Terry Pheto celebrated her 41st Birthday yesterday, Mzanzi showers the ‘Tsotsi’ star with love: “she is getting better with age”

Terry Pheto celebrated another trip around the sun, and Mzansi has seized the opportunity to shower their favorite celebrity with well wishes Social media has been buzzed with messages for the actress who has been in the limelight for many years.

Actress Terry Pheto is a year older yesterday and her fans and followers did not miss the opportunity to celebrate the star. Terry has been trending on social media as peeps send the stunner well wishes on her day.

Terry Pheto has starred in some Mzansi blockbusters including Oscar Award-winning film Tsotsi, How to Steal 2 Million and Hopeville.

The stunner did not forget to celebrate her new age on social media. She posted a cute pic of herself lying in a hot tub and wrote: “Another trip around the sun. Grateful ♥️Happy Birthday to me.”

Terry pheto Biography

Terry Pheto is a popular South African actor, businessperson, and producer, who is best known for playing the supporting role in the Oscar-winning and Golden Globe-nominated film, Tsotsi in 2005. In 2008, Pheto was announced as the new face of L’Oréal SA. In 2019, she joined the luxury Swiss watch-making company, Longines as an ambassador. Pheto is one of the most respected actors in the South African film industry. She is also famous for keeping personal information about her life private.

terry Pheto life & Career

Terry’s family lived in Soweto while she was growing up. She used to be a part of the local theatre process at the time. At the age of 21, she was spotted by a casting agent who influenced her rise.

In 2005, Terry Pheto made her groundbreaking debut in the film industry playing a supporting role in the film, Tsotsi. The film went on to become a critical success, winning “Best Foreign Language Film” at the 2006 Academy Awards. It became the first non-French speaking African film to do so. It also became the first South African film to a nominated for a Golden Globe Award (Best Foreign Language Film).

Pheto has appeared in several films including;

Madiba TV series (2017)
Tsotsi (2005)
Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom (2013)
The Bold and The Beautiful (2011)
A United Kingdom (2016)
Catch a Fire (2006)
Mafrika (2008)
Cuckold (2015)
How to Steal 2 Million (2012)
Goodbye Bafana (2007)

TV shows;

Zone 14 as Pinky Khumba
Play your part
Justice for All as Lerato

Jacob’s Cross as Mbali
The closeup
Hopeville as Fikile

Theater appearances;

The Devil’s Protest
The Toilet

Husband

Back in 2009, Terry Pheto dated South African DJ and businessman, DJ Sbu for over one year. The couple called it quits in 2010 due to an unconfirmed reason. The rumor is that their breakup was caused by the bad press around Sbu at the time. Pheto was allegedly asked by L’Oréal, for which she’s an ambassador to end things with him. She slammed the rumors at the time, saying that it wasn’t the cause of their breakup.

As of 2019, Pheto was alleged to have married tech guru, Masande Peter. Masande is a Xhosa man. Although the news is still unconfirmed, the couple was rumored to have dated for years until Masande popped the question in 2018. Pheto has refused to corroborate the stories, obviously choosing to keep her alleged partner away from the spotlight.

Child

In November 2020, Sunday World reported that Terry Pheto was expecting her first child. Several anonymous sources claimed that the actress was keeping it away from the media. She also shared photos with her tummy hidden and took to social media to refute the claims. No one knows if she was actually pregnant.