Zola Nombona

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Zola Nombona
Born
Zola Nombona

(1992-03-10) 10 March 1992 (age 32)
Mthatha, Eastern Cape, South Africa
NationalitySouth African
Education Victoria Girls' High School
Alma mater University of the Witwatersrand
Occupations
Years active2013–present

Zola Nombona (born 10 March 1992), [1] is a South African actress best known for her role as Shado, a streetwise teenager, in the second season of the SABC 1 drama series Intersexions in 2013. In 2021 the actress joined Generations: The Legacy playing the character of Pamela Khoza; a vicious journalist and wife of Siyanda Khoza opposite Vusi Kunene,Manaka Ranaka. and Abigail Kubheka-Molefe. [2] In 2023 Zola was cast as lead actor in Mzansi Magic new telenovela My Brother's Keeper opposite Wiseman Mncube and Lindani Nkosi [3]

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Education

She went to Victoria Girls' High School, Grahamstown, before achieving a bachelor and an honours degree in dramatic arts at the University of the Witwatersrand. [4] [5]

Career

Nombona's first major role was on a drama series Intersexions based on HIV/Aids on SABC 1 in 2013. [1]

In 2015, she had her first starring role as Roxanne in the e.tv drama Zbondiwe. [2]

She also starred as Monde on Lockdown, [4] [6] a television drama series set in a fictional high security prison for women. She played the role of Zee in the movie-turned-drama series Inumber Number. [6] [7] [8]

Filmography

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes
2015IngomaConstance Dladla
Forced loveKat Minola
Number NumberZee
iThuba lokugcinaZodwa Bhengu
Z'bondiweRoxanneLead Role
2018LockdownMonde
2019 eHostela Constable Brightness
2020–2021 Isono Zoleka
2021–2022 Generations: The Legacy Pamela Khoza

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