27 South African actresses

Evadne Baker was an African–English actress. She was born in Cape Town, to parents of French, Dutch, and German heritage. She trained as a ballerina from the age of six, and moved to England when she was nine to continue her training in London.

Isidingo was a South African soap opera, with dialogue mostly in English. The series premiered on SABC 3 in July 1998 and was broadcast evenings on SABC 3 from Monday to Friday at 19:00. Until 2001 it was titled Isidingo: The Need.

Ashley Callie was a South African actress, best known for her role as Leone Haines in Isidingo (2000–08). She died on 15 February 2008, as a result of head injuries from a head-on car collision in Johannesburg, South Africa on 8 February 2008.

Connie Ferguson is a South African actress, film-maker, producer and business woman. She is popularly known for her Karabo Moroka main role on South Africa's most popular Soap Opera, Generations. She starred on the show from its start in 1994 until she exited in 2010. In 2014, she agreed to reprise her role on the show after a 4-year absence then permanently left in 2016.

Lalla Hirayama is a Japanese—South African television host, actress, dancer and model. Best known for her current work as one of 5 hosts of the live celebrity news show V Entertainment on DSTV channel Vuzu as their longest serving host, a judge on South Africa's Got Talent and host of her show Lalla Land on M-net Movies channel.

Kelly Khumalo is a South African singer, actress and dancer. Khumalo is from Spruitview in the East Rand. She was named the Best Newcomer of 2005 in the Afro Pop music circuit. In May 2013, at the 19th South African Music Awards (SAMA) held at Sun City, she won the Best Female Artist award.

Kasha Kropinski is a South African-born film and television actress, voice over artist and a classical ballerina.

Patricia Lewis is a South African singer, actress and television presenter.

Lee-Anne Liebenberg is a South African stuntwoman, actress, stunt coordinator and precision driver. She is known for her work on Doomsday (2008), Chappie (2015) and District 9 (2009).

Zolani Mahola is a South African singer, actress and transformational speaker. She has been the lead singer of the internationally acclaimed South African music group Freshlyground since 2002. On 15 August 2019, Mahola officially announced the launch of her solo career as a musician, storyteller and public speaker.

Zenzile Miriam Makeba, nicknamed Mama Africa, was a South African singer, songwriter, actress, United Nations goodwill ambassador, and civil rights activist. Associated with musical genres including Afropop, jazz, and world music, she was an advocate against apartheid and white-minority government in South Africa.

Samkelisiwe "Samke" Makhoba is a South African actor who has a leading role in two series of MTV Shuga when it was set in South Africa.

Lebogang Mashile is a South African actress, writer and performance poet.

Thuso Mbedu is a South African actress. She was nominated for an Emmy Award for her role in the telenovela Is'Thunzi, which has been called “one of the most compelling television programmes on South African television” by Mail & Guardian. She is also played Kitso Medupe in the soap opera Scandal!, Nosisa in Isibaya, and Boni Khumalo in Saints and Sinners. She is set to star in the upcoming Amazon Video limited series The Underground Railroad.

Bonnie Mbuli is a South African actress, businesswoman, and television personality.

Nokugcina Elsie Mhlophe, also known as Gcina Mhlophe, is a South African anti-apartheid activist, actress, storyteller, poet, playwright, director and author.

Mishqah Parthiephal is a South African actress of Indian descent. Born and raised in Verulam, just north of Durban, she studied drama and media at the University of KwaZulu-Natal and was subsequently based in Johannesburg. After her first film role in 2010, she primarily worked in television and advertising until 2015. Outside South Africa, she is best known for her role as the lawyer Priya Seghal in the CTV/Netflix series The Indian Detective.

Sophie Lichaba, née Mphasane, formerly Sophie Ndaba, is a South African actress. She played Queen Moroka in the soap Generations. In 2016, she was guest judge in the final Miss South Africa 2016 beauty pageant.

Anna Neethling-Pohl was a South African actress, performer and film producer. She was also an author who wrote under the pen name Niehausvor and sometimes Wynand du Preez. She was the first female broadcaster at the South African Broadcasting Corporation.

Kate Normington is a South African actress, singer, and songwriter. Normington first rose to national prominence playing Sister Mary Amnesia in the Alhambra Theatre's production of Nunsense in 1987, and has appeared on the West End and South African stage, and in local and international film and television productions.

Tarina Patel is a South African actress, film producer and model, born in Cape Town and raised in Durban. Patel has appeared on numerous magazine covers including Elle, Dossier, FHM, Cosmopolitan, The Real Housewives of Johannesburg and Glamour.

Juliet Anne Prowse was a dancer, whose four-decade career included stage, television and film. She was raised in South Africa, where her family emigrated after World War II. Known for her attractive legs, she was described after her death as having "... arguably the best legs since Betty Grable."

Angelique Rockas is an actress, producer and activist. Rockas founded Internationalist Theatre in the UK with patron Athol Fugard. The theater featured multi-racial casts in classical plays, breaking racial barriers that were once accepted norms for theatrical performances.

Stephanie Ndlovu is a South African television presenter and actress known for her appearances in the soap Scandal! and in the series MTV Shuga.

Amanda Strydom is a South African singer and songwriter. Although she is known best for her singing, Strydom has also been active as a playwright and actress, most notably in the fields of cabaret and also in television.

Thando Thabethe is a South African actress, radio DJ, television host and the first ever African brand ambassador for Nivea. She also is a presenter on her television show on channel TLC Thando Bares All. She played the role of Nolwazi Buzo on the South African soap opera, from 2014-2017 on Generations:The Legacy. She is also a radio DJ on 5FM, having started her radio career in 2008 at UJFM before moving to popular youth radio station YFM in 2011. At the same time she landed the lead role of Thando Nkosi in the hit sitcom My Perfect Family which went on to air for 3 seasons. She later joined 5FM in 2013 on The Roger Goode Show before landing her own show weekdays on 5FM, The Thando Thabooty Show The Thabooty Drive. Other prominent work include, Club 808, Intersexions, Ngempela, Kowethu, 1s and 2s, and Single Guys. Thando's father died when she was in grade 8.

Boitumelo Thulo, popularly known as Boity, is a South African television personality, rapper, actress, businesswoman and model.