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Biography Summary
Sibusisiwe Jili is a South African actress, singer and dancer born in 1990 and she is currently 34 years old. She was born in Machibisa, Pietermaritzburg, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa. She is best known for playing the character Georgina Zulu “Gigi’ on the Mzansi Magic Telenovela, The Queen. The enthusiasm and dedication she has in her profession enabled her to get where she is today. She has appeared in quiet a number of television films.
Profile Summary
Name: Sibusisiwe Jili
DOB/Age: 1990 (34 years old as of 2024)
Place of Birth: Machibisa, Pietermaritzburg, KwaZulu Natal
Gender: Female
Nationality: South African
Alma Mater: University of KwaZulu-Natal
Occupation: Actress
Spouse: Not known
Children: 2
Personal Life
Sibusisiwe was born in the year 1990 in KwaZulu Natal, South Africa in Machibisa. She has not yet revealed her day and month of birth. Currently she is residing in Johannesburg, Gauteng. She started acting when she was in primary school and that is where her caeer began.
Sibusisiwe has got both parents and her mother is a teacher while her father is a police officer. She has got a sibling by the name Mvelo Ntuli. The actress is a mother of two namely Onke and Tawana.
She posted her lovely pregnacy pictures on social media and she was happy to reveal the news after a long waiting. In 2018, she shared her story of losing her first pregnancy she born prematurely and how the incident prepared her for the motherhood journey. She disclosed that she was told that she will never get pregnant after she had a stillbirth but it was never the case.
She has not disclosed her husband and boyfriend but from her narration she stated that she is now focusing on bringing up her children the best way she could. The actress once dated a scammer who lied to her that he was a pilot but she got over it.
Education
The actress studied her high school at Pietermaritzburg Girls’ High School. She then enrolled with the University of KwaZulu-Natal where she graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Social Science.
What is her Career like?
The talented actress started acting when she was still in primary school. She appeared on her first film, Generations as a guest star. Sibusisiwe’s first debut was on the South African drama series, Isibaya playing the character role of Zanele, a manageress of Club Sheba and the manipulative girlfriend of Qaphela Ngwenya known as Abdul Khoza in real name. After that, she had a starring role on Mina Nawe, a romance drama series in 2017.
The actress left Isibaya in 2019 after her character Zanele was wiped off the show. She had a difficult time when she lost her job as she could nolonger afford the life she was living. She however, did not lose hope in finding another job. During that period she focused on her singing career.
After some tough audition, she went on to join the most popular Mzansi magic soapie, The Queen in 2020 playing the character of Georgina Zulu the daughter of Mjekejeke and Patricia Zulu and also the bubbly policewoman at Tembisa Police Station.
Sibusiswe is also a singer. She released her her first single called, Welcome the Qgom Queen in 2019 as part of the African Band group featuring King Cava. She also has other two singles called 2Shelen and are on her YouTube channel.
Other television drama series she has featured are listed below. She has featured in numerous TV series that are listed below.
Filmography and Television roles
- Generations – Season 1
Guest Star
- Isibaya – Season 2, 4, 5, 6 and 7
Zanele
- Maseko Ties – Season 1
Molly
- Mina Nawe (2017)- Season 1
Dineo
- Umqhele (2018)
- The Docket – Season 1
Guest Star
- The Queen – Season 5 and 6
Georgina Zulu
- Uzalo – season 9 and 10
Is she active on social media?
Sibusisiwe is active on social media such as Instagram, Twitter and Tik Tok. Her Instagram official handle is @j_sibu with more than 25K followers. Her Twitter handle is @j_sibu as well.
