Thuso Mbedu Is The Woman King’s Crown Jewel

Thuso Mbedu broke hearts and raked in accolades as Cora in Barry Jenkins’s limited series The Underground Railroad, based on Colson Whitehead’s book. Now the rising South African star makes her big-screen debut in Gina Prince-Bythewood’s historical drama The Woman King opposite Viola Davis. “Being surrounded by such strong, fierce women…” She smiles and pauses. “I am looking forward to the press tour.” BORN IN KwaZulu-Natal—“the land of the Zulus”—she’s the first artist in her family “because my parents were born during the apartheid era. My mother wanted to be a geologist, but she wasn’t allowed.” She lost her mother… Read Full Article