# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/velile
# Generated: 2026-09-07T18:15:33.198Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/velile"
name: "Velile"
slug: "velile"
description: "Velile is a South African pop singer and musical actress. She became known in particular through the song \"Helele\", which was used by RTL and the Swiss television in the coverage of the Football World Cup 2010 in South Africa, and in Germany as the leading actress in the Hamburg production of the musical The Lion King."
tagline: "South African actress"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Velile_-_Gala_Nacht_des_Sports_2010_e.jpg?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: "1973"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           48.02
  momentum:             10
  historical:           6.442588
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     50
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1995215/"
    handle:    "nm1995215"
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/1837224"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%81%D9%8A%D9%84%D9%8A%D9%84"
    title: "فيليل"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Velile"
    title: "Velile"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Velile"
    title: "Velile"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Velile"
    title: "Velile"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ig.wikipedia.org/wiki/Velile"
    title: "Velile"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://rm.wikipedia.org/wiki/Velile"
    title: "Velile"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/125e3eaa-b838-48dd-b86f-82b813b55560"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q567793"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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