Amanda Du-Pont

It’s Not Often You Meet a Celeb at the Top of Her Game With as Much  Humility and Honesty as Amanda Du-Pont. Read on as She Talks Self-Confidence, Social Media, Family and the Love of Her Life.

- Sarah Browning-De Villiers

WHEN AMANDA WALKS INTO OUR COSMO COVER SHOOT, there’s no big entrance, crazy entourage or divaesque drama. In person, she’s surprisingly petite, at just over 1,6-metres tall, and she has a quiet confidence about her. Her fluffy white bathrobe envelops her frame and, as she heads into hair and makeup, it would be easy to forget that this young woman is a powerhouse of note, with 1,1- million Instagram followers and counting, putting her on a par with the Bonangs and Minnies of the South African entertainment industry.

Despite her small frame, once you start talking to Amanda you’ll be struck by her star quality: her smile is infectious and (aside from her mass of bouncing curls) it is one of the first things you notice about her. But here’s the thing: she’s also nice. Like, really nice. And so real, it’s unbelievably refreshing. In front of the camera she’s a pro, bringing all the heat. But person-to-person, she’s all chill.

Perhaps that’s because Amanda’s rise to fame hasn’t been one of those out-of-nowhere, overnight occurrences. She’s been acting for more than 10 years; getting to where she is now has been a slog. ‘For the longest time doors didn’t open for me,’ she says. ‘I can’t tell you why now some have opened, but you just never know. If that’s your passion, you have to keep going.’

And keep going she did. Since co-hosting The Real Goboza in 2013 and hitting our screens in 2014 as the villainous Lelo in