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born 1977 South Africa
Moshidi Motshegwa (born 3 September 1977) is a South African actress. She is best known for her roles in Rythm City, The River and for her leading role as Denzela Ledwaba in the SABC2 police drama series Zero Tolerance.
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I hope the character opens up a conversation that is often difficult to have around the experiences of women, violence and the ramifications of trauma.
And I hate this narrative that older black women are threatened by younger black actresses - we are not.
It's complicated, this industry. I don't fit into the scene.
I observe women around me wherever I am. I take a bit of what I find interesting in every woman I meet.
If we were politicians, then the audience would be our constituency. Our audiences are not stupid.
It's so wonderful to work with actors that if you give something, they're there with you.
My belief is this, you cannot diminish that which you did not create.
I've done it all - travelled, dined and partied - and now it's time for me to be a mother.
When death parks in your front yard and grief befriends you and sinks you into a story like this one, you give it everything you have.
The love I give my child at 42 is very different to the love a 22-year-old will give their child. I'm not coming into motherhood with the stress of my career, with financial difficulties.
The wonderful thing about awards I have come to understand is that the nomination itself is bigger than the award because it means that people recognised you. And I think in the work we do, in the conditions we do it, recognition is important.
I am excited to offer an interpretation to an African female character who could easily be lost in the cracks of society
i don't feel too old. I don't even think the word old exists in my vocabulary - you mature and grow up but ageing is about getting closer to who you are.
I wanted my own paycheque, I wanted my own house. I knew the world where I grew up in had limitations.
We grew up where mothers often didn't work and depended on their husbands. I saw people borrowing R5 because the husband didn't leave any money and I told myself that wasn't going to be my storyline.
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