African Celebrities: Leleti Khumalo

Leleti Khumalo is a Zulu South African actress. She is famous for her leading role in the movie and stage play 'Sarafina'. She is also famous starring in other films such as 'Hotel Rwanda' and 'Yesterday'.

Leleti Khumalo was born on 30th March 1970 in KwaMashu township, north of Durban, South Africa. In 1985, she auditioned for Mbongeni Ngema's musical, which later became the international blockbuster Sarafina. In 1992, she starred alongside Whoopi Goldberg, Miriam Makeba and John Kani in Darrell James Roodt's film version of Sarafina which had a worldwide distribution and became the biggest film production to be released on the African continent.

Leleti Khumalo was formerly married to Mbongeni Ngema for 14 years but with no luck of children. She was then married to Skhuthazo Kanyile on 25th October 2012, the couple have twins a boy and a girl who were born on 24th May 2013.

Leleti Khumalo has received several awards including NAACP Image Award for Best Stage Actress in 1987.