Nothando Ngcobo is a 26 year old who is originally from Hammarsdale, Mpumalanga township in the outer west of Durban. Nothando moved from Johannesburg in 2014, to study and pursue her acting career. She got her first acting job in 2014, which was a feature in one of Mzansi Magic’s feature films. In 2017, I did a part time acting course at The Market Theatre which was very helpful because it helped elevate my acting skills. Apart from her Uzalo role which she recently started playing she is also on 1Magic’s Lingashoni.

Nothando has also been doing movies that will be playing at The Silicon Valley African Film Festival in California, USA. The young actress shared that acting has been the only thing she has always wanted to do ever since she was a child. Her role on Uzalo has been her biggest break, but she also has her role on Lingashoni.” Hlelo and Nothando are two completely different people but what I would say we have in common is that Hlelo is street smart and so am I, inorder to compete in different spectrums, she said. Nothando also shared that her character Hlelo’s growth is going to be tremendous and she is very excited for the audience to be part of the journey.

Rejection has to be one of the challenges that I have faced in the industry. I have been rejected so much to a point where I considered giving up, but I remembered that when God puts something in your heart he will give you strength to achieve it,” she shared. In the next couple of years Nothando sees herself still working in the television industry and also flourishing abroad.