Brenda Nxgoli, star of SABC1 drama series Home Affairs, has been selected as a semi-finalist in the Best Actress award for the International Emmy Awards 2008, it was announced end of last week. In addition, Home Affairs was selected as a semi-finalist for Best Drama Series by a jury of leading international media experts from the Middle East, North America, Asia and Europe.
The final round of judging for an International Emmy Award nomination will take place at international television fair, Mipcom, in early October 2007, with the finals to be held in New York in November. Produced by Penguin Films, Home Affairs is about a diverse group of South African women whose lives are linked together by the force of synchronicity as each undertakes a journey of self-discovery and reflection. It is a story about women, told primarily by women, with a talented creative team featuring women in key creative positions – producer, directors, writers, director of photography, production designers and cast.
“The success of Home Affairs, I think, is that it tells stories which reflect the diversity of millions of women in our country with pathos, complexity and humour, confronting head-long the challenges they face,” says creative director and Penguin Films producer Roberta Durrant.
“International recognition”
“That is has achieved international recognition is a big plus for the prestige and the acknowledgement of our television industry as being on par with the best in the world.”
Brenda Ngxoli plays the role of Vuyo in Home Affairs (the second series was also nominated for an International Emmy Awards last year), alongside other stars including Nthathi Moshesh, Lerato Moloisane and Therese Benade. In the International Emmy Award final round selection, Home Affairs is up against six other series from around the world, including BBC1's The Street, while fellow finalists with Brenda Ngxoli in the Best Actress Award finals are from as far afield as Hong Kong, the UK, France and Norway.
The preliminary judging round of the International Emmy Awards took place earlier this year, when more than 200 judges comprising television industry experts (producers, directors, executives and distributors) from the International Academy of Television Arts & Sciences (the International TV Academy) judged over 10 programme categories from comedy to drama, television movie/mini-series, documentary, arts programming, non-scripted entertainment, children and young people and news coverage. The International TV Academy is a division of the National Television Academy, one of the largest organisations of global broadcasters with members and representatives from 61 countries and over 250 companies. Its mission is to honour and encourage excellence in television programming outside the US by presenting the International Emmy Award.
Brenda’s Profile
Brenda Bongiwe Ngxoli completed a BA Theatre and Performers Diploma in Speech and Drama at the University of Cape Town in 2000. Although primarily an actress Brenda has other talents including public speaking, motivational talks and facilitating workshops on issues such as business proposal writing and health etc. Brenda began her acting career in theatre, performing in shows like Pick Ups directed by Chris Weare, Docs Wife, I-Klips and Sacred Thorn and Yes Medem, both of which were directed by Warona Seane and ran the Grahamstown Festival of the Arts in 2004.
On television Brenda has appeared in Molo Fish 2, Interrogation Room, all four seasons of Tsha Tsha and the International Emmy-nominated Home Affairs (both seasons to date). She has appeared in television commercials for Compral, MTN and Polka. Brenda made her directing debut in 2004 when she directed Through Thick and Thin by Khanyi Magubane at the Market Theatre.
source: Biz-Community (Cape Town)
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