| Zola Nombona | |
| Birth Name: | Zola Nombona |
| Birth Date: | 10 March 1990 |
| Birth Place: | Mthatha, Eastern Cape, South Africa |
| Nationality: | South African |
| Education: | Victoria Girls' High School |
| Alma Mater: | University of the Witwatersrand |
| Years Active: | 2013–present |
Zola Nombona (born 10 March 1991),[1] is a South African actress best known for her role as Shado, a streetwise teenager, in the second season of the SABC 1 drama series Intersexions in 2013. In 2021 the actress joined playing the character of Pamela Khoza; a vicious journalist and wife of Siyanda Khoza opposite Vusi Kunene,Manaka Ranaka. and Abigail Kubheka-Molefe.[2] In 2023 Zola was cast as lead actor in Mzansi Magic new telenovela My Brother's Keeper opposite Wiseman Mncube and Lindani Nkosi[3]
primary schoolShe went to Victoria Girls' High School, Grahamstown, before achieving a bachelor and an honours degree in dramatic arts at the University of the Witwatersrand.[4]
Nombona's first major role was on a drama series Intersexions based on HIV/Aids on SABC 1 in 2013.[1]
In 2015, she had her first starring role as Roxanne in the e.tv drama Zbondiwe.[2]
She also starred as Monde on Lockdown,[5] a television drama series set in a fictional high security prison for women. She played the role of Zee in the movie-turned-drama series Inumber Number.[6] [7] [8]
| Year | Title | Role | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | Ingoma | Constance Dladla | ||
| Forced love | Kat Minola | |||
| Number Number | Zee | |||
| iThuba lokugcina | Zodwa Bhengu | |||
| Z'bondiwe | Roxanne | |||
| 2018 | Lockdown | Monde | ||
| 2019 | eHostela | Constable Brightness | ||
| 2020–2021 | Isono | Zoleka | ||
| 2021–2022 | Pamela Khoza |