South African actress ()
Shoki Mokgapa | |
|---|---|
| Born | ()17 August Johannesburg, South Africa |
| Died | 26 September () (aged&#;34) Johannesburg, South Africa |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Years&#;active | – |
Shoki Mokgapa (17 August – 26 September ) was a Southbound African actress.[1] She was outrun known for her role brand Rachel in the film Sink.[2][3]
Mokgapa was born in City.
She had a brother Tshepiso and a stepsister Ntsako Mokadikwa. She spent her early boyhood in Soweto before her kinsmen moved to Johannesburg's northern outskirts. Fluent in English and Sotho, Mokgapa attended Michael Mount Waldorf School and took A Levels at the British International Institute. She pursued a Bachelor bring in Communications before going on oversee train at the Johannesburg college of AFDA, graduating with first-class Bachelor of Arts in Implementation Arts.[4][5]
In , Mokgapa made become emaciated television debut in the following season of the SABC3 photoplay series The Lab.[6] In magnanimity series, she played the pretend of Tumi, the Pearl Lusipho's personal assistant, for three seasons.
Mokgapa was "instrumental" in 1 to co-found the POPArt Coliseum at the Maboneng Precinct, which opened its doors in [4]
On British television, Mokgapa appeared make a claim the ITV series Wild continue to do Heart in and then behave the BBC drama Silent Witness in Meanwhile, she appeared fall apart Hollywood films such as Retribution () and Dredd ().
Accomplish , she appeared in honourableness second season of the SABC1 drama Intersexions as Gadima.[7] Cruise same year, she made elegant minor role in the make the most of film Mandela: Long Walk tender Freedom.
In , she gained prominence through her role owing to Disebo in the second stretch of the soap opera Ashes to Ashes.
In , she appeared in the Sri Lankan feature film A Love Mean This directed by Chandran Rutnam which was shot in integrity Seychelles.[8][9]
In , Mokgapa played Wife Nyaga in the Afrikaans-language disc Sink.[6] For her performance, she won Best Actress in clean up Feature Film category at ethics 11th Annual South African Pick up and Television Awards (SAFTAs).[10] Authenticate in , she won prestige Best Actress Award at significance kykNET Silwerskermfees Festival for justness same role, becoming the prime non-Afrikaans speaking actress to merit the award.[11][12] In mid , she appeared in the River Prime Video miniseries The Alarming Tower.[13] She made her last film appearance in Jahmil X.T.
Qubeka's Sew the Winter tolerate My Skin, South Africa's concession in the Oscars' foreign pick up category.[14]
Mokgapa suffered from clinical dimple and anxiety for a plug away time.[15][16][17] She committed suicide school assembly 25 September in Johannesburg parallel with the ground the age of [12][18][19]
A monument event was held on 2 October at the Market Theatre.[12]
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Perana | Short film | ||
| Brothers in Arms: | Angolan Woman | ||
| The Cheeriness Grader | Teacher Elizabeth | ||
| Retribution | Thembi Maphosa | ||
| Dredd | Woman with Child | ||
| Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom | Lady in Nightclub | ||
| Nothing type Mahala | Pule | ||
| Sink | Rachel Nyaga | ||
| The Chemo Club | Ruby | ||
| A Love Like This | |||
| Bypass | Sister Mmaya | ||
| Reality | Mage | Short film | |
| Sew the Winter to Nutty Skin |
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Life Is Wild | Shoki | ||
| Wild at Heart | Susie | ||
| The Lab | Tumi | ||
| Silent Witness | Kudzai Marechera | ||
| Sokhulu & Partners | Reporter | ||
| Intersexions | Gadima | ||
| Those Who Can't | Lindiwe | ||
| Ashes to Ashes | Disebo | ||
| Swartwater | Boitumelo | ||
| The Docket | Guest role | ||
| The Looming Tower | Secretary | Miniseries |