After the second 19, ) ve to answer the qu Her pain didn't break her ACTRESS THUSO MBEDU HAS MADE IT AGAINST ALL ODDS. By Malibongwe Mngomezulu ing a parent at a very young age is the most unbearable experience that any child car hrough. Actress Thuso Mbedu (25) says that losing her mother to a brain tumor at th of four was one of the hardest moments in her life. The star, who represents t cter of bubbly Winnie of Mzanzi Magic's drama, Isithunzi, says her mater mother's love and support helped her to overcome the pain. ndmother made sure we had clothes and food. Thuso's parents separated before n. The young actress says she did not have a relationship with her biological fa er found out that she was expecting me after they separated," Thuso expla when the actress was 11 years old that she met her father, who also passe Kwazulu-Natal-born actress tells Move! that her circumstances forced her sing my parents taught me to be an independent and strong young woma​n .