Abena Ayivor

Acting

Abena Ayivor

Born 1975-02-25 · Kitwe, Zambia

Born in Zambia, Abena  Ayivor is a South African film and television actress who grew up in the Transkei, now part of South Africa. She's best known for playing regular character Lerato in the South African soap opera Generations from 1999 to 2003.

Acting credits

Machine Gun Preacher poster
6.7

The true story of Sam Childers, a former drug-dealing biker who finds God and became a crusader for hundreds of Sudanese children who've been kidnapped and pressed into duty as soldiers.

Machine Gun Preacher

2011

The Good Lie poster
7.5

A young refugee of the Sudanese Civil War who wins a lottery for relocation to the United States with three other lost boys. Encountering the modern world for the first time, they develop an unlikely friendship with a brash American woman assigned to help them, but the young man struggles to adjust to this new life and his feelings of guilt about the brother he left behind.

The Good Lie

2014

A United Kingdom poster
6.6

The inspiring true story of Seretse Khama, the King of Bechuanaland (modern Botswana), and Ruth Williams, the London office worker he married in 1948 in the face of fierce opposition from their families and the British and South African governments. Seretse and Ruth defied family, Apartheid and empire - their love triumphed over every obstacle flung in their path and in so doing they transformed their nation and inspired the world.

A United Kingdom

2016

The Dinosaur Project poster
5.8

Found footage of an expedition into the Congo jungle where a team of explorers stumbles upon a colony of Dinosaurs.

The Dinosaur Project

2012

No artwork available
5.7

South African Vincent Moloi’s Berea is a compelling drama about the anxiety of an elderly gentleman disoriented by the radical urbanization of his neighbourhood.

Berea

2013

A Royal Surprise poster
5.1

Riley joins her boyfriend on a visit to his family in South Africa, but their romance is tested when she discovers he's the wealthy prince of the Chacula village.

A Royal Surprise

2022

The Call poster
NR

A pregnant prostitute, A taxi driver and an iPhone come together on an ordinary Johannesburg afternoon to decide the value of a life. Can two people who do not know how to love, create a home?

The Call

2015

Happiness Is a Four-Letter Word poster
8.5

Perfectionist Nandi seems to have the New South African Dream life within her grasp, black female partner in a major firm, marriage, the perfect house - but it all goes up in flames a few months before the wedding. With her friends Zaza and Princess, Nandi will have to find out what truly makes her happy and then fight to get it.

Happiness Is a Four-Letter Word

2016

A Royal Christmas Surprise poster
5.0

Riley and Mandla will have to navigate tension between the matriarchs of their respective families, planning their engagement party, and another "Royal Surprise" that puts into question the couple's entire future.

A Royal Christmas Surprise

2023

Jana und der Buschpilot - Einsame Entscheidung poster
3.5

No synopsis available yet.

Jana und der Buschpilot - Einsame Entscheidung

2015

Sadla poster
NR

A teen boy runs errands while being followed by various figures of authority. As he shares his experience with friends, this tense and controlled drama deftly explores the cyclical effects of victimization on the wider community.

Sadla

2019