Fundiswa Ngcobo is a South African actress who presently appears on Scandal as Winnie! Her character, who brings controversy to the small screen, has a large fan following.
In a bid to search for greener pastures, the actress moves to Johannesburg in 2021. She gets a Hospitality Management job at Radisson Red hotel just after graduating. Fortune knocks on her door and Fundiswa lands her debut role as a supporting actress in a theatre show, Jabulani Africa.
Door open for the actress and she lands her debut television role on Uzalo. Another supporting role on Zollywood comes her way to which she performs flawlessly. A huge opportunity falls on Fundiswa’s lap as she is cast on Scandal! playing Winnie, a character that has viewers infuriated.
The actress joined the drama series as Mbali’s younger sister, Winnie, who lived with their mother in the township. Mbali, who was desperate to give Jojo, her husband, a child, asked Winnie to sleep with him. Their plan worked, and Winnie fell pregnant. The two’s lie to both families started when Mbali faked being pregnant.
When Jojo caught Winnie breastfeeding a baby he thought he had with Mbali; all the chickens came to roast. The two sisters, who could no longer keep their secret, had to confess what they did. They were thrown out of the Kubeka mansion, leaving the child behind. After a few days of struggling on his own and having people whisper in his ear that his baby needs his mother,, the rest is now history.
The actress debuted her acting career with her role as Winnie in Scandal and is part of the main cast. The actress is still a new kid in the game and is not so well known in entertainment circles, but Scandal show runners pay her well for her role.
Fundiswa Ngcobo is rumoured to take home a salary of R40,000 a month. This depends on how frequently she is shown onscreen. Actors’ salaries on a drama show are given, considering the nature of their roles, their experience, and the number of scenes in the given month. This means that they can range from month to month, and no fixed figure exists for any actor.
Ever since she started as an actress in Scandal, Fundiswa Ngcobo has also begun to grow her social media pages to be an influencer. She had trended several times on Tik Tok when she posted her videos dancing with her on-screen uncle on Scandal. She also doubles up as a model and voice-over artist. The actress is a Perfoming Arts graduate and a Hospitality management graduate making her education work for her.
