# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/thishiwe-ziqubu
# Generated: 2026-08-15T06:01:15.893Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/thishiwe-ziqubu"
name: "Thishiwe Ziqubu"
slug: "thishiwe-ziqubu"
description: "Thishiwe Ziqubu is a South African film director, writer and actor. He won Best Actress in a Supporting Role at the 2016 Africa Movie Academy Awards for his portrayal of Tshaka in the romantic comedy Tell Me Sweet Something. In 2019, he directed episodes of MTV Shuga Down South."
tagline: "South African actress and director"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Thishiwe_Ziqubu_directs_some_of_MTV_DS_preview_2019.png?width=1200"
gender: "female"
country:
  name: "South Africa"
  isoCode: "ZA"
category:
  name: "Actors"
  slug: "actors"
profileType:
  name: "Actor"
  slug: "actor"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q33999"
birthDate: "1985-08-05"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           44.59
  momentum:             9.574468085106385
  historical:           9.476350666666669
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     90
  profileCompleteness:  90
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "X"
    url:       "https://x.com/thishiweziqubu"
    handle:    "thishiweziqubu"
  - platform:  "INSTAGRAM"
    url:       "https://www.instagram.com/thishiwe/"
    handle:    "thishiwe"
  - platform:  "FACEBOOK"
    url:       "https://www.facebook.com/thishiwe"
    handle:    "thishiwe"
  - platform:  "LINKEDIN"
    url:       "https://www.linkedin.com/in/thishiwe-ziqubu-50207726/"
    handle:    "thishiwe-ziqubu-50207726"
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm5701055/"
    handle:    "nm5701055"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://thishiweziqubu.co.za"
sources:
  - url: "https://yo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thishiwe_Ziqubu"
    title: "Thishiwe Ziqubu"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://af.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thishiwe_Ziqubu"
    title: "Thishiwe Ziqubu"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AA%D9%8A%D8%B4%D9%8A%D9%88%D9%8A_%D8%B2%D9%8A%D9%83%D9%88%D8%A8%D9%88"
    title: "تيشيوي زيكوبو"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thishiwe_Ziqubu"
    title: "Thishiwe Ziqubu"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thishiwe_Ziqubu"
    title: "Thishiwe Ziqubu"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thishiwe_Ziqubu"
    title: "Thishiwe Ziqubu"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thishiwe_Ziqubu"
    title: "Thishiwe Ziqubu"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ha.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thishiwe_Ziqubu"
    title: "Thishiwe Ziqubu"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ig.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thishiwe_Ziqubu"
    title: "Thishiwe Ziqubu"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ml.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B4%A4%E0%B4%BF%E0%B4%B7%E0%B4%BF%E0%B4%B5%E0%B5%86_%E0%B4%B8%E0%B4%BF%E0%B4%95%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%AC%E0%B5%81"
    title: "തിഷിവെ സിക്ബു"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sw.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thishiwe_Ziqubu"
    title: "Thishiwe Ziqubu"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q24579591"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1211675"
    title: "Thishiwe Ziqubu"
    type:  "DATABASE"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump