---
name: "Nandi Nyembe"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/nandi-nyembe"
fi1m_id: "nandi-nyembe"
imdb_id: "nm0638600"
tmdb_id: 1008688
wikidata_id: "Q64733300"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "19 January 1950"
died: "23 August 2025"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-10-11T23:23:26.164896+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."
---

# Nandi Nyembe

## Identity

Nandi Nyembe

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/nandi-nyembe
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** nandi-nyembe
- **IMDb ID:** nm0638600
- **TMDB ID:** 1008688
- **Wikidata ID:** Q64733300
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nandi_Nyembe, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q64733300, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0638600/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1008688

Actor. Born 19 January 1950 in Kliptown, Soweto, Gauteng, South Africa. Died 23 August 2025.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 19 January 1950, Kliptown, Soweto, Gauteng, South Africa
- **Died:** 23 August 2025
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nandi_Nyembe, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q64733300, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0638600/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1008688

## Streaming the US now

- **The Roku Channel:** [*A Reasonable Man*](https://film.one/film/a-reasonable-man.md) (68)

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## Biography

Nandi Nyembe (19 January 1950 – 23 August 2025) was a South African actress. She began her career in theatre in the early 1970s and joined the Market Theatre in Johannesburg, later appearing in the touring production of *Sophiatown* and other stage works.

She was known for television roles including Nandi Sibiya in *Zone 14* (2005–2012), Sister Lizzie in *Soul City*, and Lily in *Yizo Yizo* (2001–2004). Her film credits include *A Reasonable Man* (1999) as Sangoma Rachel Ndlovu, *Saturday Night at the Palace* (1987), and *Yesterday* (2004). Later appearances encompassed series such as *Adulting* and *Unseen* (2023).

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

## On Fi1m (1)

- *A Reasonable Man* (1999), Fi1m 68, as Sangoma Rachel Ndlovu — [page](https://film.one/film/a-reasonable-man.md)

## Complete filmography (16)

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

- *B(l)ind the Sacrifice* (2024), Actor
- *The Vow* (2024), Actor
- *Unseen* (2023), series, as Ma Mwale
- *Adulting* (2023), series, as MaGetty
- *Happiness Ever After* (2021), as Magcwensa
- *Reyka* (2021), series, as Gogo Pampatha
- *Still Breathing* (2020), series, as Innocent
- *Salvation* (2019), as Christine
- *Love Lives Here* (2019), as Nkosinathi's Mom
- *Gog' Helen* (2012), as MaNdaba
- *The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency* (2009), series, as Senior Mma Makgothi
- *Jacob's Cross* (2007), series, as Thembi Makhubu
- *Yesterday* (2004), as Sangoma in Village
- *A Reasonable Man* (1999), as Sangoma Rachel Ndlovu — Fi1m 68, [page](https://film.one/film/a-reasonable-man.md)
- *Place of Weeping* (1986), as Young Girl's Mother
- *Mr Easy Loo*, as Gogo Khumalo

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