Mandisa Baleni

2024 MFA Professional Actor

She/Her

Height: 5’2”
Hair: Black
Eyes: Brown
Voice: Mezzo-Soprano

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LAMDA Productions

Taylor
Stick Fly
Directed by Denzel Westley-Sanderson

Calpurnia / Volumnius
Julius Caesar
Directed by Lawrence Evans

Masha
The Seagull
Directed by Anna Barkan

Hamlet
Hamlet
Directed by Karen Tomlin

Nanisca
The Woman King
Directed by Michelle Bonnard & Amy Cudden

Mandisa
The Birds & The Trees
Directed by Anna Hampton

Sneddon
Alien: Out of the Shadows - Audio Play
Directed by Tamsin Collison

Valerie
Smart People
Directed by Matt Wilde

Various
Stunt [R&D]
Directed by Lu Kemp

Eligibility

Eligible to work in South Africa & the UK

Accents

South African English [Native]*, South African Xhosa, Afrikaans, Zambian, Modern RP*, General American*, Texan, AAE, Cork
*Certified to a native standard by Louise Jones

Dance

Amapiano styles

Stage Combat

Fencing, Unarmed - hand to hand [basic], Katana [basic]

Sport

Swimming [advanced], Field Hockey [intermediate], Diving [basic]

Music

Guitar [Classical & Acoustic]

Languages

Conversational isiXhosa, conversational Afrikaans

Driving

Full Clean SA Driver’s License

Training

LAMDA [MFA Professional Acting, 2022-2024]
University of Cape Town [BScHons, 2021]
Oxbridge Programs, The New York College Experience, Musical Theatre Summer Program [2013]