Nonka short for ‘Nonkanyiso’ is an 18-year-old Uzalo movie character in the South African Series titled ‘Uzalo’ about a young girl torn between her love life and her education.
The SABC 1 mzanzi series shows the young actress depicting the young woman’s life as she struggles with keeping a balance between her relationship and school.
‘Nonka’, is the name of the character who portrayed this role and she did so to the best of her ability while wowing viewers and gaining a lot of fans.
Brief Biography Of Who The Character ‘Nonka’ Is
Nonka whose real name is Thuthuka Mthembu was born on the 28th of October 1998 in Johannesburg, South Africa. She was brought up by her single mother and her grandmother.
Thuthuka attended Umlazi Commercial High School and then upon graduation, went on to Durban University of Technology.
Like you may have guessed, she came into the limelight for her role in Uzalo as ‘Nonka’ in 2018 and that is why she is mostly referred to as ‘Nonka’. Most people don’t even know her real name. However, she was also featured in the movie ‘Hostela’ but she is still very famous for her role in Uzalo.
Here Are Some Note-worthy Facts About Nonka
1. She Has A Degree From AFDA
Nonka has a degree in Television, writing, and Editing. From AFDA: School for the Creative Economy. She hopes to one day write and direct her own movies and TV series and so she is working really hard to see it through.
2. She Started As A Child Sensation
Thuthuka Mthembu started off her screen career as a child sensation. She used to appear in TV commercials when she was way younger and so still seeing her on screens is amazing but not a complete shocker.
Thuthuka has been stealing hearts from a very tender age.
3. She Abandoned School For Acting
On getting the role of Nonka in Uzalo, Thuthuka ditched her studies and took up the role with no distractions. However, she got back to her school in 2019 and had to make a couple of adjustments to her studies which was not easy because the covid 19 pandemic had distorted quite a lot.
She thanked her family and friends for encouraging her to get back to her studies and also being with her through her re-adjustment period as she realized that it wasn’t enough to be a successful actress but she needed education as well.
4. Does Nonka Have A Boyfriend?
The 25 year old Thuthuka Mthembu is presently single and has no record of being in a relationship. Although she is quite private about her personal life, she posted a guy on her social media platform, leaving many fans speculating and even concluding that he is her boyfriend.
Her character, Nonka, however, was married to her love interest in the series.
5. Did Nonka Make A Lot Of Money From Uzalo?
Well, maybe not the highest paid on the series but she definitely made quite a huge amount of money monthly from the award-winning series; Uzalo.
Nonka earned between R20K-R30K as an actress on the series. Her net worth isn’t quite noted yet but we do know that she earns enough to spoil herself and even purchase a brand new BMW car in June of 2021.
6. Nonka Got Dragged On Twitter
The beautiful young actress was dragged on the streets of Twitter for using ‘broken/pidgin’ English on one of her tweets.
Thuthuka trended and was made fun of for a while because she tweeted: “I am single because I have not find a man”. She went under fire for using ‘find’ instead of ‘found’ and people did not let her go free for her error.
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7. Nonka’s Relationship With Her Mother
It is said that with growing up and getting older comes more wisdom and Thuthuka has proven this as she speaks up on her being raised by a single mother.
She disclosed that although she now appreciates being raised by just her mother and grandmother, she did not quite understand why when she was much younger.
Stating now that she understands the sacrifices her mother made for her in raising her singlehandedly, she totally understands and appreciates her mother’s effort and deeds in seeing that she becomes a better version of who she is.
8. Nonka Has Huge Dreams About Her Career
She has dreams of having international qualifications and in the process, break into the international market and industry.
Nonka from Uzalo has no plans of being remembered by just this name but aspires to be a household face and name with time.
9. She Is A Spiritual Person
From her captions to posts and her look at things, it is quite obvious that Thuthuka Mthembu is quite spiritual and strongly believes in prayers and this is evident in her recent joyous outburst on the purchase of her car. She captioned the achievement in praise to God.
On her bio on Instagram, she boldly wrote ‘God Conscious’ and this is enough proof of how spiritually inclined, Thuthuka is.
10. She Looks Up To Big Names In The World
Thuthuka has quite some names whom she looks up to and inspires her to be a success in life. She thrives to do better and develop her strengths drawing inspiration from Oprah Winfrey, Beyonce, Ava DuVernay on the international scene and bringing it down to her locality, she looks up to the likes of Black coffee.
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