Muthoni Gathecha

The 52 year old charming lady with a great personality, Muthoni Gathecha, is new to the film industry Kenya. In an age bracket where many fizzle out into other professions or are looking forward to their retirement years, she is venturing into an acting career.



Muthoni has been spotted on KONA, a 250 episode M-Net series currently airing on Africa Magic Entertainment where she takes up the role of ‘Ayira Oyange’, the matriarchal figure in the series. That marked her debut into the acting industry, a role which she says she auditioned for, like any other actor starting out.



She has also been spotted in several movies under the Africa Magic Original Films franchise (AMOF) and they include: Shortlist where she played ‘Mrs Ukwaju’, a complacent wife who is struggling to keep her family together under the iron rule of her husband: Close Knit Group and she played ‘Mama Wendy’, a busy body wealthy widow who is the life of the neighborhood: Get Me A Job where she played ‘Mrs Komeni’, a malicious conniving selfish and self-serving cougar who thinks the world revolves around her: The Black Wedding and she played ‘Aunty’, a deranged desolate totally disconnected woman who is not in touch with reality and this was the most challenging role she has ever been cast for.



The make up was out of this world, the costume was interesting and getting into character was difficult and she found herself taking her character home with her. There was also The Next Dean where she played ‘Dr Kabiru’,a Vice Chancellor in a university who has to deal with the social and political goings on a campus setting and I do where she played ‘Victoria’, a possessive mother of an only child who would move heaven and earth to get what she thinks is best for her family.



Source: www.actors.co.ke