Petronella Tshuma

Zimbabwean-born South African actress (born 1990)
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Petronella Tshuma is a South African actress. She won Most Promising Actor at the 10th Africa Movie Academy Awards. She also received a Golden horn best actress in a leading role nomination for her role in Of Good Report.

Tshuma was born in Botswana and moved to South Africa at the age of five. It was at church in downtown Johannesburg in 1997 that she fell in love with acting, landing her first role in a nativity stage play. As her love for story telling grew, she began to perform in school plays and in the local Yeovill, Hillbrow and Berea area.

In 2001, Petronella moved to the United Kingdom to live with her father in Bristol. She attended Filton High School where she continued to pursue drama, playing Carmen in a production of Fame and received a BTECH in Acting from the school's SWADA department.

Date of Birth13th January 1990
Age34 Years
Zodiac SignCapricorn
CountrySouth Africa
LanguageEnglish
ReferenceIMDB