» She has a Zimbabwean mother and a British father.

» Her first name is pronounced “Tan-dee” and her full name, Thandiwe, means “beloved” in Ndebele, Zulu, Xhosa and Swazi.

» Her mother, Nyasha, is a Zimbabwean Shona Princess.

» She was raised in the cities of London and Penzance, Cornwall.

» Her daughters were named after the character Ripley in the Alien films and Nico from The Velvet Underground.

» Attended Downing College, Cambridge in England where she received a degree in anthropology.

» Moved to Los Angeles to pursue her acting career but her British accent limited the amount of work she was getting, so she returned to Britain to attend Cambridge.