... As New BET Reality Show Premieres
Brand new BET local reality series, Top
Actor SA, puts a dramatic new spin on the reality genre as it aims to
find the hottest new actor in SA.
Top Actor SA, hosted by South African film and television
star Zikhona Sodlaka (Mandela: Long Walk to
Freedom, Generations) and produced by Urban Brew
Studios in partnership with Samad Davis, premieres on BET (DStv Premium, channel
129), on Thursday April, 3 at 7:45PM.
BET has handpicked twelve of
the best up and coming actors in the country to battle it out on camera in
front of big industry names from Hollywood and South Africa. At stake? The
chance to win the title “Top Actor SA”, and a career-launching prize package that
includes R100,000, international management representation and a professional
role in an upcoming South Africa television/movie production.
The contestants
will have to show guts and determination to get through a series of themed
challenges as the judges test their acting skills in key acting disciplines
from Romance to Horror, Comedy, Soap, Action, Theatre and more.
Living under one
roof, there will be drama in the house and on the screen as the contestants
compete against
each other in grueling acting challenges, all while facing the grim prospect of elimination every
week.
See the hopeful
young thespians vying for the title of Top Actor SA below:
Contestant
|
Age
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Comes from
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Background
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"Perci" Moeketsi
|
26
|
Brits, North West Province (SA)
|
Aspiring actor/student; currently studying
Musical Theatre at Tshwane University of Technology.
|
"Altovise" Lawrence
|
23
|
Boksburg, Johannesburg (SA)
|
Aspiring actor just graduated with honours from
the University of Witwatersrand with a Bachelor’s degree in Dramatic Arts.
|
"Lauren" Jenae Vankeirsbilck
|
23
|
Johannesburg (SA)
|
Aspiring Actor/Studied at Rhodes University; majoring in TV Journalism,
Media Studies and Dramatic Arts. She then went on to study her honours in
Screen Acting at the Motion Picture and Film school, known as AFDA.
|
"Joe" Kazadi
|
24
|
South African Citizen originally from the
Democratic Republic of Congo.
|
Aspiring actor. No formal training.
|
"Ayanda" Sibisi
|
28
|
Durban (SA)
|
Studied Theatre and Music. aspiring actor.
|
"Oros" Mampofu
|
24
|
Johannesburg (SA)
|
Graduated from ADFA in 2014 with a degree
in acting. Aspiring actor.
|
"Busi" Thawla
|
27
|
Ladysmith, KwaZulu Natal (SA)
|
Studied at the University of WITS for her
BADA degree . Musician/songwriter and aspiring actor.
|
"Paris" Kalamula
|
24
|
Cosmo City, Johannesburg (SA)
|
IMM Graduate School of Marketing - (former
Big Brother Africa 2014 cast member); aspiring actor.
|
"Lesego" Pooe
|
24
|
Caltonville, Gauteng (SA)
|
Aspiring actor. No formal training.
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"Mbali" Nkosi
|
26
|
Soweto (SA)
|
No formal training. Aspiring actor.
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"Francois" Jacobs
|
25
|
Nelspruit, Mpumalanga (SA)
|
Completed his BA
in (Drama) with a degree from the University of Stellenbosch. Full time actor.
|
"Nicholas" Nkuna (Age 26)
|
26
|
Nelspruit, Mpumalanga (SA)
|
Studied Musical Theatre at TUT Pretoria,
then specially selected to continue honing his craft at the USA's prestigious
Ballstate University, Indiana.
Actor/singer/thespian.
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