RESUME
about me
Height: 1.5m | Eye Color: Dark Brown | Hair Color: Black
Namisa Mdlalose is a Fleur Du Cap award winning actress who grew up in Cape Town, South Africa and now lives in Boston, MA. She is a theatre making graduate from the University of Cape Town. She spent four years at the university learning, discovering and honing her craft not only in performance but also in writing, directing, designing and conceptualising her own work.
As a performer, she has been directed under Jonathan Munby King Kong, Janice Honeyman The Color Purple, Janice Honeyman and Timothy Le Roux Snow White And The Seven Dwarfs Pantomime and Matthew Wild Kinky Boots. She recently starred in a film directed under Charl- Johan Lingenfelder, A Christmas Chorus.
As a theatre maker she wrote, performed and collaborated with theatre maker and director, Qondiswa James in the stage play Cwaka. This was staged and performed at the Theatre Arts Admin in 2020. Namisa has also gone on to collaborate with Director Shelley Lothian to write and star in their own experimental film Girl. The project walked away with an Ovation Award from the 2020 National Arts Festival.
Currently, Namisa has been accepted into the highly acclaimed LA based Groundlings Improv school where she aspires to continue to grow and hone her talents through performance and theatre making.
WORK EXPERIENCE
Theater
Theatre Arts Admin | Cwaka | 2020 | Writer; Performer
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National Arts Festival | Girl. | 2020 | Writer; Performer
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The Fugard Theatre | Kinky Boots | 2019-2020 | Role: Lauren
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The Joburg Theatre | Snow white and the seven dwarfs | 2018 | Role: Sneezy
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The Joburg Threare | The Color Purple | 2018 | Role: Onstage Swing
Film
Marche Media | A Christmas Chorus | 2020 | Role: Owethu
​Media Village | Bypass | 2017 | Role: Nurse Lebo
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UCT film | Umva | 2015 | Role: Herself
Commercial
Volkswagen | Drive Local- One Horse Town | 2020 | Role: Waitress
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FCB media | #ONEVOICE | 2020 | Role: 8 nameless characters
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Monkey Films | Lucky Star | 2019 | Role: Friend of DJ Zintle
Training
University of Cape Town | Bachelor of Arts Theatre & Performance
Specialising in Theatre Making
2013-2017
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Special Achievements
National arts Festival | 2020 | Ovation Award for Outstanding Production
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Fleur De Cap | 2020 | Best Supporting Actress in a Musical
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National Arts Festival | 2016 | Most Promising Playwright