---
name: "Masali Baduza"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/masali-baduza"
fi1m_id: "masali-baduza"
imdb_id: "nm9747618"
tmdb_id: 2538481
wikidata_id: "Q87555164"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "12 March 1997"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-30T21:58:06.678988+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."
---

# Masali Baduza

## Identity

Masali Baduza

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/masali-baduza
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** masali-baduza
- **IMDb ID:** nm9747618
- **TMDB ID:** 2538481
- **Wikidata ID:** Q87555164
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Masali_Baduza, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q87555164, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm9747618/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/2538481

Actor. Born 12 March 1997 in East London, Eastern Cape, South Africa.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 12 March 1997, East London, Eastern Cape, South Africa
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Masali_Baduza, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q87555164, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm9747618/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/2538481

## Streaming the US now

- **Disney+:** [*The Woman King*](https://film.one/film/the-woman-king.md) (72)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## 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.

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

## On Fi1m (1)

- *The Woman King* (2022), Fi1m 72, as Fumbe — [page](https://film.one/film/the-woman-king.md)

## Complete filmography (8)

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

- *Love and Wine* (2025), as Amahle Philliso
- *The Woman King* (2022), as Fumbe — Fi1m 72, [page](https://film.one/film/the-woman-king.md)
- *Around the World in 80 Days* (2021), series, as Edith
- *Slumber Party Massacre* (2021), as Young Trish
- *Bridgerton* (2020), series, as Michaela Stirling — Fi1m 80, [page](https://film.one/tv/bridgerton.md)
- *Noughts + Crosses* (2020), series, as Sephy Hadley
- *Trackers* (2019), series, as Thandi Makebe
- *Bhai's Cafe* (2019), as Thandi

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