Art imitates life: Soapie actors who dated or married their co-stars

Art imitates life: Soapie actors who dated or married their co-starsA list of nine couples who fell in love on set from Uzalo' actors, who play Nonka and Kwanda, Generations' Tau and Zitha and more.

by Rae Seleme

24-08-2022 18:00

in Soapies

Uzalo' actors Thuthuka Mthembu as Nonka and Sandile Mfisi as Kwanda. Image via Instagram @Uzalo_sabc1

Actors falling in love on set, dating, or getting married after working on a telenovela or soapie is nothing new. While some soapie/telenovela couples made it work after the show ended, others broke up due to cheating scandals and fame. Here are nine South African soapie/telenovela couples from Uzalo, Generations, 7de Laan, Scandal!, Legacy, Isidingo, The Queen who found love on set, dated, broke up or got married off-screen:

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UZALO': THUTHUKA MTHEMBU AND SANDILE MFISI

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-- A source from Uzalo revealed to Daily Sun on Wednesday, 24 August that actors Thuthuka Mthembu, who plays Nonka and Sandile Mfisi, who plays Kwanda are very much in love with each other in real life.

According to the insider, who is reportedly close to the Uzalo stars, the couple fell in love shortly after Mfisi, who is also a musician - joined the show this year.

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They are in love, but they want to keep it private because they don't want it to affect their work. They don't want the public to know, the source claimed.

After attending a colleague's funeral over the weekend, Thuthuka posted their photo on WhatsApp and wrote boyfriend and I' said the source.

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ISIDINGO': CAMILLA WALDMAN AND JAMIE BARTLETT

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-- Late actor Jamie Bartlett of Isidingo and Rhythm City fame was married to former Isidingo and Rhythm City actress Camilla Walman.

Waldman played the role of Dr Ongers on Rhythm City whilst Bartlett played the role of David Genaro on the show. Waldman and Bartlett, who have a son together named Hector Bartlett also acted in Isidingo.

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She penned an emotional tribute to her ex-husband and the father of her son Jamie Bartlett on her Instagram account this past June when the award-winning actor died from cardiac arrest.

You are remembered. You are loved, Jamie. Be at peace, friend, she concluded in the caption alongside a portrait of Jamie, Hector and herself.

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7DE LAAN': KRISTEN RAATH AND MARKUS WAYWOOD 7de Laan' actors (left) Kristen Raath and (right) Markus Waywood. Image via Facebook @gokartingballito Actors Kristen Raath and Markus Haywood, who played a married couple on 7de Laan reportedly called it quits three years ago following her exit from the soapie.

The actress, who openly revealed she was dating Haywood on her since deleted Instagram posts plays the vibrant character of Amorey Welman, while Haywood played her on-screen husband and cousin Willem Spies.

Raath returned to the show in 2021 to play the role of Amorey Welman after Haywood's exit.

GENERATIONS': RAPULANA SEIPHEMO AND ZOE MTHIYANE Former Generations: The Legacy' actors (left) Rapulana Seiphemo and (right) Zoe Mthiyane. Image via Twitter @Kwazie263

Actress Zoe Mthiyane, who played the role of Zitha reportedly dated her co-star Rapulana Seiphemo who played the role of Tau Mogale on Generations: The Legacy.

The pair made headlines in October 2020 following her split from the fellow actor and her suspension from work after arriving on set intoxicated.

Sunday World reported that the actress was fired by the producers days after she collapsed on set due to bullying by one of co-star Rapulana Seiphemo's girlfriends at the SABC1 soapie and emotional fatigue.

GENERATIONS': JT MEDUPE AND LEBOHANG MTHUNZI

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-- Actors Jt Medupe and Lebohang Mthunzi, who played siblings on Generations: The Legacy surprised viewers when they hooked up off-screen and got married in real life.

Medupe played Mthunzi's brother Jonathan Motene on the SABC 1 soapie whilst she played his sister Angela Motene.

The pair were the children of Tau Mogale played by Rapulana Seiphemo and Julia Motene played by Xolile Tshabalala on the show.

LEGACY': JAY ANSTEY AND SEAN-MARCO VORSTER

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-- Legacy actress Jay Anstey announced in 2021 she was pregnant with her co-star Sean-Marco Vorster's child.

Anstey currently plays the role of the fun-loving Lexi Price on M-Net's Legacy whilst Vorster plays the role of Stefan.

The former Isidingo actress announced that she and Vorster will soon be parents to their first child on her Instagram account in 2021.

The pair have reportedly been dating for over a year after she broke up with long-term Top Billing TV presenter boyfriend Jonathan Boynton-Lee.

SCANDAL!': LORCIA COOPER AND CLINT BRINK Image via Twitter @Masculine_Jerk Former Scandal! actors Clint Brink and Lorcia Cooper, who played a couple in the now defunct Backstage as Shawn and Charmaine and a married couple on e.tv's Scandal! reportedly dated in real life.

Cooper, wo returned to Scandal! In 2022 is now married to Mandela Khumalo, according to iHarare.

THE QUEEN': SK KHOZA AND PABEE MOGANEDI Image via Facebook @PabeeMoganedi Former The Queen actress Pabee Moganedi told TshisaLIVE in 2020 how badly she was affected by the backlash when she started dating actor SK Khoza.

I am in a relationship with a beautiful man with a big heart and

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