‘I’m humbled!’ – Thuso Mbedu scoops an Independent Spirit award

Thuso Mbedu

Cape Town – Multiple award-winning actress, Thuso Mbedu, raised the South African flag high on Sunday after she was announced as the winner for Best Female Performance in a New Scripted Series at the 37th annual Independent Spirit Awards.

Thuso played the character “Cora” in “The Underground Rail Road” series which streams on Prime Amazon.

According to SowetanLive, the awards event was held in Santa Monica Beach, California.

IOL reports that Thuso beat actresses Anjana Vasan, Jana Schmieding, Jasmine Cephas Jones and Deborah Ayorinde in the highly contested category nomination.

Thuso took to Instagram on Monday to share her latest achievement with her multitude of followers.

“What a day! I think I’ll need to take a nap for 3-5 business days to fully wrap my head around today,” said Thuso.
“A big thank you to Film Independent for allowing me to be part of such an important and brilliant group of people. I’m humbled. Thank you for this recognition,” she wrote.

 

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Thuso went on to thank Colson Whitehead who is the author of the book that the series is based on, and director Barry Jenkins.
“Thank you to Colson Whitehead, Barry Jenkins and Amazon Studios for gifting us with The Underground Rail Road,” she said.
She concluded her appreciation by thanking everyone who was involved in the production of the series.
“Thank you to everyone involved in creating this timeless work of art. I have a lot more people to thank – and I will – but right now I just need to let this sink in. I appreciate y’all,” said the beaming actress.

 

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