Directing her own life

Jessica Nkosi, the award-winning actress and TV presenter, known for her roles in Isibaya, Ayeye and The Queen, knows how to improvise. But make no mistake, behind every performance and every parenting decision, there's a plan.

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And that's the part of Jessica's story we don't often hear. Her successful career might look like luck from the outside, but her path has been anything but accidental.

"People think you just audition and get lucky but there's a strategy. You work on your craft, your network, your visibility. You plan where you want to go." Initially, Jessica studied law, before switching to drama to follow her true passion.