THUSO Mbedu has been dubbed one of New York Times’ top 10 best actors for 2022.
The 31-year-old actress, who has made Mzansi proud, was part of the list that was written by the New York Times.
She is on it with Hollywood actors including Michelle Yeoh, Daniel Kaluuya and Keke Palmer.
The list, that comes out every year, has included big actors such as Denzel Washington, Kristen Stewart, Will Smith, Ruth Negga and Benedict Cumberbatch in the past.
The article said Thuso was one of the actors to look out for.
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“Here is someone whom we, moviegoers, deserve to get to know for years to come. But in what kinds of movies? As what sorts of people? Thuso can act. But there just isn’t the variety of movies that could sustain all the acting she and many of the performers in the portfolio that follows could do – names you may not know, like Freddie Gibbs and Frankie Corio and, loosely, Vicky Krieps – but who once upon a time would have had a few chances to show what else they’re made of,” it read.
The writer based it on Thuso’s role on The Woman King, where she played the role of Nawi – a warrior who fights alongside other women to save their village. The film, starring Viola Davis, Lashana Lynch, John Boyega and Sheila Atim, premiered in September.
“All I knew about this movie, before I got there, was that Viola was in it; that it was set in Africa during the trans-Atlantic slave trade and that she was playing a woman who was somehow also a king. I was less prepared for the discovery that she wasn’t the only actor with the gusto to singe my eyebrows. Thuso plays Nawi, the runt in the all-female army of Dahomey warriors Viola commands, a cub determined to prove her mettle among the lions,” it continued.
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“It must have been some of the hardest acting this great actor has had to do, because Thuso is awesome. The part needs stamina: There’s lots of running – jumping, ducking, impaling. But Thuso ensures that every thwack, knock and stabbing packs an emotional wallop. She doesn’t appear to be acting the battles.”
Before The Woman King, Thuso stunned Hollywood and the world at large with her lead role on a 10-part series by Barry Jenkins, The Underground Railroad.
