Popular actress Nefisa Mkhabela has secured the role of Lerato in Losing Lerato 2 alongside Kagiso Modupe.
‘LOSING LERATO 2’
The actress Nefisa Mkhabela will replace Kagiso Modupe’s real-life daughter Tshimollo as the older version of Lerato in Losing Lerato 2.
The first film follows a father’s desperate journey to forge a relationship with his daughter. This is after he broke up with the mother of his child. Losing Lerato was inspired by the real-life story of Modupe’s father, who didn’t have a relationship with his father.
Modupe tells IOL that his father only found his father when he was 65 years old, after his grandfather died. The actor says it was painful for him to see his father taken to his grandfather’s tombstone for the first time.
In the second film, Modupe’s character is released from prison after being charged for kidnapping his daughter in season one.
The trailer reveals Modupe’s character will need a kidney transplant and Lerato will offer to help him. Other actors who’ve joined the film include Zolisa Xaluva, Lerato Marabe, Aubrey Poopedi, Mondli Makhoba etc.
Losing Lerato 2 premieres on Netflix on 2 August.
NEFISA MKHABELA: TV ROLES
The Losing Lerato actress Nefisa Mkhabela tells Sowetan that she rebelled against her father’s wishes to pursue a law career by taking her breakout role in House of Zwide.
Mkhabela scored the leading role of Ona Zobuhle Molapo Zwide in e.tv’s fashion telenovela, House of Zwide in 2021.
TVSA confirms that she made her TV acting debut in 1Magic’s drama series Unmarried, first appearing on 2 February 2018 as Mbali.
The actress reprised her role in season two of Unmarried and also landed a leading role in Ispaza Sasekhaya.
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SOUTH AFRICANS REACT TO UPCOMING FILM
@comforttenyeko: “We have to also give credit to Kagiso from being basic Mangi Nyathi on Scandal to an amazing producer.”
@Cyamthanda_: “At the end of the first movie, it’s the coloured girlie lo waka Scandal who is big Lerato. Did they change her she was perfect man.”
@Anneli77821: “When I see Zolisa,I click. No questions asked. I’ll be watching.”
@qhamani_sigenu: “People are talking about the cast. Can we talk about the fact that it is directed by @ZolaniPhakade? Oh, I’m definitely watching it.”
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