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Harriet Manamela (born 13 October 1971) is a famous South African legendary actress and television personality.
She is best known for her role as Meikie Maputla in the SABC1 youth soap opera Skeem Saam.
She made her debut on the series premiere on October 13, 2011, and also appeared in the 2006 miniseries When We Were Black.
South African Actress
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| Name: | Harriet Manamela |
| Date of Birth: | October 13, 1971 (52 years old) |
| place of birth: | Deep Meadow, South Africa |
| Country of Citizenship: | South Africa |
| high: | not applicable |
| parents: | not applicable |
| Brothers and sisters: | not applicable |
| Husband • Spouse: | Buti Manamela |
| Boyfriend and partner: | not applicable |
| Children: | not applicable |
| Profession: | Actress • Television personality |
| net worth: | $1 million – $5 million |
Early life and education
Harriet Manamela was born in Diepkloof, South Africa on October 13, 1971. She was raised by her parents, who later moved their family to Johannesburg in the early 1990s.
Since then, she has lived in parts of the country, but Johannesburg always calls her back.
Harriet Manamela is a graduate of St Anthony’s School in Boksburg. She dreamed of becoming an actress since she was a child, so she decided to pursue her dream. She joined the Squints Artists community theatre group in Alexandra and her first performance was in Virus and Let’s Talk About AIDS at the Market Theatre Lab Annual Arts Festival.
She completed a production of Broken Dreams at the Market Theatre Lab Theatre School, in addition to appearing in SABC3’s Drama Sport and toured with Gommorah, Koze Kuse Bash, Ways of Death, Bozoli at the Swedish Market Theatre and Grahamstown Arts Festival.
She also participated in the Market Theatre Young Writers Festival for two years.
Profession
Harriet Manamela’s television career began in 1998, with appearances in Soul City, Isidingo, Yizo Yizo II, Justice for All II and III, Zero Tolerance, Soul Buddies and Behind the Badge. Films include Dr. Lucille, Hijacking Stories, My Country of Skulls and Yesterday. She starred in My Other Mother.
In 2013, she joined the e.Tv soap opera Rhythm City, where she played Suffocate’s alcoholic mother Nomzamo, who had been drinking cautiously for many years and used alcohol as a coping mechanism.
Harriet Manamela won the 2012 South African Academy of Film and Television Arts Award for Best Supporting Actress for her role in the film Life Above All else and was nominated for the Vita Award for Best Supporting Actress for her role in the soap opera Isidingo.
Alexandra’s Squints Artists community theatre group performed Virus and Let’s Talk About AIDS at the Market Theatre Lab’s annual festival.
She completed a production of Broken Dreams at the Market Theatre Lab Theatre School, in addition to appearing in SABC3’s Drama Sport and toured with Gommorah, Koze Kuse Bash, Ways of Death, Bozoli at the Swedish Market Theatre and Grahamstown Arts Festival.
She also participated in the Market Theatre Young Writers Festival for two years.
In 2014, she starred in the SABC2 drama Sweetwater as the title character Elizabeth Malinga, an optimist with strong moral values who has now learned not to trust the rich and their empty assurances.
Also, in 2014, Harriet Manamela played Dibuseng Makwarela’s (Nthati Moshesh) younger sister Dieketseng Mofokeng in the SABC2 thriller drama Thola, who was forced to help her siblings fight for her forgotten values.
That same year, she starred in the tourism segment in episode 9 of the SABC1 documentary series Ngempela.
Personal life
Harriet Manamela is a happily married woman with two sons. She lives a happy married life with Buti Manamela. In 2017, Harriet Manamela’s husband was exposed to have an affair, but she stood firm and confronted her husband, and eventually won him back.
Awards
In 2012, she won the Best Supporting Actress Award for her outstanding performance in the movie “Life Above All”.
She was also nominated for the Vita Award for Best Supporting Actress for her outstanding performance in the TV series “Isidingo”.
Filmography
- Life Above All
- Lucille
- Hijacking story
- My Skull Kingdom
- yesterday
- My Other Mother (Main Character)
- Intersex person serves as principal
- District 14 as Aunt Felicia
- Zero Tolerance as Lebo Mahlangu
- Zhazhiwa
- Yizo Yizo as Nurse
- When we were aunts
- uGugu no Andile as Busi Dlamini
- Tjovitjo as Ausi Tshidi (2017-2020)
- Tora as Dieketseng Mofokeng
- Skeem Sam as Mekki Maputra (2013)
- Soul Buddyz as defense attorney
- Ngempela as Lebo
- Rhythm City as Nomzamo
- The Avengers (2015)
- Outlaw Burns (2011)
- Tokorosh (2018)
- Swatwater (2014)
- Violence (2010)
- Dr. Lucille (2001)
- Waya (2016)
net worth
Harriet Manamela has become one of the legends of the South African film industry through her many films. As a result, her net worth is estimated to be between $1 million and $5 million.
Social Media
- Instagram: @harrietmanamela
- Twitter: @harrietmanamela
- Facebook: Harriet Manamela
- IMDb: Harriet Manamella
