{"id":633,"date":"2020-09-05T07:41:29","date_gmt":"2020-09-05T05:41:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/studentroom.co.za\/wiki\/?p=633"},"modified":"2020-09-05T07:41:31","modified_gmt":"2020-09-05T05:41:31","slug":"thembsie-matu","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/studentroom.co.za\/wiki\/thembsie-matu\/","title":{"rendered":"Thembsie Matu"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
QUICK FACTS<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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Birth \/ Real Name:<\/b><\/div>\n<\/td>\n
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Thembsie Matu<\/span><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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Occupation:<\/b><\/div>\n<\/td>\n
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Actress<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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Age
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54 years old (as of 2020)
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Place of Birth<\/b><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/td>\n
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Katlehong, Gauteng<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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Nationality:<\/strong>
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South African<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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Gender:<\/b><\/div>\n<\/td>\n
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Female<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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Children:<\/b><\/div>\n<\/td>\n
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Namosa Matu (daughter) and Neo Matu (son)<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n\n

Thembsie Matu<\/strong>, (born in Katlehong, Gauteng, South African), actress best known as Petronella from The Queen.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Who is Thembsie Matu?<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Thembsie Matu was born in Katlehong, Gauteng, South Africa. Her date with destiny happened during her high school years after she watched a Gibson Kente play at a local community hall in her East Rand hometown of Katlehong.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Thembsie Matu children<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Thembsie Matu has two children – a daughter, Namosa and a son, Neo.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Career<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

In 1987, Thembsie Matu made her professional stage debut in Sekunjalo (1986), one of the late playwright\u2019s famous works. Then followed What A Shame (1989) and Give A Child (1989) as well as subsequent TV roles in Mama\u2019s Love (1994) and Lahliwe (1999) – all these from Kente\u2019s pen and directing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

She is also best known for her recurring role as Zinhle in the SABC3 drama television series The Lab (2006-2008), and for appearing in a popular television commercial for the insecticide Doom.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

She also played the role of Nomathamsanqa on the SABC1 drama series Tshisa, from 2006-2012.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

She made a guest appearance in the role of Teacher in the first episode of the SABC1 mini-series uGugu no Andile (Gugu and Andile), based on the play Romeo and Juliet, on 3 June 2008.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

On 4 August 2008 she made her first appearance on the e.tv soapie Rhythm City in the guest role of Sis Bee, a battleaxe matron who fights the odds trying to care for patients under crazy circumsumstances.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Thembsie is playing the role of Petronella in Mzansi Magic soapie drama The Queen.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What is Thembsie Matu\u2019s Instagram?<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Thembsie Matu is on Instagram and her official handle is @thembsiematu.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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QUICK FACTS Birth \/ Real Name: Thembsie Matu Occupation: Actress Age 54 years old (as of 2020) Place of Birth Katlehong, Gauteng Nationality: South African Gender: Female Children: Namosa Matu (daughter) and Neo Matu (son) Thembsie Matu, (born in Katlehong, Gauteng, South African), actress best known as Petronella from The Queen. Who is Thembsie Matu? […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":636,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[56,112],"class_list":["post-633","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-people","tag-the-queen","tag-thembsie-matu"],"blocksy_meta":{"styles_descriptor":{"styles":{"desktop":"","tablet":"","mobile":""},"google_fonts":[],"version":6}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/studentroom.co.za\/wiki\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/633","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/studentroom.co.za\/wiki\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/studentroom.co.za\/wiki\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/studentroom.co.za\/wiki\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/studentroom.co.za\/wiki\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=633"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/studentroom.co.za\/wiki\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/633\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":637,"href":"https:\/\/studentroom.co.za\/wiki\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/633\/revisions\/637"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/studentroom.co.za\/wiki\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/636"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/studentroom.co.za\/wiki\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=633"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/studentroom.co.za\/wiki\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=633"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/studentroom.co.za\/wiki\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=633"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}