Khanyi Mbau was a Season 7 contestant on South Africa’s Strictly Come Dancing reality talent program. A singer as well as a television personality, she released her debut music album in 2010.
Khanyi got her start as an actress on two South African TV shows called Scandal and After 9.
She was born in Johannesburg, and raised in Soweto, South Africa, by her maternal grandmother, Gladys Mbau.