All You Need To Know About Mbali From Scanda
Nolwazi Shange Ngubeni is a South African actress well known for portraying the role of Mbali on etvScandal.
The 38-year-old South African actress was born on 19 January 1984 in Durban KwaZulu-Natal. She was raised in Pinetown, then in Southern Suburb of Cape town called Claremont.
Nolwazi’s parents were fearful of her following Arts studies but her grandmother allayed her parents to accept her choice of study.
She attended Pinetown Senior Primary School. She studied arts and holds a marketing and communications qualification.
Nolwazi had her first lead role on SABC 1 drama series called A Place Called Home as Precious from 2008 to 2009. In 2010 she starred as Dimpho Miya on SABC 1’s Soul City season ten. She had a recurring role of Kwezi in the SABC1 sitcom Single Guys in 2013.
The very same year in 2013 she was casted as Kgomotso on Zabalaza between May and November. Nonhle Thema later replaced her after she left the drama to pursue other projects.
She also played Minister Patience Mhlongo on The River in the second and third seasons. In 2021 she was cast for two roles. Her first role was in January when she was cast alongside Masasa Mbangeni, and Dumisani Mbebe as Sibongile Dlomo in Mzali Wam.
Then in September 2021, she was cast together with etvScandal new cast as Mbali the wife to Jojo. She appeared on a film called Otelo Burning and on Intersections. She later obtained Golden Horn Award for Best Supporting Actress in a TV Drama Series for her portrayal of Dezi in 2011’s Otelo Burning.
Though Nolwazi had become a household name because of her acting skills, she still ventured into behind-the-camera work. She became a casting director for numerous TV shows and films, such as Rhythm City, Nothing For Mahala, MTV Shuga, AboMama, to name a few. She also worked as a Casting Director and Business Developer for a Global Tech company.
Nolwazi is married to Umlilo actor Mzwandile Ngubeni and they were blessed with two children. The two met in 2010 through work and got married in 2016 in a traditional wedding in Durban.
