Nelisa Mchunu

ABOUT NELISA MCHUNU

South African actress, model, motivational speaker, and writer. She is best known for her roles in soap operas such as Isithembiso, Isibaya, and Uzalo as fikile. She is popular on Instagram where she has amassed a following of 420,000 and often posts fashion and beauty shots as well as promotional materials.

She attended the University of Witwatersrand where she studied dramatic arts and media studies.

She has a leading role on the soap opera Uzalo, which is the most-watched soap opera in South Africa.

She was born in the town of Wartburg in the South African province of KwaZulu-Natal. Her father died when she was very young and she has ten siblings.

She stars alongside Baby Cele in Uzalo.