Leroy Siyafa

Leroy Siyafa is a Zimbabwean born South African actor.[1] He rose to prominence when he was cast on Blood & Water as "Sam".[2]

Leroy Siyafa
Born
Leroy Panashe Siyafa

(2000-07-10) 10 July 2000
Harare, Zimbabwe
OccupationActor

Background

Siyafa was born in Harare, Zimbabwe at Budiriro maternity clinic. He moved to South Africa in 2008 with his family and attended his early education at Elkanah House High school in Cape Town. His started his acting career when he played the lead role of Nines in a high school musical play titled "District Six the Musical".[3] In his early career, he appeared in several television advertisements including one for Coca Cola as a commercial model. He is well known for his role as Sam in season 2 of the Netflix series Blood & Water[4][5] and was nominated for best actor at Zim Star Awards 2021.

Filmography
  • Blood & Water – Siyafa plays the character “Sam” in the series.[6] Sam comes onto the Parkhurst scene along with his mother, Janet Nkosana (played by Zikhona Sodlaka) and he immediately kicks things of as he strikes the interest of one of the leading characters. Sam is also indirectly involved in the larger story of human trafficking through his mother, Janet Nkosana.

References
  1. "Actor Leroy Siyafa joins Netflix's Blood And Water". February 12, 2021.
  2. Morkel, Graye. "Blood & Water's new kid on the block Leroy Siyafa: 'We did even better than the first season'". Channel.
  3. "Blood and Water star Siyafa hopes to inspire other Zimbabweans with dreams". Zimbabwe News Now. October 14, 2021.
  4. "Blood & Water's Zim actor Leroy Siyafa opens up on acting debut". October 14, 2021.
  5. "A Day In The Life Of Blood And Water Actor, Leroy Siyafa". 263Chat. October 15, 2021.
  6. Nwogu, Precious 'Mamazeus' (September 27, 2021). "Blood and Water: Leroy Siyafa talks making acting debut in the Netflix series". Pulse Nigeria.
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