---
name: "Leleti Khumalo"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/leleti-khumalo"
fi1m_id: "leleti-khumalo"
imdb_id: "nm0452009"
tmdb_id: 2609
wikidata_id: "Q6520861"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "30 March 1970"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_fi1m_score: 68
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 2
updated: "2026-10-09T19:31:38.594149+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Leleti Khumalo

## Identity

Leleti Khumalo

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/leleti-khumalo
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** leleti-khumalo
- **IMDb ID:** nm0452009
- **TMDB ID:** 2609
- **Wikidata ID:** Q6520861
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leleti_Khumalo, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6520861, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0452009/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/2609

Actor. Born 30 March 1970 in KwaMashu, KwaZulu-Natal.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 30 March 1970, KwaMashu, KwaZulu-Natal
- **Active:** 2004–2009
- **Average Fi1m score:** 68, as actor, over 2 titles
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leleti_Khumalo, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6520861, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0452009/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/2609

## Biography

Leleti Khumalo is a South African actress. She was born on 30 March 1970 in KwaMashu, KwaZulu-Natal.

She began her career in the stage musical *Sarafina!*, for which she received a 1988 Tony Award nomination for Best Actress in a Musical during its Broadway run. She reprised the title role in the 1992 film adaptation.

Khumalo is known for her film roles as Fedens in *Hotel Rwanda* (2004) and Mary in *Invictus* (2009). She has also appeared in television series including *Uzalo* and *Imbewu: The Seed*.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (2)

- *Invictus* (2009), Fi1m 61, as Mary — [page](https://film.one/film/invictus.md)
- *Hotel Rwanda* (2004), Fi1m 76, as Fedens — [page](https://film.one/film/hotel-rwanda.md)

## Complete filmography (12)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Free State* (2016), as Maria
- *Yefon* (2015), as Ya Yuvenyonge
- *Winnie Mandela* (2011), as Adelaide Tambo
- *Africa United* (2010), as Sister Ndebele
- *Invictus* (2009), as Mary — Fi1m 61, [page](https://film.one/film/invictus.md)
- *Hopeville* (2009), series, Actor
- *Faith's Corner* (2005), as Faith
- *Hotel Rwanda* (2004), as Fedens — Fi1m 76, [page](https://film.one/film/hotel-rwanda.md)
- *Yesterday* (2004), as Yesterday
- *Cry, the Beloved Country* (1995), as Katie
- *Sarafina!* (1992), as Sarafina
- *Don't Give Up*, Actor

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