Sonia Mbele’s new position on Diepcity is that of a appropriate hardcore killer, Zola.

 

She joins the solid of DiepCity as Zola, a fascinating and but hardened gangster.

Zola become raised through her dad, a large-time gangster, Mafioso who commenced the Mashonisa (mortgage shark) trend in his region and trained his daughter to walk in his footsteps.

Sonia Mbele (44) has been far from TV displays for two years, waiting for the proper position and it appears she has discovered one to venture herself with.

The final time she appeared on the small display screen become in 2019 in the manufacturing, Blessed. But she has been busy behind the curtain focusing on commercial enterprise ventures and her production employer.

“I have now not clearly been gone; I’ve simply been behind the scenes,” she says.

“Acting will usually stay my first love, no matter what I do. I become continually going to come lower back on screen. I simply needed a role that made experience for me and be with productions which have been tried and tested, and no longer be in some thing new,” Sonia says.

“I’ve missed simply the adrenalin of waking up early for morning calls and being on that set and the appearing environment, but I simply wanted the right function for me,” she adds.

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Zola is a fantastic and sensual guy-eater who’s a cutthroat and hardcore killer.

“Men wonder over her beauty but they also worry her. She changed into raised and groomed by way of her kingpin father whose gun smuggling syndicate she inherited,” Sonia says.

Zola grew up in the commercial enterprise and become raised to be difficult as nails so that she could no longer be undermined while she takes over.

The other kingpins want her, but they fear and recognize her more due to the fact she killed her father’s lieutenant when he undermined her in the front of other human beings. She has no woman friends, and she is a playful vixen who simplest famous her dark side while it’s far vital.

She pursues gangster Mgedeza because she sees him as her absolute same. But things don’t move as planned for her within the love branch.

“She grew up with handiest brothers and her dad roped her into that lifestyles of crime while a teen because she turned into fierce and bold. As a teen, she could cross do the dirty work of amassing cash. She has come a long manner, she is courageous, hardcore, however there unento echazayo (There is a sure allure approximately her),” Sonia says.

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Sonia has never worked with Black Brain Productions earlier than and she or he can not wait to analyze from the group and cast.

“I actually have constantly been a fan in their work. I loved the paintings they placed on Lockdown,” Sonia says.

“Some years ago, I took a path with Sediba Programme via the National Film and Video Foundation (NFVF) and wrote a short story about a woman who is imprisoned for killing her abusive husband. She loses her cool and, in the tale, she ends up in prison. When I wrote the story on the time, I become informed that humans have been not prepared for the form of tale. So, when I noticed Lockdown, I felt a robust connection to Black Brain because high-quality minds suppose alike, and I connect with their productions. I even have continually acknowledged that someday we would work together,” Sonia says.

She did not audition for the part however obtained a name from Mandla N to sign up for the solid.

“Mandla known as me and advised me he created a role that might healthy me and after sentences into the verbal exchange, I turned into sold,” Sonia says.

Behind the scenes, Sonia is operating on developing her original productions.

“Yes there has been the Real Housewives of Johannesburg which I labored on, however I am operating on developing authentic productions a good way to be revealed very quickly,” she says.

Sonia made her first appearance on DiepCity on 27 July. Catch DiepCity on weekdays at 8pm on Mzansi Magic, DStv channel 161.