The Most Famous

ACTORS from Zimbabwe

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This page contains a list of the greatest Zimbabwean Actors. The pantheon dataset contains 13,578 Actors, 2 of which were born in Zimbabwe. This makes Zimbabwe the birth place of the 118th most number of Actors behind Kuwait, and Kosovo.

Top 4

The following people are considered by Pantheon to be the most legendary Zimbabwean Actors of all time. This list of famous Zimbabwean Actors is sorted by HPI (Historical Popularity Index), a metric that aggregates information on a biography's online popularity.

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1. Clare Carey (b. 1967)

With an HPI of 43.10, Clare Carey is the most famous Zimbabwean Actor.  Her biography has been translated into 17 different languages on wikipedia.

Clare Carey (born June 11, 1967) is an American film and television actress best known for her roles as Kelly Fox in Coach (1989-1995) and Mary Bailey in Jericho (2006-2008), and her film role in Savannah Sunrise (2016).

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2. Rick Cosnett (b. 1983)

With an HPI of 42.12, Rick Cosnett is the 2nd most famous Zimbabwean Actor.  His biography has been translated into 23 different languages.

Richard James Cosnett (born 6 April 1983) is a Zimbabwean-Australian actor and producer. He is known for playing the roles of Wes Maxfield in The Vampire Diaries, Elias Harper in Quantico, and Eddie Thawne in The Flash.

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3. Sibongile Mlambo (b. 1990)

With an HPI of 28.62, Sibongile Mlambo is the 3rd most famous Zimbabwean Actor.  Her biography has been translated into 16 different languages.

Sibongile Mlambo is a US-based actress of Zimbabwean and South African heritage. She is known for starring in Netflix’s Lost in Space, the Starz historical adventure television series Black Sails and in films Honey 3 and The Last Face. She is also best known for her role as Tamora Monroe on the MTV television series Teen Wolf, as Donna on the Freeform television series Siren, and voicing Melusi in the Ubisoft multiplayer game Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Siege.

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4. Mathira (b. 1992)

With an HPI of 24.35, Mathira is the 4th most famous Zimbabwean Actor.  Her biography has been translated into 14 different languages.

Mathira Mohammad, mononymously known as Mathira, is a Pakistani-Zimbabwean model, dancer, television hostess, singer, and actor. She has hosted several television shows and appeared in music videos. She is known for her item songs in Main Hoon Shahid Afridi and the Indian Punjabi film Young Malang.

People

Pantheon has 4 people classified as Zimbabwean actors born between 1967 and 1992. Of these 4, 4 (100.00%) of them are still alive today. The most famous living Zimbabwean actors include Clare Carey, Rick Cosnett, and Sibongile Mlambo. As of April 2024, 2 new Zimbabwean actors have been added to Pantheon including Sibongile Mlambo, and Mathira.

Living Zimbabwean Actors

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Newly Added Zimbabwean Actors (2025)

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