Harriet Manamela is a famous and legendary South African actress and television personality.

She is known for her role as Meikie Maputla in the SABC1 youth soapie Skeem Saam.

She debuted in the series premiere on 13 October 2011 and appeared in the 2006 mini-series When We Were Black.

Early Life & Education

Harriet Manamela was born on the 13th of October 1971 in Diepkloof, South Africa. She was raised by both parents, who later moved to Johannesburg with their family in the early 1990s.

Since then, she has partially resided in some parts of the country, but Johannesburg always calls her back.

Harriet Manamela matriculated from St. AnthAnthony’s in Boksburg. Her dream was to be an actress from childhood, so she decided to pursue her dream.

She joined Squints Artists Community Theatre Group in Alexandra, and her debut performance was in The Virus and Let’s Talk About Aids at The Market Theatre Laboratory Annual Festival.

She completed Broken Dreams with The Market Theatre Laboratory drama school and additionally featured in Theatre Sports for SABC3, toured Sweden with Gommorah, Koze Kuse Bash, Ways of Dying, Bozoli at The Market Theatre and The Grahamstown Arts Festival.

She also completed the Young Writers Festival at The Market Theatre for 2 years.

Career

Harriet Manamela‘s tv career commenced in 1998 with Soul City, Isidingo, Yizo Yizo II, Justice For All II & III, Zero Tolerance, Soul Buddyz and Behind The Badge.

Films consist of Dr. Lucille, Hijack Stories, Country of My Skull, and Yesterday. She performed the lead in My Other Mother.

In 2013, she joined the e.Tv soapie Rhythm City inside the feature of Nomzamo, Suffocate’s alcoholic mother who has been ingesting carefully for many years and makes use of alcohol as a coping mechanism.

Harriet Manamela scooped a SAFTA for Best Supporting Actress in 2012 for her feature within the film Life Above All and changed into as soon as nominated inside the Vita award for Best Supporting Actress for her position within the cleaning soap Isidingo.

Squints Artists Community Theatre Group in Alexandra and completed The Virus and Let’s Talk About Aids at The Market Theatre Laboratory Annual Festival.

She completed Broken Dreams with The Market Theatre Laboratory drama school and additionally featured in Theatre Sports for SABC3, toured Sweden with Gommorah, Koze Kuse Bash, Ways of Dying, Bozoli at The Market Theatre and The Grahamstown Arts Festival.

She also completed the Young Writers Festival at The Market Theatre for 2 years.

In 2014, she had a starring role as Elizabeth Malinga, an optimist with sturdy moral values, but she’s learned now not to consider the rich and their empty guarantees within the SABC2 drama collection Sweetwater.

Also, in 2014, Harriet Manamela starred as Dieketseng Mofokeng, the sister of Dibuseng Makwarela (Nthati Moshesh), who’s pressured to help her sibling fight for her forgotten values, in the SABC2 thriller series Thola.

In the equal 12 months, she had a tourist-starring function in Episode nine of the SABC1 docu-drama series Ngempela.

Personal Life

Harriet Manamela is a happily married woman with two sons. She is joyfully married to Buti Manamela.

In 2017, it emerged that Harriet Manamela’s husband was having an affair, but she stood firm, confronted the woman, and got her husband back.

Awards

Best Supporting Actress in 2012 for her role in the film Life Above All.

She has also been nominated in the Vita award for Best Supporting Actress for her role in the soap Isidingo.

Net Worth

Harriet Manamela has become one of the legendary entity in the South African movie scene with several features to her belt. Due to this, she has an estimated net worth of R5 Million.

You may also like:

• Zikhona Sodlaka Biography: Net Worth, Age, Qualifications, Child, Husband and Career

• Amanda Manku Biography: Net Worth, Age, Qualifications, Husband, Career and Lifestyle

• Mogau Motlhatswi Biography: Salary, Net Worth, Age, Qualifications, Career and Lifestyle

• Hope Mbhele Biography: Net Worth, Age, Qualifications, Boyfriend, Career and Lifestyle

/* img#wpstats{display:none}