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
''Noughts + Crosses'' is a British drama television series based on the ''Noughts & Crosses'' novel series by Malorie Blackman. The series is set in an alternative history where black "Cross" people rule over white "Noughts".
The first episode ...
''. She was named a rising star and one to watch by the
Royal Television Society
The Royal Television Society (RTS) is a British-based educational charity for the discussion, and analysis of television in all its forms, past, present, and future. It is the oldest television society in the world. It currently has fourteen r ...
.
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. 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
East London ( xh, eMonti; af, Oos-Londen) is a city on the southeast coast of South Africa in the Buffalo City Metropolitan Municipality of the Eastern Cape province. The city lies on the Indian Ocean coast, largely between the Buffalo River ...
. She is bilingual in Xhosa and English. She trained at the
Los Angeles campus of the
New York Film Academy
New York Film Academy – School of Film and Acting (NYFA) is a private for-profit film school and acting school based in New York City, Los Angeles, and Miami. The New York Film Academy was founded in 1992 by Jerry Sherlock, a former film, t ...
, graduating with an
Associate degree
An associate degree is an undergraduate degree awarded after a course of post-secondary study lasting two to three years. It is a level of qualification above a high school diploma, GED, or matriculation, and below a bachelor's degree.
The fi ...
in 2016.
Filmography
References
External links
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Living people
1996 births
21st-century South African actresses
New York Film Academy alumni
People from East London, South Africa
Actors from the Eastern Cape
South African stage actresses
South African television actresses
Xhosa people
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