10 Things you don’t know about Maggie Benedict

Maggie Benedict as Akhona Mamela

• Maggie is 33 years old, born February 1981
• Maggie was born and raised in Pretoria
• She attended Pretoria Tech where she studied music, dance and theatre.
• During her theatre stint, Maggie performed at the Civic Theatre in Showboat and Goldilocks and the Three Bears
• Maggie also works as an ambassador with the Walt Disney Company.
• Some of her television tributes include appearances on Snitch, Justice For All 3 and 7de Laan
• She was also a presenter on the daytime show Lifestyle.
• Maggie starred with Renate Stuurman and Elma Postma in the SABC2 drama series The Mating Game, in 2010.
• Between April 2010 and 2011 she portrayed the role of Zoey Matsekwa in the M-Net/kykNET soapie Binnelanders
• On 12 October 2011 she made her debut on the SABC1 soapie Generations, where she played Akhona Miya