Kudzai Mangombe

Kudzai Mangombe trained and graduated from Liverpool Institution of Performing Arts 2021. The winner of the 2024 “We See You” Award for the SoulFest Film Festival, American Black Film Festival in partnership with The British Black List for her performance in Love Language. She was Nominated for The Stage Debut Awards 2022 for “Best Performer in a Play” for her performances as Hope in the Hampstead Production of Malindadzimu, she was one of the Spotlight Prize Finalist 2021 and was Shortlisted for The BAFTA Scholarship 2020. 

Theatre credits include: Hansel and Gretel R&D (Shakespeare’s Globe, Directed by Nick Bagnall and Written by Simon Armitage); Sam Wu is NOT Afraid Of Ghosts (Polka Theatre, Directed by Emily Ling Williams and Written by Julie Tsang); Bury Your Brothers R&D (Liverpool Playhouse and The Bush Theatre, Directed by Ben Quashie and Written by Edward Oulton); Narnia: Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe (Birmingham Rep, Directed by Micheal Fentiman); All Roads (By Roy Williams and directed by Anastasia Osei Kuffour); We Need New Names R&D (Fifth Word, Directed by Monique Touko and Written by Mufaro Makubika); Fantastically Great Women Who Changed The World UK Summer Tour 2022 (Kenny Wax Production, Directed by Amy Hodge, Written by Chris Bush and Music by Miranda Cooper and Jenifer Decilveo); Pinocchio (Creation Theatre, North Wall, Directed by John Hoggarth, Witten by Lizzie Hopley and Music by Lizzie Hopley); Malindadzimu (Hampstead Theatre, Directed by Monique Touko and Written by Mufaro Makubika). 

Screen credits include: Angel Of Bravery (Filmakademie Baden- Württemberg and Directed by Dominik Ströhle); Love Language (Irresistible Studios and Maroon Filmz, Directed and Written by Damien Nembhard). 

Kudzai has also had the opportunity to perform on Blue Peter and West End Live. She was also featured in the PERFORMANCE BY RANKIN both the exhibition and the book. You can listen to her audio work as a multiple voice feature on We Need New Stories directed by Anastasia Osei Kuffour.