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Richard James Cosnett was born on April 6, 1983. Early life, grew up in Zimbabwe, moved to Australia and studied BFA Acting at QUT. He now lives in the USA. His work began in the theatre and has spread into film and television and producing. His great grandfather was the head of the Royal School of Music. He has 2 sisters and is a cousin of Hugh Grant.- Born to a Spanish father and Zimbabwean mother, Lou Llobell is a London-based actress known for her role as Gaal in Foundation (2021) and Zandie in Voyagers (2020). Raised between Spain and South Africa, Lou moved to the UK in 2013 to study Drama at the University of Birmingham, before later enrolling at Drama Centre London (Central St Martins, UAL).
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Adam Croasdell is a British/American actor, writer and producer who was born and raised in Africa. He lived and worked extensively in the UK and currently works in the United States. His first professional job was with Dame Helen Mirren and Alan Rickman in Anthony and Cleopatra at the National Theatre in London. Adam has worked on London's West End and appeared in numerous British television shows, including Peak Practice, The Chase, EastEnders, and Agatha Christie's Poirot. In the US he is known for his work on Monarch, with Susan Sarandon; Preacher; Reign; Once Upon A Time; NCIS, and Supernatural. Adam has starred and guest starred in films for Universal and Sony.
He is currently playing the role of The Marshall in the new Russo brothers film, The Electric State, alongside Millie Bobby Brown, Chris Pratt and Stanley Tucci.
Adam is also a voice artist, performing lead characters for major video game franchises including James Bond, Dead Island, Middle Earth, Call Of Duty, Borderlands and Final Fantasy. For television he has voiced characters in The Witcher, Castlevania and Blood Of Zeus. Adam is nominated for 3 BTVA Video Game Voice Acting Awards, including Best Male Performance for Final Fantasy XV.- Actress
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Sibongile Mlambo was born on 25 June 1990 in Zimbabwe. She is an actress and producer, known for Lost in Space (2018), Siren (2018) and Teen Wolf (2011).- Born and raised in Zimbabwe, Miles grew up in a military family: his father, Jock, was a general and his mother, Daphne, a homemaker and latterly an author (The Toerags, 1989). Deciding to quit school in the middle of a Shakespeare class, Miles arrived home and announced he was going to England to become an actor. After graduating with the prestigious Ronson Award from the Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts, he soon found himself working at the Royal Shakespeare Company. Despite his schoolboy wrangling with the Bard, he later spent ten years with the RSC.
For over fifty years, Miles has been acting on stage and screen. In the UK, he is perhaps best known for his television appearances as Colonel Aidan Dempsey in ITV's Ultimate Force, Roger O'Neill in the original House of Cards, Terry Fox in BBC's Holby City and Colonel Dan Fortune in Soldier, Soldier. His stage appearances in the West End and for the RSC garnered successes including The Witch of Edmonton, The Twin Rivals, the title role in Macbeth, Conor McPherson's The Weir, and the West End musical Oliver! directed by Sam Mendes. He was awarded three London Critics Awards In the 1981 season at Stratford and an Olivier Nomination for Sigismund in Life's A Dream, and he has the distinction of being the first adult male to play Peter Pan in Trevor Nunn's production at The Barbican in 1983. In the US, Miles's recent television roles include Hunters, Always Sunny in Philadelphia, Criminal Minds, Baskets, Battle Creek, and films including Damien Chazelle's s LaLaLand, and the independent thrillers The Wind and Radioflash. Curiously Shakespeare is never far away, with Miles's recent role of Lennox in Joel Coen's 'The Tragedy Of Macbeth' with Frances McDormand and Denzel Washington (with whom he had also worked over thirty years previously in Cry Freedom). Miles has also starred in three Shakespeare seasons at the Old Globe San Diego under the directorship of RSC veteran Adrian Noble and for his performance as King George in The Madness of George III in 2010, he was awarded the Craig Noel San Diego Critics' Circle Award for Best Actor in a Lead. His 2011 performance as Salieri in Amadeus garnered critical superlatives and his Prospero in The Tempest again secured him the nomination for Best Actor by the San Diego Critics' Circle. In 2013 he again won the San Diego Critics Circle Award for his Outstanding Performance of Shylock in The Merchant of Venice. Equally happy in television comedy as classical dramas, Miles has also enjoyed roles such as the magician Merlin in Escape the Night.
Miles lives in Los Angeles with his wife, Bella Merlin, with whom he wrote Colonels, Cads and Charmers: Memories, about his early life in (then) Rhodesia and the journey from Africa to actor. He has two sons: Joe, an actor and Max, an executive chef, and a rescue dog, Dempsey. - Actor
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Tongayi Chirisa was born in Harare, Zimbabwe. He is an actor and producer, known for The Jim Gaffigan Show (2015), iZombie (2015) and Wolfenstein: The New Order (2014).- Actress
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Mary Roscoe was born on 12 June 1959 in Harare, Zimbabwe. She is an actress, known for Ted Lasso (2020), Testament of Youth (2014) and Unrelated (2007). She has been married to Jeremy Swift since 5 November 1992. They have two children.- Keith Machekanyanga was born in Bulawayo, Zimbabwe. He is known for Your Honor (2020), Timeless (2016) and FBI (2018).
- Juliet Godwin was born on 6 May 1994 in Zimbabwe. She is an actress, known for Line of Duty: a Star Trek Fan Production (2019), Home and Away (1988) and The Heights (2019).
- Solea Pfeiffer was born on 22 September 1994 in Zimbabwe. She is an actress, known for A Jazzman's Blues (2022), Great Performances (1971) and Scandal (2012).
- Shana Elizabeth Dowdeswell (died December 12, 2012) was born on April 1, 1989 in Harare, Zimbabwe. She then moved to New York City where she attended City and Country School, PS 3, and finally PPAS High School. She also began a career as an actress, beginning at age eight. Over the years, she accumulated many credits, including playing Anne Frank at the Papermill Playhouse and working in films and on television. But more than that, she accumulated hundreds of friends and extended family members who loved her as deeply as she loved them. Shana was a bright spirit, a shining, generous, hopeful girl. She traveled the world, returning to Africa, traveling many times to Paris and London where she had beloved family members. Most recently she traveled to Canada with her boyfriend Cameron Moneo.
Shana is survived by her parents, Laurie and Roger, her brother Jesse, her grandparents Willard and Jane Smith, her godmother Karen Wimmer. - Mary-Anne Barlow was born in 1974 in Harare, Zimbabwe. She is an actress, known for Legacy (2020), Mama Jack (2005) and Wild at Heart (2006).
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Jane Benney was born on 4 April 1980 in Bulawayo, Zimbabwe. She is an actress, known for All for Melissa (2007), Mr. Bones (2001) and The Mark (2007).- Actress
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Chloe Traicos was born and raised in Zimbabwe. Her father is international cricket star, John Traicos and her mother, Annette Kileff is an artist. Chloe lived in Zimbabwe until until 2005 when she was forced to flee the country after having made a controversial documentary about the country's leader, Robert Mugabe. In her documentary Chloe speaks out on behalf of the Zimbabwean people who have spent years being persecuted and starved. Despite the fact she had to leave the country, Chloe's documentary ( aptly named " A Stranger in my Homeland" ) went on to win awards throughout the world. Chloe then immigrated to Australia with her parents and sister. In Australia Chloe went on to make the award winning Indie film " I Wish I Were Stephanie V" which opened the New York City International Film Festival in 2011, with a special screening outside in Times Square. Chloe has since moved to the US where she continues to make films.- Actor
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Marcantonio Del Carlo his an italiano born actor, director and writer, living in Portugal since his 15 years old. Graduated in drama at ESTCL in Lisbon. Recently he can see it in the most recent Netflix sucesso Turn of the Tide (2023) and as antagonist in the Portuguese Soap Opera Sangue Oculto (2022). Married to the actress Iolanda Laranjeiro, they have a filha called Simone, nascido in 2020.- Actor
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Raised in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada, and attended Brentwood College School in Mill Bay, BC, Canada. Kevin earned his Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from the University of Southern California. He's been playing the saxophone since he was ten years old. He also plays the piano, bass, and guitar. Won a Daytime Emmy for Younger Actor in a Drama Series in 1996 and 1997 for his work in Guiding Light.- Tashinga Bepete was born on 20 August 1999 in Harare, Zimbabwe. He is an actor, known for Sex Education (2019), Batgirl and The Railway Children Return (2022).
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Menzi Ngubane was born on 28 August 1964 in Ntabazinduna, Bulawayo, Zimbabwe. He was an actor, known for How to Steal 2 Million (2011), Generations (1993) and The King's Messenger (1990). He was married to Sikelelo Sishuba and Lerato Sidibe. He died on 13 March 2021 in Johannesburg, South Africa.- Actor
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Daniel Lasker is a Zimbabwe born Actor and Filmmaker. Known for "Raised By Wolves", on HBO Max, Noughts & Crosses on BBC One, "Vagrant Queen" on SYFY and "Abraham Lincoln" on History Channel. Although primarily an Actor, Daniel is fiercely passionate about telling stories, either from in front of or from behind the lens. Growing up in Zimbabwe (which didn't have an active film industry at the time), he taught himself how to make films, which were well received by the local community and various foreign film festivals. At just 18 years old he was referred to as one of the most promising Zimbabwean Filmmakers. He was the Headboy of his High School in Bulawayo, Zimbabwe.- Cinematographer
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Brett Turnbull was born in Zimbabwe. Brett is known for Cirque du Soleil: Worlds Away (2012), Roger Waters: The Wall (2014) and Glastonbury Festival: Live at Worthy Farm (2021).- Belsheber Rusape was born on 7 November 1997 in Zimbabwe. He is an actor, known for The Worlds Divide (2024), Time's Puppet Mini (2018) and My Hero Academia (2016).
- Michael Chinyamurindi was born in Harare, Zimbabwe. He is known for George of the Jungle (1997), Congo (1995) and Curious George (2006).
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Benjamin A. Rider was born in Harare, Zimbabwe. At the age of three he moved to South Africa for a year, and then onto Israel for most of his childhood before moving to London, England. In 2012, whilst studying at Queen Mary University of London, he produced his first professional short film, Aquarius' Mule (2013). That summer he filmed the micro budget feature film To Love Somebody (2014), which was edited as he completed his BA Hons in Film Studies. He has since gone on to complete a total of seven micro-budget feature films including the drama Forever Tomorrow (2016), the digital CinemaScope art house film Our Little Haven (2017) and the B-Movie Suburban Coffin (2018).- Tom Murphy was born on 15 January 1968 in Salisbury, Rhodesia [now Harare, Zimbabwe]. He was an actor, known for Adam & Paul (2004), Pure Mule (2005) and Michael Collins (1996). He died on 6 October 2007 in Dublin, Ireland.
- Debora Patta was born on 1 September 1964 in Southern Rhodesia [now Zimbabwe].
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Born in 1986, in Harare, Zimbabwe, his childhood was spent moving around different countries with his parents in the Foreign Service. His learning of different cultures and languages, has led to prepare him for what has become a very promising career as an actor. He was first bitten by the acting bug while starring in his first lead role as the Mayor of the ill-fated town of the story of the Pied Piper at the age of seven, and ever since then has made the art of acting his life's passion. He attended the College of William and Mary in Virginia earning a BA in Theatre.- Princess Charlene of Monaco was born on 25 January 1978 in Bulawayo, Rhodesia [now Zimbabwe]. She has been married to Prince Albert of Monaco since 1 July 2011. They have two children.
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Justin Gorence was born in Rhodesia, Zimbabwe. He is known for From Justin to Kelly (2003), Buffy the Vampire Slayer (1997) and Melrose Place (1992).- Actress
Mathira was born on 25 February 1992 in Harare, Zimbabwe. She is an actress, known for Sikander, Tevar (2019) and Raasta (2017).- Elizabeth Haysom was born on 15 April 1964 in Harare, Zimbabwe.
- Married the actor Andrew Ray in 1959, after meeting him in the West End play "Flowering Cherry". Susan moved back to Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe) with their two children after the couple separated, but they never divorced and remained on excellent terms. Susan retired from acting, though did return to the stage occasionally in Zimbabwe.
- Alois Moyo was born on 28 October 1966 in Zimbabwe. He is an actor, known for Iron Sky (2012), The Power of One (1992) and Tatort (1970).
- Maggie Lloyd Williams was born in 1975 in Masvingo, Zimbabwe. She is an actress, known for Silent Witness (1996), Secret Diary of a Call Girl (2007) and Red Cap (2003).
- Martin Le Maitre was born in Rhodesia [now Zimbabwe]. He is known for Sinking of the Lusitania: Terror at Sea (2007), Cyborg Cop III (1995) and Othello (1989).
- Thom Evans was born on 2 April 1985 in Harare, Zimbabwe.
- Kathleen Breck was born on 1 December 1940 in Mutare, Zimbabwe. She is an actress, known for The Prisoner (1967), West 11 (1963) and The Three Musketeers (1966). She has been married to Allan Scott since 1966. They have three children.
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Mario Frangoulis was born in 1967, in colonial Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe) to Greek parents from Corfu. The political situation in Rhodesia was explosive then and when he was four his mother sent him to live with her sister and his husband in Greece. His aunt encouraged his interest in music and he studied violin at the Athens Conservatorium, to graduate in 1984. In 1985, Frangoulis went to London's Guildhall School of Music and Drama to study acting.
At the Guildhall he became active on the musical theatre scene, and played Puck in A Midsummer Night's Dream. After the end of his studies he got the role of Marius in a West End production of Les Miserables. A Maria Callas Prize for opera enabled him to study with Bergonzi for six months in Busseto. In Italy continuing as a private pupil of tenor Alfredo Kraus. In 1991 Frangoulis was invited by Andrew Lloyd Webber to star as Raoul in Phantom of the Opera. In 1992 he received an Onassis Foundation Scholarship and moved to New York to study at the Julliard School to study with soprano Dodi Protero. In 1985 he returned to London to play Lun-Tha in "The King and I" and Jonathan in "Nosferatu" In 1997 his adopted mother's health made him come back to Greece, where he played in the theatre (Billy Cracker in "Happy End", Danny Zouko in "Grease") also starting a solo singing career with a vast range of repertoire spanning from Greek greats such as Hatdjidakis, Theodorakis and Markopoulos to Piovani,Cole Porter, Tosti,Neapolitan canzonettas and opera arias. At the same time, he explored ancient Greek tragedy, playing Dionysus in Euripides' "Bacchae" and Achilles in "Achilleis". He became hugely popular with Greek audiences and soon expanded to an international concert career. He has released a number of solo CDs and DVDs, most of whom with Sony International.- Actress
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Victoria Arbiter was born on 5 April 1974 in Zimbabwe. She is an actress, known for Non-Stop (2014), Marie Antoinette (2006) and Person of Interest (2011). She has been married to Ryan Brown since 15 December 2001. They have one child.- Additional Crew
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Bryan de Klerk was born on the 5th March, 1974 in Salisbury, Rhodesia. Bryan moved with his parents, Graham and Jeannine, at the age of 2 (1976) to the greater Johannesburg area in the Republic of South Africa during the Rhodesian Civil War. He grew up in South Africa and began working on film and TV productions at the age of 13.
Bryan worked as an extra in over +40 productions to include BBC's "Barney Barnato", "Soldier Soldier 5" to "Bravo Two Zero", "Dangerous Ground" ("The Spear" - working title) as a P.R.O., a Marshal during a Roland Joffe TV commercial, driver and stand-in/body-double for Chris Noth on "Born Free : A New Adventure", and stand-in for Val Kilmer on "The Ghost and the Darkness" among others.
Bryan is currently utilizing his Military and Law-Enforcement qualifications and expertise as a firearms and tactics instructor for lead cast and technical advisor for the film industry in the Atlanta, GA area.
Bryan is also available to compliment on-screen sequences or cast that require actors and extras with prior, qualified Military/Law-Enforcement and applicable experience.- Writer
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Bonginhlanhla Ncube, a.k.a, Mr. B. is a creative entrepreneur and a film Director, Producer, Series Creator and Corporate storyteller of note. He received his training under North American based film guru, Peter D. Marshall.
In 2010, his first short film, "Wrong Call", won Best Producing in a 48 HFP (Hour Film Project) contest in Johannesburg. In 2011, he Produced and Directed his first feature film, titled "48". The film 48 was commissioned by South Africa's then new Mnet channel Mzansi Magic. The film scooped several international awards including the "Aloha Accolade 2012" at the Honolulu Film Awards, Hawaii, USA. The film received 3 academy nominations at the AMAAs (African Movie Academy Awards) held in Lagos 2012 and a Hollywood premiere at the Pan African Film Festival (PAFF) in 2012.
In 2016, he Produced and Directed his first cinema release film, "Safe Bet". Safe bet amassed 7 international film awards including a special recognition from the Carlifornia State Assembly after winning Best Film in San Francisco's Silicon Valley African Film Festival (SVAFF). In 2018, he released his first co-produced TV series "Colours", a Botswana Television commissioned series which he created and Directed all 26 episodes of the pilot season.- Composer
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Michael Gibbs was born on 25 September 1937 in Harare, Zimbabwe. He is a composer, known for Hard Boiled (1992), Heat (1986) and Monsters (1988).- Writer
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Tsitsi Dangarembga was born in 1959 in Mutoko, Zimbabwe. She is a writer and director, known for I Want a Wedding Dress (2011), Pamvura (2005) and Everyone's Child (1996).- Actress
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Vongai (she/her) is an award-winning actor, singer and writer based in New York. She has worked in theatre, film, television and voiceovers. Before living in the Big Apple, she was born in Harare (Zimbabwe) and raised in London (UK) and Beijing (China) making her a proud third culture kid. She holds a B.A (Hons) in Film and Television Studies from Brunel University in London and had the privilege of classically training in acting, voice and movement at the American Academy of Dramatic Arts, NY.
In 2018 she won the award for Best Drama Actress at Catalyst Content Festival (formerly ITVFest) for the short film, Patiri In The Promised Land.
She hosts ZimExcellence, a podcast that spotlights Zimbabwean change-makers and trailblazers living around the world. The show has 2.1K+ downloads and has been listened to in 58 countries, 363 cities in the continents of Europe, Asia, Africa, North America, South America and Oceania.
As a result of her international upbringing, she was raised to see the world through the eyes of a global citizen. She has a deep appreciation for different cultures and it has given her a hunger to learn more about the world and help share people's stories.
Follow her journey @vongaiofficial- He started playing football when he was 3 years old. His first TV appearance was a Zimbabwean TV show called Paraffin when he was 7 and he played an episode of Sadza riripi. He went to Budiriro Primary school, Glen View High School and Hartzell High School. He got his O levels and he went to Masvingo Catholic College and studied Drama and theatre in 1995. His first movie was Yellow Card (2000) and he played as Tuyane Tsumba.
- Thabi Ngwenya is a stage and screen actor based in Vancouver who's appeared in productions on CBC Gem and the CTV. She has also appeared in love theatre productions with Fire Exit Theatre and CJSW, as well as a number of independent film and web-series productions. Thabi trained at and Ambrose University Theatre.
- Leon Whiteson was born on 19 October 1930 in Bulawayo, Southern Rhodesia [now Zimbabwe]. He was a writer, known for Waco (2018), Waco: The Aftermath (2023) and The Wednesday Play (1964). He was married to Aviva Layton and Janine Kahn. He died on 25 August 2013 in Los Angeles, California, USA.
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Born in the small town of Mutare in the east of Zimbabwe, Thea grew up on a farm and attended private boarding school up until the age of sixteen. After the political uprisings in Zimbabwe, she then relocated to an international school in Struer, Denmark, where she discovered her passion for comics and animation. She went on to study at The Animation School, a tertiary institution based in Cape Town, South Africa, where she received a full scholarship and was awarded the 2012 Mzansi Film Festival Grand Prize in the Short Film category as the Best Short Film, as well as other awards for Best Character Animation, Outstanding Technical Achievement, and Best Visual Execution for her team's graduation film. A move to France in 2018 found her working for Paris based 2D animation Studio La Cachette, with whom she has worked on an episode for the first season of Netflix's Love, Death & Robots, and then later the Emmy and Annie Award winning Adult Swim series 'Genndy Tartakovsky's Primal.'- Robert Gabriel Mugabe was a Zimbabwean revolutionary and politician who served as Prime Minister of Zimbabwe from 1980 to 1987 and then as President from 1987 to 2017. He served as Leader of the Zimbabwe African National Union (ZANU) from 1975 to 1980 and led its successor political party, the ZANU - Patriotic Front (ZANU-PF), from 1980 to 2017. Ideologically an African nationalist, during the 1970s and 1980s he identified as a Marxist-Leninist, and as a socialist after the 1990s.
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Michael Davie was born in 1975 in Zimbabwe. He is a director and cinematographer, known for National Geographic Explorer (1985), The Choir (2007) and Assignment: Blue Nile (2000).- Editorial Department
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Jana Plumm was born on 8 June 1993 in Harare, Zimbabwe. She is an editor and actress, known for The Dry (2020), Elvis (2022) and Boar (2017).