Amanda Du-Pont is Married-Her Husband, Past Boyfriends, Net Worth

Amanda Du-Pont is a Swazi- South African actress, model, and television host. She is known for her role in the drama series Life is Wild and also Sharon in SABC3 comedy-drama Taryn and Sharon.

She began her career in 2006 and has since featured in more than 11 films. She was awarded a Lifetime Achievement Award by Swaziland’s Department of Arts and Culture for her numerous contributions in Film and Television and also her promotion of the Swazi language and culture at the age of 21.

Amanda du-Pont is a graduate of the New York Film Academy in New York City. She was given a full scholarship for scholastic excellence in the academy.

Who is Amanda Du-Pont?

The beautiful media personality was born on 26 June 1988 in Manzini Swaziland. Her father, Henry Tum Du-Pont, and her mother, Antoinette raised her in Manzini together with her cousin, Alulutho Du-Pont.

Her family later moved to Mpumalanga where she and her cousin finished their studies at Uplands College.

Du-Pont earned a degree from the South African school of motion picture and live performance in Johannesburg. She was awarded a scholarship worth $20,000 to study in the United State of America.

After that, she proceeded to the New York film academy in New York City and graduated in 2012 with a diploma in acting. She was trained by Jennifer Aniston’s personal acting coach, James Miles.

Amanda du-Pont has dual citizenship of both Swaziland and South African. She is also of French, Chinese, Portuguese, and Swazi ancestry.

Amanda Du-Pont’s Family

The actress has a loving and caring family. Her father, Henry Tum du Pont is a mixed-race man from a royal family. He is the son of Princess Ncabile, the daughter of Prince Mshengu. His mother is a niece to King Sobhuza II and his father on the other is a white French man.

Du-Pont’s mother, Antoinette is a mixed-race woman as well. Antoinette’s mother is Swati while her father was a half Chinese half Portuguese father.

She has two lovely twin sisters, Kim and Kaylee.

The actress has had a successful career

The beautiful started her career journey in 2006 but did not get any film role until 2008. She played Senna in the American serial drama, life is wild. She portrayed the role so well that her performance garnered the attention of filmmakers in both South Africa and the United States.

In 2012, Du-Pont appeared in Loksion Bioskop: Andilalanga. She made her career break in 2014 in the series Between Friends where she played the lead role. More roles began to roll in for her as her acting skills kept getting better.

She has appeared in movies like Muvhango, City Ses’la, A Place Called Home, Mzani Love: Kasi Styl, End Game, Single Guys, and also Intersexions.

Amanda Du-Pont has not just built a career in acting but also modeling, voice-over artist, and also a brand ambassador. She is one of the hosts of SABC’s celebrity gossip show, The Real Goboza together with Sinazo Yolwa and Phat Joe.

In February 2019, she joined the Netflix thriller series Shadow and in 2020, she got a role in another TV series, Isono.

Amanda Du-Pont’s Net worth

The 36 year-old actress has an estimated net worth of $1 million $5 million as of May 2021. Being one of the most sought-after actors in South Africa, her worth keeps going up.

Aside from the money she makes in her acting career, she earns quite a lot from her other business ventures as well.

One of the ventures is her recently launched beauty start-up called Lelive. The brand was officially launched on 16 April 2020 and it aims to provide a locally made and holistic range of skincare items.

Amanda Du-Pont’s Personal life

Past boyfriend(s)

Amanda du-Pont has had history with quite a number of celebrities. She was once in a relationship with Cassper Nyovest. They were often referred to as a golden couple of South Africa at that time but that couldn’t hold the relationship. The two soon parted ways.

Ironically, Du-Pont and Cassper Nyovest shared a kiss on stage at the channel o music awards in November 2012 and it circulated the social media that the two were dating again. Nyovest came out to clear the air by stating they were not dating.

Du-Pont went on to date Jub Jub, a hip-hop artist who was found guilty of murder. The relationship did not last as the artist broke up with the actress.

The actress once revealed she was raped by an ex-boyfriend in the past. Even though she did not reveal the name of the person, it was speculated that it Jub Jub but de-Pont set the record straight that it wasn’t Jub Jub.

Husband

Amanda Du-Pont is married to Shawn Rodriques, a businessman. She was engaged in the Maldives where she was celebrating her 30^th birthday in July 2018.

Their union was sealed in 2020. Du-Pont revealed she was married after she shared a post about her grandmother’s passing on social media.