Mmatema Moremi hasn't allowed losing out on Idols top gong two years back to Karabo Mogane stop her from not just dreaming, but going big.
Having launched an advancing musical career that saw her playing the leading lady in the stage musical A Tribute to the Manhattan Brothers at Soweto Theatre last year, she is now about to make her debut on the small screen.
Mmatema has been announced as one of the leading faces of the SABC2 drama Bone of My Bones.
According to the Sowetan, she will play the role of Thembi, a school teacher married to Karabo Mohlala, played by the award winning Aubrey Poo.
The drama that promises to be gripping unfolds as Karabo, a musician wannabe, struggles to break into the music industry.
This leaves a frustrated Thembi to bear the brunt of being the bread winner who keeps the family afloat financially on a modest school teacher's salary.
Moremi gushed: "There's a first time for everything, I am excited about the role and feeling blessed to a part of such an accomplished cast as this. The role puts me in a different light from the singing girl everyone loves.
"I've always wanted to sing. I didn't grow up wanting to act, I discovered it in high school and in tertiary my love for it grew further. I decided to go for lessons from Fumani Shilubana, who acted as Detective Dabula on Isidingo. When I got the opportunity from Idols I decided to use it to show off my other talents, including this," she said.
The next few months will also be busy for Mmatema as she will be recording her debut album, The Definition Of Me, live on March 3 at the Atterbury Theatre in Pretoria.
