{{Short description|South African actress}} {{Use South African English|date=April 2023}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2023}} {{Infobox person | name = Kgomotso Christopher | image = <!-- filename only, no "File:" or "Image:" prefix, and no enclosing brackets --> | alt = <!-- descriptive text for use by speech synthesis (text-to-speech) software --> | caption = | birth_name = Kgomotso Maria Molefe | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1979|3|25|df=yes}} | birth_place = | occupation = Actress | years_active = | spouse = {{marriage|Calvin Christopher|27 November 2004}} | children = 2<ref name=HH>{{Cite news|url=https://www.news24.com/Drum/Archive/kgomotso-christopher-leaving-isidingo-20170728|title=Kgomotso Christopher leaving Isidingo|work=News24|access-date=2018-11-17|language=en}}</ref> | relatives = }} '''Kgomotso Christopher''' (nee '''Molefe''' born 25 March 1979) is a South African actress best known for her appearance in ''Isidingo'' as Katlego Sibeko<ref name=HH/><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.dailysun.co.za/News/Entertainment/kgomotso-christopher-after-isidingo-i-had-no-job-20180405|title='I HAD NO JOB AFTER LEAVING ISIDINGO’|work=DailySun|access-date=2018-11-17|language=en}}</ref> before joining ''Scandal'' as the character of Yvonne "YV" Langa.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.news24.com/Drum/Archive/kgomotso-christopher-joins-scandal-20170728-4|title=Kgomotso Christopher joins Scandal|work=News24|access-date=2018-11-17|language=en}}</ref><ref name=":0">{{Cite news|url=https://www.thesouthafrican.com/kgomotso-christopher-listen-mtn-insufficient-funds-voice-lady-revealed/|title=Watch: MTN's 'insufficient funds' voice lady revealed [video]|date=2018-11-19|work=The South African|access-date=2018-11-21|language=en-US}}</ref> She is also the voice behind MTN's Interactive Voice Response system<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.enca.com/life/twitter-shocked-mtns-insufficient-funds-voice-lady-revealed|title=Twitter shocked as MTN’s ‘insufficient funds' voice lady is revealed|work=eNCA|access-date=2018-11-17|language=en|archive-date=17 November 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181117115237/https://www.enca.com/life/twitter-shocked-mtns-insufficient-funds-voice-lady-revealed|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.channel24.co.za/The-Juice/News/kgomotso-christopher-is-the-mtn-voice-that-tells-you-when-you-have-insufficient-funds-20181116|title=Kgomotso Christopher is the MTN voice that tells you when you have insufficient funds|work=Channel|access-date=2018-11-17|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://briefly.co.za/19611-the-truth-kgomotso-christopher-admits-s-mtn-voice.html#19611|title=The truth is out! Kgomotso Christopher admits that she’s the MTN voice|last=Herbert|first=Claire|work=Briefly|access-date=2018-11-18|language=en-US}}</ref> and serves as a Non-Executive Chairperson on the Naledi Theatre Awards Board of Directors.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://naleditheatreawards.com/about-us|title=The Naledi Theatre Awards|last=Awards|first=Naledi Theatre|website=Naledi Theatre Awards|language=en-US|access-date=2018-11-21|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190216015013/https://naleditheatreawards.com/about-us|archive-date=2019-02-16|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.artlink.co.za/news_article.htm?contentID=43606|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180418203218/http://www.artlink.co.za/news_article.htm?contentID=43606|url-status=dead|archive-date=18 April 2018|title=Artslink.co.za - Naledi Theatre Awards New Board|last=Studios|first=Nkosana & Tshepiso for FGX|work=Artslink|access-date=2018-11-21|language=en}}</ref>
== Education and career == Kgomotso did her Bachelor of Arts degree in Law and Politics at the University of Cape Town. She was awarded the Jules Kramer Award for Fine Arts when she graduated. In 2004 she earned a Masters of Fine Arts in Theatre Arts at Columbia University in New York City.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://uk.news.yahoo.com/pics-kgomotso-christopher-takes-her-family-paris-140002499.html|title=PICS: Kgomotso Christopher takes her family to Paris|access-date=2018-11-18|language=en-GB}}</ref> She continued to live and work in the US and UK until 2008.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.tvsa.co.za/actors/viewactor.aspx?actorid=11037|title=Kgomotso Christopher {{!}} TVSA|website=www.tvsa.co.za|language=en|access-date=2018-11-18}}</ref> Kgomotso made guest appearance on television series Madam & Eve, SOS, Backstage, and Moferefere Lenyalong. She has made appearances in theatre productions of Romeo & Juliet, Midsummer Night's Dream, Hamlet and Dr. Faustus. On 15 November 2018 Kgomotso revealed on Instagram that she is the voice behind MTN's Interactive Voice Response system.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.instagram.com/p/BqMdXWVl4bY/ |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/iarchive/instagram/kgomotso_christopher/1913033089606977240 |archive-date=2021-12-26 |url-access=registration|title=Kgomotso Christopher on Instagram: "Greetings from the MTN lady who tells you when "You have insufficient airtime to make this call" 🤣🎧🎙🎚📻📲. #MylifeinVoice MTNIVRVoice…"|website=Instagram|language=en|access-date=2018-11-21}}{{cbignore}}</ref><ref name=":0" />
== Filmography ==
===Television=== {| class="wikitable sortable" |- ! Year ! Title ! Role ! class="unsortable" | Notes |- |2010 - 2012 |4Play: Sex Tips for Girls |Nox Madondo |Season 1, 2 & 3 |- | 2011 - 2016 |Isidingo |Katlego Sibeko |Season 1 |- |2013 |Zaziwa |Herself |Season 1 |- |2014 |The Comedy Central Roast |Herself |1 Episode |- | 2016 |Moferefere Lenyalong |Cameo |Season 1 |- | 2016 - 2020 |Scandal! |Yvonne |Season 1 |- |2017 |Thola |Ramatla Moleleki |Season 2 |- |2020 - 2022 |Legacy |Dineo Price |Season 1 - 2 |- |2023 - present |Fatal Seduction |Nandi |Season 1 - 3 |- |2024 -present |Generations: The Legacy |Keabetswe Moloi |Season 1 |- |2024 |Champions |Lucinda Modise |Season 1 |}
=== Film === {| class="wikitable sortable" |- ! Year ! Title ! Role ! class="unsortable" | Notes |- |2017 |''Zulu Wedding'' |Rene | |}
== Personal life == Kgomotso is married to Calvin Christopher.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.timeslive.co.za/tshisa-live/tshisa-live/2017-11-06-kgomotso-christopher-on-her-long-distance-marriage/|title=Kgomotso Christopher on her long-distance marriage|access-date=2018-11-17|language=en-US}}</ref>
==External links== * {{IMDb name|5522856}}
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