Sibongile Mlambo

Sibongile Mlambo is an American actress of Zimbabwean and South African heritage. She is known for starring in Netflix’s Lost in Space, the Starz historical adventure television series Black Sails and in films Honey 3 and The Last Face. She is also best known for her role as Tamora Monroe on the MTV television series Teen Wolf, as Donna on the Freeform television series Siren, and voicing Melusi in the Ubisoft multiplayer game Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Siege.

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Early life and education

Mlambo was born in Bulawayo, Zimbabwe, with a twin brother. She has an older sister who is also an actress. She pursued her tertiary education in the United States and has lived in Texas, New York, Spain and South Africa, working in Johannesburg and Cape Town. She later moved back to the United States, settling in Los Angeles.
Mlambo studied French and Spanish at Southern Methodist University and has a dance background.

Career

Modeling

Mlambo started modeling in her late teens and has been the face of Nivea campaigns across Africa. Her modeling work has taken her across Europe, and in 2007, Mlambo was the second princess in Miss Zim-USA 2007.

Acting

She starred as Eme in Starz network's show Black Sails and starred as one of the leads, Ishani in Honey 3 next to Cassie Ventura and Kenny Wormald from Footloose. She also starred in the movie The Last Face as Assatu, and was Chadwick Boseman’s sister, Bianca, in the feature film Message From The King. In 2018, Mlambo worked in the TV series Siren as Donna. In 2021, Mlambo guest-starred in the "Painkiller" episode of Black Lightning as Maya Odell. She also guest starred as a younger version of Aissa Joachim, who is Dembe Zuma's love interest in flashback scenes on The Blacklist.