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name: "Terry Pheto"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/terry-pheto"
fi1m_id: "terry-pheto"
imdb_id: "nm1965907"
tmdb_id: 13093
wikidata_id: "Q7704911"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "11 May 1981"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-10-01T22:33:31.807757+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."
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# Terry Pheto

## Identity

Terry Pheto

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/terry-pheto
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** terry-pheto
- **IMDb ID:** nm1965907
- **TMDB ID:** 13093
- **Wikidata ID:** Q7704911
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terry_Pheto, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7704911, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1965907/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/13093

Actor. Born 11 May 1981 in Mafikeng, Sudafrica.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 11 May 1981, Mafikeng, Sudafrica
- **Active:** 2005–2013
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terry_Pheto, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7704911, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1965907/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/13093

## Streaming the US now

- **Amazon Prime Video:** [*Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom*](https://film.one/film/mandela-long-walk-to-freedom.md) (58)

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

## 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*.

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

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom* (2013), Fi1m 58, as Evelyn Mase — [page](https://film.one/film/mandela-long-walk-to-freedom.md)

## Complete filmography (11)

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

- *Faces* (2018), as Aisha
- *The Number* (2017), Actor
- *Madiba* (2017), series, as Winnie Mandela
- *A United Kingdom* (2016), as Naledi Khama
- *Cuckold* (2015), as Laura
- *Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom* (2013), as Evelyn Mase — Fi1m 58, [page](https://film.one/film/mandela-long-walk-to-freedom.md)
- *How to Steal 2 Million* (2011), as Olive
- *Hopeville* (2009), series, Actor
- *Goodbye Bafana* (2007), as Zindzi Mandela
- *Catch a Fire* (2006), as Miriam
- *Tsotsi* (2005), as Miriam

## Gallery

- ![Terry Pheto at the 2014 Zanzibar International Film Festival.](https://film.one/media/person/3934792/gallery-8f5d5558bc9c.jpg) Terry Pheto at the 2014 Zanzibar International Film Festival. — Peter Bennett / ZIFF, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/bb/Terry_Pheto_at_the_2014_Zanzibar_International_Film_Festival.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Terry Pheto](https://film.one/media/person/3934792/gallery-f5a08a82cf73.jpg) Terry Pheto — Terry_Pheto.jpg: Jennifer Su from Hong Kong, China
derivative work: StAnselm, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/97/Terry_Pheto_cropped.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)

## Awards

### Other awards — 1 won

- OkayAfrica 100 Women 2017: OkayAfrica 100 Women (won)

*From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.*

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