Andrea Dondolo, beloved for her comedic flip as Ayanda Twala in Stokvel, is again within the driver’s seat after a five-year profession dry spell.
Final evening, in her first lead position in 5 years, the 46-year-old actor joined Siyabonga Shibe, Lunathi Mampofu, Sisa Hewana, Zenande Mfenyana, Ayakha Ntunja, Prince Grootboom and Nkanyiso Makhanya in new drama collection Inimba.
Throughout her performing hiatus, Dondolo additionally answered her ancestral calling. “Being on the present felt like a resurrection. I haven’t had a significant position in 5 years. That is actually my first large present since The Queen,” she mentioned.
“After lockdown, I went again residence to the Japanese Cape to heed my non secular calling. I’ve been within the Japanese Cape all this time, I’d simply come as much as Joburg to attend to a couple issues after which return residence.
“A part of why I feel I wasn’t reserving important performing gigs was due to my non secular calling as a standard healer. I might get a name that I obtained the gig after which go for fittings or get supplied contracts, however they by no means got here to fruition. There was one time I used to be driving to an audition and a automobile rolled earlier than my eyes.”
