ACTOR

Linda Mvusi

1955 - Today

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Linda Mvusi (c. 1955) is a South African actress and architect. In 1988, Mvusi made her acting debut in the film A World Apart (1988), for which she won the Best Actress Award at the 1988 Cannes Film Festival, becoming the first Black woman and the first South African to win the Best Actress award at Cannes. In 2004, Mvusi shared an award for excellence for her architecture on the Apartheid Museum. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 17 in 2024). Linda Mvusi is the 9,053rd most popular actor (down from 8,546th in 2024), the 252nd most popular biography from South Africa (down from 231st in 2019) and the 23rd most popular South African Actor.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1955, Linda Mvusi ranks 621Before her are Ruben Buriani, Maureen George, Rick Mitchell, Ulrika Knape, Steve Earle, and Masakazu Suzuki. After her are Steingrímur J. Sigfússon, Catherine Asaro, Toma Simionov, Joey Baron, Michael O'Keefe, and Anne Henning.

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In South Africa

Among people born in South Africa, Linda Mvusi ranks 252 out of 454Before her are Amanda Coetzer (1971), Antony Sher (1949), Muhsin Hendricks (null), Reeva Steenkamp (1983), Brenda Fassie (1964), and Phil Masinga (1969). After her are Hans Vonk (1970), Ilana Kloss (1956), Theuns Jordaan (1971), Willie Toweel (1934), Trevor Noah (1984), and Maggie Laubser (1886).

Among ACTORS In South Africa

Among actors born in South Africa, Linda Mvusi ranks 23Before her are Charlbi Dean (1990), Sid James (1913), Louis Hayward (1909), Ian Hunter (1900), Jodi Balfour (1987), and Antony Sher (1949). After her are Musetta Vander (1963), Troye Sivan (1995), Moira Lister (1923), Sasha Pieterse (1996), David Bateson (1960), and Cliff Simon (1962).