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Sindi Dlathu
Born
Sindi Dlathu

(1974-01-09) January 9, 1974 (age 50)
Meadowlands, Gauteng, South Africa
Nationality South African
Other names
  • Kalashshnikov
  • Madlabantu
Citizenship South African
Occupation
  • Actress
  • singer
  • co-executive producer
Years active 1988-present
Known for Lindiwe Dlamini on , The River
Notable work
Muvhango, The River
Children Okuhle
Awards SAFTA Award for Best Actress in telenovela 2X

DStv MVC Award for Best Actress in telenovela 2019 Royalty Soapie Award for Best Actress in telenovela 2019

Royalty Soapie Award for Best Female Villain 2020

Sindiswa Dlathu (born January 9, 1974) is a South African actress and musician. She is well known for portraying Thandaza Mokoena on Muvhango, a role she played from the show's inception in 1997 until her departure in 2017.

Dlathu left Muvhango to play a leading role in the telenovela The River, where she plays the role of Lindiwe Dlamini-Dikana, a fierce woman who would do anything to protect her wealth and maintain her lavish lifestyle.

Career

Dlathu was cast as the lead role's understudy in the stage version of Sarafina!. In the screen version, she worked alongside Whoopi Goldberg and was commissioned as an assistant choreographer to Michael Peters. In 1988, with the second cast led by Seipati Sothoane whom Sindi understudied. When the play went on tour, she stayed behind and did Township fever in 1989–1990 touring the US with the play for a year.

Dlathu then returned to school after four years of being with Mbongeni Ngema's committed artists. She completed her matric in 1996, and then went back to performing arts, stage plays in 1997 she was in the FNB Vita Award-winning Game, where she performed with Mary Twala, Abigail Kubeka, and the late Nomhle Nkonyeni.

She won the award for favourite actress at the 2020 DStv Mzansi Viewers' Choice Awards.

Dlathu, as Lindiwe Dlamini-Dikana from The River, appeared in a crossover episode of The Queen as the friend of the lead female character, Harriet Khoza - Sebata.

In 2021, she won SAFTA award in Best Actress category for her role of Lindiwe in The River.

Filmography

Year Film Role
1992 Sarafina! (film)
1999 Escape from Angola
2004 Married
Year Television Role Notes
1997 –2017 Muvhango Nomthandazo Mokoena Main
2001 – 2008 Soul City (South African TV series) Nomfundo Molefe Main
2015 Ngempela Main
2018 – present The River Lindiwe Dlamini-Zwane Main
2018 The Queen Lindiwe Dlamini-Dikana Recurring
2022 The Republic (South African TV series) Lindiwe Dlamini-Dikana Recurring
2024 Queendom Tholakele Magagula Main
2024 Isiphetho - Destiny Zanemvula Main

Awards and nominations

Royalty Sopie Awards

Year Nominee / work Award Result Ref.
2023 Outstanding On—Screen Couple Won
Herself Viewer’s Choice: Best Actress Nominated
Herself as Lindiwe Dlamini Outstanding Lead Actress Nominated
2024 Herself Outstanding Female Villain Nominated
Outstanding Lead Actress Nominated

South Africa Film and Television Awards

Year Nominee / work Award Result Ref.
2024 Herself Best Actress in Telenovela Nominated
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