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Bonnie Mbuli
Born	(1979-03-18)18 March 1979 (age 46) Soweto, South Africa
Other names	Bonnie Henna
Occupations	Actress television presenter radio presenter
Spouse	Sisanda Henna ​ ​ (m. 2005; div. 2013)​
Children	2

Bonnie Mbuli (born 3 March 1979^[1]) is a South African actress, businesswoman, and television personality. She was formerly known professionally asBonnie Henna.

She was a presenter on theSABC 3 showAfternoon Express.^[1] Since 2020, she has starred in theBBC drama seriesNoughts + Crosses.

Mbuli was born inSoweto, South Africa, in 1979. She attended the Dominican Convent School inBelgravia, Johannesburg,^[2] and thenGreenside High School inGreenside, Johannesburg.^[3] The eldest of three children, she was discovered at a bus stop on her way home from school by an actor's agent, who cast her in her first television role in the seriesViva Families in 1992, when she was 13 years old.

This was followed with cameo roles in international productionsBorn Free 2 andCave Girls. Mbuli went on to present various magazine programs for television includingTeleschool,Zapmag,Technics Heart of the Beat andLimits Unlimited. In 2001, she landed a lead role in the television soap operaBackstage, which was aimed at South African youth. She was later cast in the role of Portia inGazlam. This was followed by a role in the detective seriesZero Tolerance.^[4]

Mbuli hosted a talk show inSouth Africa on SABC 1,True-Life, won a role in the mini-seriesHomecoming, and appeared in two Canadian television series:Charlie Jade, a sci-fi epic; andScouts Safari, an adventure series set in the African wild. She completed a major role onHome Affairs, a thirteen-part series that interlinked the lives of five very different women, forPenguin Films. Mbuli went on to play lead roles in the television seriesSoul City andHillside for SABC 1 and SABC 2 . She was then cast in the seriesThe Philanthropist for NBC (later also on SABC 3).^[4]

In film, she has played the role of singer Dolly Radebe, inDrum, the lead role in the Danish filmBlinded Angels. In 2006, she played Precious Chamusso inCatch a Fire.^[5][6]

She playedZindzi Mandela inClint Eastwood's filmInvictus. She starred inE.tv'sRhythm City, on Mzansi Magic's drama seriesRockville as Dudu, and onE.tv's crime investigation seriesTraffic. In 2015, Mbuli starred opposite Sir Kenneth Charles Branagh as policewoman Grace Mthembu in the British seriesWallander. Since 2020, she has starred as Jasmine Hadley in the British seriesNoughts + Crosses.^[7]

Mbuli was married to actor and television personalitySisanda Henna. They had two children together, one of whom was adopted. She adopted her husband's surname. After their divorce, she authored an autobiography.^[8]

As Bonnie Henna, she was namechecked onChicago Med by the South African surgeon.

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