Lily Banda
{{short description|Actor,Singer, songwriter, dancer,poet}}
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| occupation = actress, singer, songwriter, dancer, poet
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Lily Banda is an actor, singer, songwriter, dancer and poet.
Biography
In 2020 she appeared on the Africa 35:35 list of The 35 most influential young African personalities.{{cite web |title=Lily B |url=https://www.musicinafrica.net/directory/lily-b |website=Music in Africa |accessdate=13 October 2020}}
In 2019, Banda appeared in The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind, based on the memoir by William Kamkwamba. She played Annie Kamkwamba.
She also starred as Aicha Konate in the second season of the TV series Deep State in 2019. Her character is a Malian interpreter who is ambushed and supposedly killed.
Filmography
- 2019: The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind as Annie Kamkwamba
- 2019: Deep State (TV series) as Aicha Konate
- 2021: Wheel of Time (TV series) as Mulaen{{Cite web |date=2023-10-05 |title=Malawi’s Lily Banda makes US television debut |url=https://www.capitalradiomalawi.com/2023/10/06/malawis-lily-banda-makes-us-television-debut/ |access-date=2025-01-28 |website=Capital Radio Malawi |language=en-US}}
- 2023: Supa Team 4 (TV Series) as Leopard {{Citation |title=Supa Team 4 |date=2023-07-20 |type=Animation, Action, Adventure |url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt10241858/?ref_=nm_flmg_job_1_cdt_c_3 |access-date=2024-12-16 |others=Esther Mbire, Pamela Nomvete, Nancy Sekhokoane |publisher=Cake Entertainment, Superprod Animation, Superprod}}
- 2024: The Hunted (Drama) as Wael {{Citation |last=Lagayette |first=Louis |title=The Hunted |date=2024-01-18 |type=Horror, Thriller |url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt22493538/?ref_=nm_flmg_job_1_cdt_c_1 |access-date=2024-12-16 |others=Lily Banda, Alec Newman, Kostis Kallivretakis |publisher=Black Swan Tales, Ekome}}
References
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External links
- [https://www.imdb.com/name/nm9357187/ Lily Banda] at the Internet Movie Database
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Category:Malawian film actresses