Biography
Terry Pheto is a South African actress. She was born Moitheri Pheto on 11 May 1981 in Mahikeng and raised in Soweto. She began acting in a local theatre group, where she was spotted by casting agent Moonyeenn Lee during auditions for the film Tsotsi (2005).
Pheto made her screen debut as Miriam in Tsotsi, which won the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film. She later played Evelyn Mase in Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom (2013) and Naledi Khama in A United Kingdom (2016). Other film credits include Catch a Fire (2006) and Goodbye Bafana (2007). She has also appeared in television, including a recurring role as Dr Malaika Maponya on the American soap opera The Bold and the Beautiful.
