Lorraine Moropa making waves in the entertainment industry
In Lithapo, she plays a role of Paballo, a 21-year-old is considered a slay queen who dates older man (blessers) for a living in the streets of Alexandra.
Born and bred in Daveyton, Lorraine Moropa’s hunger for success is what has kept her motivated throughout her acting career.
Moropa (23) has been passionate about storytelling. However, the lack of information has always made her think she could never do acting as a career. But the love for the entertainment industry has made her to push harder, and the support from her parents, Shirley and Gabriel Morapa, gave her hope.
Hitting a spot in SABC 2’s drama series, Guilty, where she plays Dimpho, right after graduating in 2017 at City Varsity School of Media and Creative Arts, and getting a second lead role in a new telenovela, Lithapo, was the best thing that could have ever happen to anyone.
In Lithapo, she plays a role of Paballo, a 21-year-old is considered a slay queen who dates older man (blessers) for a living in the streets of Alexandra.
“Leading for the second time in a second telenovela at my age, and being entrusted with a story to grant me a lead role in a long production, is a very humbling experience that I don’t take for granted, and I thank God for it,” said Moropa
The role came at the right time for Moropa as she had prepared herself for it, and prayed about it.
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“I heard about it long before the casting season began. I felt that the production was very close to my heart mainly because it is actually the first Sesotho telenovela on television.
“We have had dramas and series, but this is special because it is the longest after Mopheme, which was an iconic production for all the Basothos.”
Moropa felt a need to be part of Lithapo as she knew that the telenovela was a ship she needed to jump into prominence in her acting career.
“If I had missed it, I would be very heartbroken, but most importantly disappointed because it is actually happens once in a decade for the Basothos to have a production running on television.”
The talented actor, for the future, plans to have an arts academy of her own that will give resources, information and skills to the young generation of storytellers who want to break into the industry.
“I was so fortunate to get a life coach who was equipped with the kind of knowledge that I needed to start my career, and I am totally aware that we still have a huge number of university and college dropouts who are uncertain of their career choices, and this is one of the many reason behind it all – the lack of access to information.
“Your habits determine your future. Whatever you water grows, so be aware of what you spend most of your time doing, ask yourself if it’s contributing positively or negatively to your growth,” Moropa said.
