If social media is any indication, the fact that Thuso Mbedu had 1.3 million Instagram followers even before her U.S. breakthrough role in The Underground Railroad was even released should point to the arrival of a fully formed star.Mbedu’s following comes from her native South Africa, where she made a name on television in the soap opera Scandal in 2015, before receiving an International Emmy Award nomination in 2017 for her role in the drama series Is’Thunzi.
In fact, it was while she was in the U.S. to attend the ceremony that she first heard that Barry Jenkins was casting for a lead in The Underground Railroad.
It’d be a while before she’d meet Francine Maisler, who cast the show, and ultimately Jenkins himself, and before she did, she
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