Umjolo: The Gone Girl on Netflix: Full list of cast

Netflix added a new African romantic comedy to its library, titled Umjolo: The Gone Girl, on November 8, 2024. This film is directed by Fikile Mogodi and written by Thuli Zuma.

Thami Rangwaga serves as a second assistant director for this Netflix project. Pepsi Pokane and Gugu Zuma-Ncube are executive producers for Umjolo: The Gone Girl, and Jada Thwala is the line producer.

This film stars Tyson Mathonsi, Shezi Sibongiseni, and Thobeka Shangase among many others.

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Umjolo: The Gone Girl: Castlist

1) Shezi Sibongiseni as Lethu

Actress Shezi Sibongiseni has previously starred in movies like Dark Beauty (2022), The Castle (2022), Tokoloshe: An African Curse (2020), and more. She plays the lead role of Lethu, an event planner in Umjolo: The Gone Girl. The film focuses on her love life, showing how she must overcome many obstacles and give up her toxic partner to find serenity.

Netflix describes Lethu's character as an:

'Event planner extraordinaire, loyal friend, and hopeless romantic.'

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2) Tyson Mathonsi as Lucky

Actor Tyson Mathonsi has previously starred in movies and shows like Campus King (2024) and Isono (2020). In Umjolo: The Gone Girl, he stars as Lethu’s boyfriend turned fiancé Lucky. Lucky is a philanderer who has slept with over twenty women, which is causing problems in his relationship. He finds it difficult to accept things as they are, despite his desire to change.

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3) Thobeka Shangase as Amanda

A potrait of Thobeka Shangase (Image by @shangasethobeka/Instagram)

Actress Thobeka Shangase has previously starred in the TV movie Ho Kena (2020), in which she played the role of Lerato. In Umjolo: The Gone Girl, she stars as Amanda, who is the protagonist, Lethu’s, best friend. She works for Lethu's event planning business. When Lethu discovers the truth about her later in the movie, she realizes that her best friend is not who she initially believed her to be.

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4) Ntando Menzi Ncube as Themba

A still of actor Ntando Mncube (Image by @ntando7807/Instagram)

South African actor Ntando Mncube has previously starred in projects like Side Dish (2018), Durban Gen (2020-2023), Shaka IIembe (2023-present) and more. In this Umjolo: The Gone Girl, he stars as Themba, Lucky’s brother. Like Lucky, he too has cheated on his wife multiple times, resulting in an unhappy and chaotic married life.

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5) Gugu Gumede as Bridget

A portrait of actress Gugu Gumede (Image by @itsgugugumede/Instagram)

32-year-old South African actress and director Gugu Gumede, has previously been a part of movies and shows like The Last Victims (2019) and Uzalo (2019-2023). She plays Themba's wife Bridget in Umjolo: The Gone Girl, who has an extremely difficult marriage due to her husband's numerous encounters with other women.

Other supporting cast and characters are not listed, at the time of writing this article on IMDb.

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Plot summary

This romantic comedy's plot revolves around Lethu, an event planner who is incredibly devoted both at work and in her romantic relationship. She believes that her relationship with Lucky is going well when they become engaged, but she soon learns that her boyfriend has been sleeping with several other women.

She begins to worry more about her relationship after finding the truth, which affects her professional life as well. Will she be able to make her own decisions? To avoid giving away too much, audiences will need to see the movie to find out more.

The synopsis of the film as per Netflix reads:

"How is Lethu, event-planning extraordinaire, supposed to plan the wedding of the year when her own love life is falling apart at the seams?"

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Umjolo: The Gone Girl, is now streaming on Netflix.