Kudi Maradzika

Kudi is a Zimbabwean-born award-winning actress and voice-over artist. A graduate in theatre, performance, and film production from UCT. She is a classically trained actor with theatre, film, and television experience. She starred in the lead role of Tanyaradwa, garnering an African film Academy Award nomination for Best Actress. In 2008 she starred in the play 'Lovers at a Crossroads' earning a Zimbabwe National Arts Council Award for Best Theatre Actress. Kudi has also starred in films such as Jenna Bass's The Tunnel and The Domestic on Amazon Prime. Her television acting experience includes roles on local sitcoms Skwizas, Ses Top La, and Stokvel and SABC 3's drama The Estate. Kudi is also a model whose face has been featured in campaigns for Bio-oil, First for Women, and Mizani. She is a trained performing vocalist as well as a voice-over performer specializing in accents and character voices for animation and video games. Her notable voice-over campaigns include Discovery Bank, Mercedes, Audi, Standard Bank, and First for Women. Fluent in French and Shona, she is trained in boxing styles and karate with some experience in physical stunt work. Kudi is also a writer, director, and executive producer and worked as a commissioning editor for BET, MTV Base, and Comedy Central on notable productions such as Black Tax and the top-rated Comedy Central Roast of Somizi and the Roast of AKA. Kudi is the Realness Episodic Lab 2021 Finalist.