See Inside: Full List Of Royalty Soapie Awards Winners 2021. Local actors have been putting on the performances of their lives on the small screen to keep TV lovers entertained and now it is time to reward them for their efforts. Recently the Royalty Soapie Awards announced all the nominees for the year 2021 and the moment of truth is finally here.
The 5th Royalty Soapie Awards were held at the Radisson Hotel and Convention Centre on Saturday night September 18 where our favourite on screen characters walked the red carpet and were called up to receive their awards on stage. DiepCity, which led the pack when it comes nominations, took the most number of wins as they collected a total of seven wins.
Although her father recently passed away, actress and awards founder Winnie Ntshaba was also present at the ceremony where she hosted interviews with the press and made an appearance on stage. The ceremony saw television A-listers from Katlego Danke to Candice Modiselle, Moshidi Motshegwa, Phuti Khomo, Senzo Radebe and more.
Our girl Jessica Nkosi also won an award for Outstanding Female Villain for her role as Thando Sebata on The Queen. The actress took to Instagram to celebrate the win expressing how happy she is about the win and has her fans to thank for the achievement.
“Guys!!! WE GOT THE AWARD!! 💃🏼💃🏼We won “Outstanding Female Villain” at the @royaltysoapieawards
I am so so happy!!!! WAMUHLE UJESU” she wrote.
The ceremony and red carpet were recorded for TV but will only air on SABC1 Saturday 2 October at 19h30
The 5th Royalty Soapie Award winners are:
OUTSTANDING ART DIRECTION:
Binnerlanders
OUTSTANDING DIRECTING TEAM:
DiepCity
OUTSTANDING EDITING TEAM:
The Queen
OUTSTANDING LIGHTING DIRECTION:
uBettina Wethu
OUTSTANDING CASTING:
DiepCity
OUTSTANDING SOUND MIXING & EDITING:
Getroud met Rugby
OUTSTANDING CINEMATOGRAPHY:
Imbewu
OUTSTANDING MAKEUP & HAIRSTYLING:
Gomora Season 2
OUTSTANDING WARDROBE:
The Estate
OUTSTANDING WRITING TEAM:
The Estate
OUTSTANDING SUPPORTING ACTOR:
Emmanuel Castis as Sergio de Freitas in Binnelanders
OUTSTANDING SUPPORTING ACTRESS:
Elizabeth Serunye as principal in Skeem Saam
OUTSTANDING ONSCREEN COUPLE:
Zolisa Xaluva and Thembi Seete as Melusi Dlamini and Gladys Dlamini in Gomora Season 2
OUTSTANDING NEWCOMER:
Nompumelelo Vilakazi as Sne Gwala in DiepCity
OUTSTANDING YOUNG PERFORMER:
Ditebogo Ledwaba as Mbali in Generations: The Legacy
OUTSTANDING LEAD ACTOR:
Aubrey Poo as Castro Kamanga in The Estate
OUTSTANDING LEAD ACTRESS:
Lusanda Mbane as Boniswa Langa in Scandal
OUTSTANDING MALE VILLAIN:
Vusi Kunene as Jack Mabaso in Generations: The Legacy
OUTSTANDING FEMALE VILLAIN:
Jessica Nkosi as Thando Sebata in The Queen
OUTSTANDING DAILY TV DRAMA:
DiepCity
VIEWER’S CHOICE: MOST POPULAR SHOW:
Skeem Saam
VIEWER’S CHOICE BEST ACTOR:
Chrispen Nyathi as Charleston Ncube in DiepCity
VIEWER’S CHOICE BEST ACTRESS:
Lebohang Mpyana as Khelina Maponya in DiepCity
SOCIAL COHESION RECOGNITION AWARD:
Suidooster
BACKGROUND ACTOR:
Themba Sibanyoni as Sanger in Diepcity
LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARDS RECIPIENT: Dr Lillian Dube
