10 Interesting Facts You Should Know About Uzalo’s Dawn Thandeka King

Get To Know Thandeka Dawn King

Dawn Thandeka King is a South African actress, musician and motivational speaker from Eshowe, KwaZulu-Natal.Thandeka King best known for her starring role as Lindiwe Xulu, the wife of self-made gangster Muzi Xulu, in the SABC1 telenovela Uzalo.

Below are the 10 Interesting Things You Need To Know About the talented Uzalo actress

1. Thandeka Dawn King worked in the tourism sector for ten years, biding her time while awaiting her success in acting.

2. She admits that she fell into depression in 2015, and recovering from it was one of her greatest achievement.

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3. Dawn Thandeka King is a professional radio actress, motivational speaker, MC and an indigenous musician.

4. Dawn’s television acting debut was in 2012 in the Mzansi Magic telenovela iNkaba, where she played the role of flirtatious, a gossiping domestic worker Anele.

5. She was born and raised in Durban.

6. The Uzalo actress studied Drama at Technikon Natal.

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7. Dawn was also involved in two short films called Untitled and Hlezephi,and the short films were part of the Youth Film Project called Mandela’s children.

8.  She is best known for her role as Lindiwe MaNgcobo on SABC1 drama show called Uzalo. Thandeka is also a singer, MC, and motivational speaker.

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9. She got her big break in 2015 with a starring role as the matriarch of a gangster family in the SABC1 telenovela Uzalo, the second most-watched television show in South Africa.

10. Thandeka Dawn King has children (Jadazia, Jaedon, Jayda, Jaydeen, and Jaedon) whom the actress love so much.