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Tumi Morake
South African actress From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Tumi Morake (born 22 December 1981) is a South African comedian, actress, TV personality, and writer.[1][2][3][4]
In 2018, she became the first African woman to have her own set on Netflix. She is also known to be the first woman to host Comedy Central Presents in Africa.[5][6]
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Early years and education
Morake was born in the Free State. She relocated to Gauteng in the year 2000 and there, she studied Drama at Wits University.[1][2]
Career
After completing her tertiary education at DUT, Morake started working at Arepp Theatre for Life, a touring educational theatre company.[1] In July 2005, she joined the comedy industry. She worked at Parker Leisure Management and is known to perform regular stand-up gigs in Johannesburg and Pretoria. Some comedy festivals she has performed at include; Heavyweights Comedy Jam, Blacks Only, Have a Heart, Just Because Comedy Festival, The Tshwane Comedy Festival, The Lifestyle SA Festival and Old Mutual Comedy Encounters.[2] She has hosted shows including; Our Perfect Wedding, Red Cake and WTFTumi (her talk show).[3]
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Filmography
Morake has starred in several films and TV shows, including:[1][2][3]
- Skin
- Kota Life Crisis
- Soul Buddyz
- Izoso Connexion
- High Rollers
- Laugh Out Loud
- Rockville
- Soul Buddyz
- The Queen
- The Bantu Hour
- ekasi movies
- Seriously Single[7]
- Tumi or Not Tumi (Netflix)
- Kizazi Moto: Generation Fire (Disney+)
Works
Awards and recognitions
- She was named as one of The Free State Province's Icons[6]
- 2012- Awarded Entertainer of the Year at the 2012 Speakers of Note Award[6]
- 2013 - She is a recipient of the Mboko Women in the Arts Award for Excellence in Comedy 2013[6]
- 2016 - She won the Best Comedian Category of the YOU Spectacular Awards[10]
- She won awarded the Savanna Comic Choice Awards as the Comic of the Year [10][11]
Personal life
She is married to Mpho Osei Tutu, a fellow South African actor and is a mother of three children.[12][3][13][14][15]
References
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