Sibongile Mlambo

Sibongile Mlambo
Born	Sibongile Mlambo Zimbabwe
Nationality	American South African Zimbabwean
Alma mater	Southern Methodist University
Occupations	Model Actress
Years active	1997–present

Sibongile Mlambo is an American actress with Zimbabwean and South African heritage. She is known for starring in Netflix’s Lost in Space, the Starz historical adventure television series Black Sails and in films Honey 3 and The Last Face. She is also best known for her role as Tamora Monroe on the MTV television series Teen Wolf, as Donna on the Freeform television series Siren, and voicing Melusi in the Ubisoft multiplayer game Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Siege.

Early life and education

Mlambo was born in Harare, Zimbabwe, with a twin brother. She has an older sister who is also an actress. She pursued her tertiary education in the United States and has lived in Texas, New York, Spain and South Africa, working in Johannesburg and Cape Town. She later moved back to the United States, settling in Los Angeles.

Mlambo studied French and Spanish at Southern Methodist University and has a dance background.

Career

Modeling

Mlambo started modeling in her late teens and has been the face of Nivea campaigns across Africa. Her modeling work has taken her across Europe, and in 2007, Mlambo was the second princess in Miss Zim-USA 2007.

Acting

She starred as Eme in Starz network's show Black Sails and starred as one of the leads, Ishani in Honey 3 next to Cassie Ventura and Kenny Wormald from Footloose.

She also starred in the movie The Last Face as Assatu, and was Chadwick Boseman’s sister, Bianca, in the feature film Message From The King.

In 2018, Mlambo worked in the TV series Siren as Donna.

In 2021, Mlambo guest-starred in the "Painkiller" episode of Black Lightning as Maya Odell.

She also guest starred as a younger version of Aissa Joachim, who is Dembe Zuma's love interest in flashback scenes on The Blacklist.

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1997	Kini and Adams	Bongi	Drama
2012	Half Good Killer	Aida	Short film
2013	Felix	Dancer	as Sibo Mlambo
2015	Back to School Mom	Beth
	Ladygrey	Estelle
	While You Weren't Looking	Female student
2016	Message From The King	Bianca
	Detour	MGM Receptionist
	Honey 3: Dare to Dance	Ishani	Direct-to-video
	The Last Face	Assatu	Adventure / Romance / War / Drama
2017	New Haven	Astou Niang Diallo	Short film
	Mbomvu	Woman in White	Short film
2018	Under the Silver Lake	Blonde Roommate	Psychological Thriller
2019	Shadow Wolves	Zora
	Afrika is a Country	Blue Woman	Short film
TBA	Take Back the Night	The Reporter	Post-production

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2009	America's Got Talent	Herself	Contestant
2012	Beaver Falls	Cheerleader	Episode: #2.4
	Strike Back	Hostess	Episode: "Vengeance, Part 3"
2013	Mad Dogs	Detective	Episode: #3.1
2014–2017	Black Sails	Eme	Recurring role; 10 episodes
2014	Homeland	Jackie Marr	Episode: "Shalwar Kameez"
2015	Jamillah and Aladdin	Washerwoman	as Sibo Mlambo
2017	Teen Wolf	Tamora Monroe	Recurring role; 9 episodes
2018–2020	Siren	Donna	Main role; Season 1 (10 episodes); Guest role; Seasons 2–3 (3 episodes)
2018–2019	Lost in Space	Angela Goddard	Recurring role (season 1) Main role (season 2)
2018	MacGyver	Nasha	Recurring role; 3 episodes
2019	Dark/Web	Amy	Main role; 8 episodes
2020	God Friended Me	Lulu	Episode: "The Princess and the Hacker"
2020	Lovecraft Country	Tamara	2 episodes
2021	Black Lightning	Maya Odell	Episode: "Painkiller"
2021–2022	Roswell, New Mexico	Anatsa	Recurring role; 10 episodes
2023	The Blacklist	Aissa Joachim	Episode: "Dr Michael Abani (no198)
2023	Florida Man	Clara	Recurring role

Awards and nominations

Year	Award Ceremony	Prize	Result	Refs.
2016	Zimbabwe International Women's Awards	Actress of the Year	Nominated

External links

• Sibongile Mlambo at IMDb
• Sibongile Mlambo on Twitter