Skeem Saam Actress Amanda Manku Biography: Age, Net worth, Background, Husband, Children, Education And Career
Amanda Manku (born 9 August 1991 in Limpopo) is a South African actress and TV presenter. She is popular with television viewers for being the presenter on the SABC Education youth series Matrics Uploaded.
As an actress, she landed her first role in the SABC1 drama series Skeem Saam. She was cast as the principal’s daughter Elizabeth in the drama series.
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Profile Summary
Name Amanda Manku
Born 9 August 1991 (age 30 years) Limpopo, South Africa
Gender Female
Nationality South African
Education Motion Picture
Alma mater AFDA
Occupation Actress
Net worth $200,000
Background
She was born in Limpopo on 9 August 1991 into a family of five children. She was raised in Newlands, Johannesburg, her mother is a health care worker.
Education
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Amanda attended Dowling Avenue Primary School, Westbury. She furthered at Hoerskool Die Burger in Roodepoort. After her high school education, she enrolled at AFDA where she obtained Bachelors’s Degree in Motion Picture.
Child
She is a proud mother and shared the great news of her pregnancy with pictures revealing her baby bump in 2017. She delivered of a baby boy and is enjoying motherhood. Though she is yet to reveal who the child’s father is. However, she was dating Hendrick Ekstein while she was pregnant.
Career
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She is a television presenter and actress best known for being the presenter on the SABC Education youth series Matrics Uploaded. She appeared first in 2013 as Elizabeth on the SABC1 drama series.
This role is credited as her debut role as an actress. Amanda made her television debut at the age of sixteen as a talk show host for Soweto TV. As a presenter, she has worked on YOTV, Matrics Uploaded, and Geleza Nathi.
Husband
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The actress shared news of her wedding on Instagram Stories on Tuesday morning. Dressed in yellow traditional attire, Amanda who was surrounded by loved ones on her special day and looked regal.
She tied the knot during a traditional ceremony in December and was proud to be Mrs Tau.
Industry colleagues Clement Maosa, Nozi Langa and Inno Sadiki congratulated Amanda and wished her a happy wedded life.
The star, who is fiercely private when it comes to her romantic life, hasn’t revealed much about her hubby.
In one of the snaps shared, Amanda asked to be referred to as Mme Tau.
Filmography
iKhaya as Mosima
Skeem Saam as Elizabeth
Net worth
Amanda has an estimated net worth of $200,000 and her profession as an actress is her source of wealth.
