South African star Thuso Mbedu takes on her most intense role yet in the gritty new crime drama Task, now streaming on Showmax.
Bulelwa Hoala

South African actress Thuso Mbedu’s new series Task is now streaming on Showmax.
Mbedu announced the release date on Instagram, revealing that her character Aleah is the most serious role she has ever played.
“#TASK premieres tonight on @hbo @hbomax 💃🏾 For South Africans, it will air 8 September on Showmax 🥰 Aleah is the most no-nonsense, I’m-not-here-to-kiki character I’ve ever played 😅 I hope you enjoy watching her as much as I loved playing her,” Mbedu wrote.
The American crime drama, created and written by Brad Ingelsby for HBO, premiered in the United States on Sunday, 7 September.
Task is set on the outskirts of suburban Philadelphia.
According to digital magazine Actor Spaces, it follows FBI agent Tom Brandis (played by American actor Mark Ruffalo) as he leads a task force to stop a string of drug-house robberies orchestrated by an unsuspecting family man.
Thuso plays Aleah, one of four task force members working to catch the violent robbers.
The series also stars Tom Pelphrey, British actress Emilia Jones, and English actor Fabien Frankel, alongside others.
Watch the trailer below:
Mbedu first gained international recognition for her Emmy-nominated performance in the local drama series Is’Thunzi.
She later starred as Cora Randall in Barry Jenkins’ The Underground Railroad and played Nawi in Viola Davis’ The Woman King.
She has also voiced Junia in Mufasa: The Lion King and the character Annette in the Netflix animated series Castlevania: Nocturne.
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