Lulu Hela is a South African Actress and Award Winning Television & Film Producer. She has been working in television production for over 20 years. Some of the shows she has produced are the highly acclaimed and IEmmy nominated drama series, Is’thunzi Season 2, Class Act Season 2, Relate Season 3.
She is best known for her role as Belinda Nhlapo, Dumisane’s crazy sister-in-law who famously stabbed Khetiwe in the face on New Year’s Eve, ending her modeling career, in the SABC1 soapie Generations.
She received a SAFTA nomination for Best Supporting Actress in a Soap for her role as Belinda at the 4th annual South African Film and Television Awards, in 2010.
Other series she has acted in include Erfsondes, Tshisa, Gaz’lam and Mtunzini.com; and the films Release and White Wedding.
She also stars as Nomalizo Motha, the girl behind the counter, in the feature film and subsequent television series uSkroef noSexy, broadcast on eKasi+ and e.tv.
Lulu was also a newsreader for the African Daily Brief and a journalist for the African News Dimension. She studied BA in Speech and Drama at Rhodes University and a BA in Communications Science and Media Studies.
She had a guest starring role in the Season 2 finale of the Mzansi Magic supernatural drama series Is’thunzi, which aired on 2 October, 2017.