minutes
Production company Quizzical Pictures
Original release
Network Netflix
Release12 May 2022 (2022-05-12)

Savage Beauty is a South African drama television series that was released on 12 May 2022 on Netflix. [1] The series was written by Lebogang Mogashoa. It centers on a mysterious woman who, as part of a plan to exact revenge for her tragic past, enmeshes herself in a family that controls a global beauty empire while hiding some dark secrets. [2] [3] Season 1 amassed 10,630,000 viewing hours within its first week and ranked among Netflix's Top 10 TV shows in 13 countries in that same period. [4] Season 2 was released on June 28, 2024. [5]

Contents

Plot

The series revolves around Bhengu Beauty, a South African global beauty empire and Zinhle Manzini, the face of the brand, who surreptitiously plots her revenge against the Bhengu family. [6] The public is unaware that Don and Grace Bhengu's lucrative beauty business was founded on the immoral practice of testing a skin-lightening product on children. That is, until one of two survivors, Zinhle, appears 15 years later with a plan to expose them and ruin their empire. [7]

Cast

Main

Recurring

Episodes

Season 1 (2022)

No.TitleDirected byWritten byOriginal release date
1Episode 1Denny Miller & Rea RangakaLebogang Mogashoa12 May 2022 (2022-05-12)
2Episode 2Denny Miller & Rea RangakaNeo Sibiya12 May 2022 (2022-05-12)
3Episode 3Thati Pele & Rea RangakaNelisa Ngcobo12 May 2022 (2022-05-12)
4Episode 4Thati Pele & Rea RangakaNelisa Ngcobo12 May 2022 (2022-05-12)
5Episode 5Rea RangakaNeo Sibiya12 May 2022 (2022-05-12)
6Episode 6Rea RangakaLebogang Mogashoa12 May 2022 (2022-05-12)

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