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Acting

Faniswa Yisa

Career

Active from 2009 to 2021, busiest in 2017 with 2 main titles.

Leading roles
2
top three billing
Average score
GoodWatch score54/100
Highest rated
Poster for Dam
Dam
GoodWatch score60/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 8 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 4.5 versus catalog average 4.6EnergyHeart: 4.4 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 1.7 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 5.8 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 5.7 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 6.2 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Faniswa Yisa Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Nostalgia
    2.2, average 3.8
  • Physical Comedy
    1.0, average 2.4
  • Absurdist Humor
    0.8, average 2.0
  • Pop Culture
    0.9, average 2.2

Main genres

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Recurring tags

    Works often with

    People in at least two of their main titles.

      Movies and TV shows

      14
      Type
      Role
      Score
      Decade
      Genre
      Group by

      2020s

      7 titles · average score 60
      G20
      G20 (2025)
      GoodWatch score 51

      as SA President's Wife

      Fatal Seduction
      Fatal Seduction (2023)
      GoodWatch score 57

      TV show · as Older Lucinda / Lucinda

      Desemberdiewe
      Desemberdiewe (2022)

      as Mandiswa

      Dam
      Dam (2021)
      GoodWatch score 60

      TV show · as Lindiwe Zita

      Nêrens, Noord-Kaap
      Nêrens, Noord-Kaap (2021)

      TV show · as Juf. Zanele

      Blood & Water
      Blood & Water (2020)
      GoodWatch score 72

      TV show · as Brenda Jaxah

      Projek Dina
      Projek Dina (2020)

      TV show · as Nona

      2010s

      5 titles · average score 67
      Holiday in the Wild
      Holiday in the Wild (2019)
      GoodWatch score 49

      as Aliyah

      Knuckle City
      Knuckle City (2019)
      GoodWatch score 85

      as Mother Hen

      Freedom Isn't Free — The Freedom Charter Today
      Freedom Isn't Free — The Freedom Charter Today (2018)

      as Narrator

      Apocalypse Now Now
      Apocalypse Now Now (2017)

      as The Vigilante

      Still Born
      Still Born (2017)

      as Mother

      2000s

      2 titles · average score 57
      Skin
      Skin (2009)
      GoodWatch score 53

      as Nora Molefe

      Endgame
      Endgame (2009)
      GoodWatch score 62

      as Woman Pick-up Driver