Skeem Saam actress, Marabe (20), explain how starting out on her children’s show shaped her acting career. Her mother helped her choose a acting career in acting. Her mother believe she was talented and encourage her to take part in school play. At age of seven she started to believe in her acting career.

She got her first acting job on Takalani Sesame when she was 13. It was 2007 when her mother told her about the audition and she did her best. It was really challenging,more so because she had to speak and act in Sotho, Zulu and Venda languages.

In 2011 she acted on the drama series called Jacob’s Cross. In 2012 she did Intersections and 90 Plein Street, and in 2014 she got a role on Isibaya. She have been acting in the weekday drama Series, Pretty Seakamela; a feasty fearless and rebellious university students who want to break out her brother’s shadow.

Her advise to aspiring actresses is to get training. She encouraged them to attend free acting workshops. It is important to get training so you are taught acting skills and how to embody characters, and tips on learning lines. This make acting career easier when you get into the industry.