Kea Leburu is a jack of many trades and a master of all. She is an actress who played Bontle in the Skeem Saam soap opera. Leburu graced the screen with her creativity, originality, and talent. Here is all about her life: When Kea Leburu is not acting, she expresses herself and her art through dancing and songwriting.
Kea Leburu was born on February 10, 1995, in Kagiso township, west of Johannesburg, Gauteng Province, South Africa. She grew up under her grandparents’ care following the demise of her parents. She maintains a healthy lifestyle by playing netball.
Kea Leburu is 28 years old. There is little information available about Leburu’s parents. Her father died when she was nine years old in 2004, and her mother died a year later.
She finished her primary education at Bosele Primary School and furthered it at Mosupatsela High School before continuing to study acting in the Market Theatre Laboratory in 2014.
While Kea’s performance in Skeem Saam catapulted her to fame, it was not her first rodeo. Her career as an actress began in 2006, when she made her television debut on an educational children’s show. She soon got cold feet and concluded that TV was not for her.
Nonetheless, Peter Se-Puma was unable to ignore her brilliance. He taught her and got her a cameo role on the TV show Rhythm City. The role must have reignited her interest in acting, for she soon joined the Market Theatre Laboratory.
She was later cast as an extra in Generations and Zabalaza. She also appears on Mzansi Magic in the Lokshin Bioskop film. In 2016, Leburu appeared as Nomonde in Umndeni Wami. The actress starred as Busi in the SABC1 docu-drama series Ngempela and as Magauta in the SABC2 sitcom Ga Re Dumele’s fifth season.
Kea replaced Lecian Macpherson in the recurring role of Lily in the SABC2 serial Keeping Score in 2017. In 2018, she debuted as a guest star in the season finale of the 1Magic drama series Unmarried.
Leburu is said to have a net worth of $150,000. She earned this amount through her various jobs. However, Kea Leburu’s car remains unclear, despite the fact that she has been seen standing inside and beside a white luxury car.
