How to Ruin Christmas actress Busi Lurayi passed away on July 10 at the age of 35. The first person to tweet the news of her passing appears to have been a South African TV pundit and broadcaster named Phil Mphela.
Later, the South African news outlet reported that Lurayi passed away in her home in Johannesburg. In reaction to the allegations, her family released a statement through her talent agency, Eye Media Artists.
The organization also asserted that they will provide further details about her passing as soon as they became available.
Overview of Busi Lurayi
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Busisiwe “Busi” Lurayi is most known for playing the title character in the two-season Netflix comedy series How to Ruin Christmas. She portrays one of the main characters in the show, Tumi Sello.
Additionally, the actor played Thandi Nguni in the ITV series Wild at Heart in 2007. Before beginning to perform in TV shows, Busi Lurayi had some stage experience and a few theater credits to her name.
However, her IMDb biography states that the deceased actress was credited with about eight productions, the majority of which were TV series cameos.
Over the course of her 16-year on-screen acting career, Lurayi has won numerous awards and accolades for her work.
She won the 2005 Golden Horn for Best Supporting Actress – TV Comedy at the South African Film and Television Awards for her performance as Phumzile in City Ses’la.
The late actor received another Golden Horn for the same performance later that year, in 2011. For her role as Tumi Sello in How to Ruin Christmas, she won the SAFTA Golden Horn for Best Actress – TV Comedy the previous year.
Condolences came in after it was revealed that Busi Lurayi had unexpectedly passed away.
Due to their collaboration on the program, Busi Lurayi had a special relationship with Netflix, and the South African branch of the streaming behemoth posted their condolences upon her passing on Twitter.
Many admirers also came to Twitter at the same moment to pay their respects to the late actress. Many other people have noted how her passing was a loss for the South African entertainment sector.
Ayana, Busi’s infant daughter, with whom she frequently shared Instagram pictures, is still alive. According to local media, the late actress and Ayana’s father did not get along well.
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