Ama Qamata Knows Exactly What Blood And Water Should Do Next
The star of Netflix’s second script-to-screen African drama talks season 2, stardom, and South African pride.
Maybe everything started when Pearl Thusi predicted the future. Earlier this year, Thusi, arguably one of South Africa’s biggest television stars, gathered a group of young women to appear in a Cosmopolitan South Africa photoshoot.
She was the magazine’s cover model for the March 2020 Netflix issue, timed to her starring role in the streaming giant’s first-ever African series, espionage drama Queen Sono.
But Thusi had one stipulation: She insisted up-and-coming actresses be featured alongside her.
Cosmo agreed. Thusi hand-selected each of “South Africa’s rising screen queens,” watching them dress in frilly tulle gowns and sneakers on the eaves of a sun-baked city rooftop.
Her youngest pick was 21-year-old Ama Qamata, bright and energetic in neon pink, grinning as she attempted sultry glimpses toward the camera.
At that point, Qamata’s starring role in Netflix’s second African series, the teen drama Blood and Water, was still a few months away from release
“You are going to be the future,” Qamata remembers Thusi telling the girls. “I’m passing the baton over to you.”
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