Mamello Makhetha
Hello there! I am a film and theatre actress, voice artist and filmmaker, hailing all the way from Cape Town, South Africa! I look forward to playing, learning and discovering with you! I usually use a Standard American accent in tapes unless otherwise requested.
I have years of sight reading experience, so I work quickly with dialogue heavy sides. I have tons of improv training . I also have an amazing sense of comedy and timing and I am well versed in dramatic scripts . This means I would be great at all genres that you have to work with, whether it be for a class scene, a self tape or an audition.
I have a lot of respect and patience for the time we have together to get the most refined and robust performance out of you, so we don't have to rush at all. I can just do a read, or notes and feedback if that is something you are looking for. I am deeply invested and inspired to get the best in character, story and performance from you and our session.
I have a strong Standard American and British accent. I usually use my Standard American Accents in tapes.
Available for:
-Audition Preparation
- Self tapes
-Class Preparation
- Side Analysis
-Rehearsals
-Performance Coaching
-Character Development
-Finding the Emotional Truth of the Scene
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Feel Free to contact me via email @makhetha1996@gmail.com or dm me on instagram @mamello.makhetha, if I'm not online, if you would like to schedule a reading beforehand.
Now let's play!
Mamello Makhetha is an actress, voice artist, singer, and filmmaker.
As an actress she is fluent in both English and Sesotho. In 2018, she was an actor in a 2-hander melodrama realism play, Raising Sunflowers with Katlego Dikeledi, by Tshegofatso Mabutla. The play was staged at Baxter’s Masambe Theatre.
In 2019, completed a run of Nasty Womxn directed by Dara Beth at the Alexander Bar and Baxter’s Masambe Theatre. She played Marienne and Marienne 2 for the Gin Hedricks Activation. In 2020, she performed in Vagina Monologues, staged by the Sugar Daddy Theatre Company at the Raptor Room. She played Charity in Hannah van Tonder's The Coin, which toured to the Free State and had a run at the State Theatre in Pretoria(2021). She completed a run of Nguvu Ya Mbegu: Entabelanga at Theatre Arts Admin(2021).
She has been a part of various short films. In 2017, she played the role of Ella in Zoe Jancou’s film, Numb. She played the role of Dimpho in Simamkele Mchako’s film, Chemotherapy. Her list also includes: the AFDA pilot telenovela Nothing Personal by Siwongiwe Jozana, where she played Reba. (2015). Growing Pains directed by Katya Abedian. (2018). She was in WOMXN directed by Aimee Jane. (2019). Esiqeni Sakho (The Coven) directed by Ranji Mangcu. (2019). She played Nozipho in Riaz Solker’s Discomfort Zones. (2019). She played Spokazi in Siyasanga Mbikwana’s Life Is Always Better When We Are Together. (2019). She co-wrote and performed the film Stained by Kirsten Gobey. (2020). She starred in Mwanje and Sampha The Great's music video "Wild Ones,directed by Michael Rodrigues and Tarryn Hatchett, which has received international recognition.(2021). She played Gugu on Wounds, 1MAGIC'S medical drama.(2021) Her TVC credits include: RIZK, Santam, OCTAFX, Allan Gray, Ocean Basket, OK Furniture and Castle Lite(2022). She is set to star in an upcoming Disney Webseries , Pirates(2022).
Her producing career includes: production assisting for various AFDA third year graduating productions such as: How to Kill a Girl Named Amanda, Siembamba, both directed by Christian Grobbelaar. As well as, Coup De Grace directed by Bongani Morgan. (2015). She produced Verdict directed by Matthew Coxon, as an AFDA first year film. (2015). She co-produced What Would Sarah Do, directed by Tarania Naidoo for the Bokeh Internatonal Fashion Film Festival. (2018). In 2020, she was a production assistant for the Mafikizolo music video, Thandolwethu and a Liqui-Fruit TVC. She also production assisted for Emilie Badenhorst's music video, Strangers, with Romance Films, which has also received international recognition.(2021) She is currently in development, writing a feature film, which has been awarded funding from NFVF., "Happoly Ever After" with Gabe Gabriel and Loren Loubser.
Her awards include: Mike Van Graans’s 2020 STAND Foundation Satirical Writing Challenge, The Sugar Daddy Theatre Company: 1 minute monologue acting competition (2nd Place) in 2020, the Standard Bank Ovation Award (Makhanda National Arts Festival) (Nguvu Ya Mbegu: Entabelanga) (2019), and the Golden Key International Honour Society (2020).
She is a movement and acting coach at ACT: Cape Town Film Acting School.
She graduated from the University of Cape Town with a Hons Equivalent Ba in Theatre and Performance, specialising in Bilingual Acting. She received a distinction in Acting. (2020). She is represented by Authentik Management.