Charlene Mangweni Furusa

is Ophelia. Ophelia is one of the contestants in the cooking competition and her decisions may have far reaching consequences for Anesu!

An accomplished stage actor, Charlene has appeared in several productions including ‘Fences’, ‘Ukama’ and ‘The Incident’. She won the award for Outstanding Theatre Actress for ‘The Incident’ at the 2018 NAMAs, and also scooped the Outstanding Theatre Actress award at the 2019 Bulawayo Arts Awards for her performance in ‘Ukama’.

In addition to being an award-winning actress, Charlene studied journalism and is a Ndebele-language news anchor at ZiFM. But her talents do not stop there – she is a TV presenter, voiceover artist, event MC, talk show host, runs her own production company Motion Zebra, and was honoured in the 100 Great Zimbabweans Awards in 2017.