Known For: Swazi-born South African actress, model, businesswoman
Category: Actresses
Country: Eswatini
City: Manzini
Date of Birth: Sunday, 26 June 1988
Amanda du-Pont is a Swazi-born South African actress, model and television host. Du-Pont is known for her portrayal of Senna in the CW drama series Life is Wild and Sharon in the SABC 3 comedy-drama Taryn & Sharon. Currently, she stars as Ashley in the Netflix thriller series Shadow. She is known for acting on the SABC 1 soap opera Skeem Saam as Nompumelelo 'Lelo' Mthiyane.
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Du-Pont was born on 26 June 1988 in Manzini, Swaziland. She is of French, Italian, Portuguese and Swazi ancestry. She was born and raised in Manzini and lived with her cousin Alulutho Du Pont, also Swati. Later they moved to Mpumalanga to finish their schooling at Uplands College.Du-Pont had a leading role in the 2014 feature film Between Friends, and a recurring role in the hit South African television program Skeem Saam. From 2012 to 2016 she was the co-host of SABC 1 celebrity lifestyle magazine shows Real Goboza, alongside Phat Joe. She has starred in the CW drama Life is Wild, SABC 2's Muvhango, Intersexions, Generations, Mzanzi TV's Loxion Bioscopeseries, and the 2015 feature film Hear Me Move. In February 2019, it was announced that Du-Pont would star in the Netflix thriller series Shadow.