Katlego Danke, (born 07 November 1978, North West), actress and television personality known for playing the role of Dineo Mashaba in SABC sopaie drama Generations and Thathi on Mzansi Magic drama series Gomora.
Katlego Danke obtained her BA in Theatre and Performance at University of Cape Town (UCT) in 2001. She also completed a diploma in Management Studies in 2010, with Wits Business School.Katlego Danke is a private person, the name of her husband or boyfriend are unknown.
Katlego Danke is renowned for stage performances in theatre productions such as Beyond the Veil, The House of Kalumba, The Town that was Mad, Crimes of the Heart, King Lear, Miss Tertiary Feel, Occupational Therapy Project, and the Opera performance of Macbeth.
She has also appeared in commercials for Vanish, Clover, and Honda.Her television and film experience includes cameo roles in the sitcom SOS and the comedy show What’s Bothering Marc Lottering on SABC3, and she also had a short stint with SABC2’s Afrikaans soapie 7de Laan. From 2002, she played a role on e.tv’s Backstage.
In 2015, she landed the lucrative contract of brand ambassador to the international baby products brand Philips Avent.In 2016, following her departure from Generations, Danke began playing a recurring role in South African soap opera, Isidingo. On the show, she plays the character Kgothalo.Katlego Danke landed a starring role in Mzansi Magic telenovela Gomora, playing the role of Thathi.
In both 2006 and 2011, Katlego Danke was voted as one of FHM’s 100 sexiest women in the world. In 2010 she was nominated for a YOU spectacular award for Favourite Actress. She was nominated Best Screen Villain in the Duku-Duku 2004 Awards, and Best Dressed Actress in 2009 at the South African Film and TV Awards.Katlego has received a best actress award from the South African Film and Television Awards 2006 and also in 2010 for her role as Dineo Mashaba in Generations.
In 2017, Katlego Danke gave birth to a baby boy. This year 2022 , the actress is allegedly pregnant with baby number 2. According to various reports, the cast and crew of Gomora are aware of Thathi’s pregnancy, and the writers are currently trying to incorporate her pregnancy into the story.