A South African actress EXPLAIN about the challenges of the acting industry.

The actress who has made a name for herself in various shows on television and in different films in this country. Mandisa Vilakazi, who has acted in shows including Uzalo, Imbewu and Durban Gen, says that in the three years she has been in the industry, she has encountered many obstacles, but despite that, she is not complaining because she knows why she got into it. “Although there have been problems, I have gained a lot from being in three major plays produced in KwaZulu-Natal, which is second to none,” said Mandisa who played the role of Liyana in Zalo. This lady is in the news these days as she is playing the lead role in the movie Valley Of A Thousand Hills, which is shown on Netflix.

 

This film won the overseas Cannes Award and was one of the films shown at the Durban International Film Festival last year. In this film, Mandisa plays the role of a woman who is in love with another woman. Explaining the scene that got her nominated at this year’s Simon Mabhunu Sabela Awards, she says that of all the scenes she has acted in, this is the one that has given her the most difficulty. She said she had to be careful that she plays it in a dignified way, which will not step on the corners of people who are homosexuals, “The director of the show was watching over me all the time, to make sure that I focus on this area without letting my emotions get in the way,” said the lady.

Mandisa revealed that this industry is her life because she did not enter it because of fame, but entered it because she felt it from the inside and studied it. She told ILANGA that one of the problems in this sector is the lack of work in the space. “In this industry, you must always be looking for a job because today you are working, tomorrow you will hear that it is over with the show that you have already signed a contract with for the year.”She was talking about the end of Imbewu and Durban Gen. She said that even though it was sad to end these shows, it was very emotional for Imbewu as she still had a contract with them, and she was starting to get used to the actors she was filming with. She told the source that she is currently not working on a any show, but there are things that affect this industry that she is doing as she is also a writer