Biography
Masali Baduza is a South African actress. She was born in East London, Eastern Cape, and trained at the New York Film Academy's Los Angeles campus, graduating in 2016 with an Associate of Fine Arts in Acting for Film. She is bilingual in Xhosa and English.
Baduza began her career in South African theatre, including an all-female production of The Taming of the Shrew. Her early television work includes Trackers (2019) as Thandi Makebe. In 2019 she was named a rising star by the Royal Television Society. She played Sephy Hadley in the BBC drama Noughts + Crosses (2020–2022) and appears as Michaela Stirling in the Netflix series Bridgerton (2024–). Her film credits include Slumber Party Massacre (2021) and The Woman King (2022) as Fumbe.
