Tamara Jozi


Tamara Nokulunga Jozi was a South African actress and television personality. She is best known for commercial advertisement "the Wimpy", where she keeps asking "Thabo, when are you getting married?".

Personal life

She died on 6 August 2021 at the age of 64 from natural causes.

Career

She was a household name in television, newspapers and billboard advertisements. Apart from appearing in many television commercials, she had a notable role in the soapie Soul City. Then she acted in the short film Secrets and Lies. Then she joined the e.tv soap opera Rhythm City and the SABC1 dramatization serial Society. In 2013, she joined the season 2 of SABC1 serial After 9. Apart from that, she also acted in the serials Gauteng Maboneng, Isibaya, Scandal!, and Lithapo.
Apart from television, she also acted in the feature film The Long Run in 2001 and the short film Die Soldaat in 2014. In 2014, she competed in an episode of the e.tv game show I Love South Africa. Her final television appearance came through the M-Net thriller serial Reyka where she played the role of "Bongi's grandmother".

Filmography

YearFilmRoleGenreRef.
2001The Long RunSuiker's Domestic WorkerFilm
2011Soul CityTunisiaTV series
2011Gauteng MabonengKokoTV series
2013After 9Film
2013IsibayaMazondiTV series
2014Die SoldaatLettieShort film
2021ReykaBongi's grannyTV series
2020LithapoBuhleTV series
Secrets and LiesShort film
Rhythm CityTV series
SocietyMaGumedeTV series
Scandal!Mam'JoyceTV series