| Date of Birth : | Dec 22nd, 1981 |
| Age : | 42 Years old |
Synopsis
Known for her amazing comedian role, Tumi Morake is a South African actress, writer, and a producer as well. The comedian is best known for appearing on the movies like Soul Buddyz (2007), Skin (2008), Kota Life Crisis (2014) and much more.
Birth
Tumi Morake was born on 22 December 1981 in Free State South Africa.
Education and Early Career
Talking about her education detail, she attended Wits University taking her major subject as “Drama”.
Family life
Morake was born to the parents who were activist and were conversating about black people issues within the country. They used to live in Mahikeng and were living in the fear of officers who used to regularly raid their house. Because of that, her father left the family and escaped. After that, the Tumi went to her grandparent’s house in Free State. Her dad was later arrested and charged with treason. After few months, her father was arrested and was sentenced to the jail. Later her mother was also arrested and was behind the bars for six months.
Professional Career
Her career in acting began when she started working at Arepp Theatre for Life, a touring educational theatre company. In July 2005, she joined the comedy scene officially with Parker Leisure Management and performs regular stand up gigs in Johannesburg and Pretoria.
She is also a writer and she is behind the TV shows, Kenny Makenzo and For Sale, which was a drama show that aired in 2007 on SABC 3. In 2006, she won Best Short Cut at the prestigious “VUKA! Awards” for a short film that she co-wrote named “Getting It On”.
As a comedian, Tumi has shared the stage with comics such as Stuart Taylor, David Kau, Marc Lottering and Chris Forrest; at festivals such as Whack Jobs, Heavyweights Comedy Jam, Blacks Only, King Size Comedy, Have a Heart, Just Because of Comedy Festival, The Tshwane Comedy Festival, The Lifestyle SA
Festival and Old Mutual Comedy Encounters.
Personal Life
Mpho Osei- Tutu, who is also a renowned public figure who is an actor and director by profession, is the husband of comedian Tumi Morake. The couple dated each other for a long time and they were in a long-term relationship before getting married. Tumi Morake and Mpho have happily married alone with their two children named Bonsu and Lesedi. It is said that Tumi Morake and her entire family currently resides in Johannesburg, Gauteng.
Net Worth and Salary
Tumi Morake, one of the highest-paid female South African comedians has accumulated a huge amount of net worth from a successful career. The actual amount of Morake’s worth is still under review.
Body measurement or physical features
Tumi once was very fat and had a huge weight. Just comparing her before and after, one can easily notice the massive weight loss made. She decided to make a healthy way of living and thus started working hard for it. Morake developed a new attitude towards the health and decided to apply dew positive change in her life. She started consuming healthy foods, avoiding stress and also decided to have no more children in her life. Not so quickly but yes, she became successful in making weight loss for healthy living steadily.
Wiki and Facts
One of the biggest sadness was her father was arrested when she was still young. Tumi followed a strict routine to have a massive weight loss.
Social Media
The comedian can be followed on Instagram “@tumi_morake” with 342K followers and she has been followed by 161K followers on her Twitter “@tumi_morake”. Her official website is “www.tumimorake.co.za” and Facebook user can like/follow Morake official Facebook page.
