MaMlambo from Uzalo, Gugu Gumede was born 10 December 1991 in Kwa-Zulu Natal ,South Africa is a South African actress She is well known
for portraying the character of a prophetess Mamlambo in the soapie Uzalo
She also played the part of Mandisa in Generations
Her parents were the late Simon Hulumeni Gumede, who passed on when she was young, and Zanele kaMagwaza-Msibi, who passed on in 2021. Both her parents were respectable leaders in South Africa.
While her father was a senior leader for the Inkatha Freedom Party IFP her mother was the president of the National Freedom Party NFP and also served as a deputy minister for Science and Technology. Prior to that, she had been a member and chairperson of the IFP.
Before launching her acting career, Gugu Gumede studied acting in the US at the American Academy of Dramatic Arts in Los Angeles.
She returned to South Africa in 2013 to a big start on the screens, and things have been getting better for this beautiful actress.
Gugu, who credits her exceptional performance as MaMlambo from Uzalo, is an advocate for studying acting. In 2020, she advised young people hoping to make it in the acting industry to take their time to study the craft, read books, and do research on the internet.
She also revealed that she was able to portray a wide range of characters because she studied her material and researched her character in depth.