Christopher Jaftha completed his final two years at the National School of Arts where he studied art. After school, for a two-year period, he did voluntary work in Africa, Europe and America, raising money for HIV/AIDS orphanages back in SA.

He then joined African Footprint where he had the privilege of performing at the Royal Variety Show and toured most of Europe and Asia.

Chris took a break and took on camera acting classes at Stella Adler’s Academy of acting in Los Angeles, California. His musical theatre credits include: PETER PAN THE PANTO MIME (US/PLAYED SMEE), SATURDAY NIGHT FEVER (SAL) US MONTE/PLAYED CESAR, HIGH SCHOOL MUSICAL (CHAD), FOOTLOOSE (COWBOY BOB), PINOCCHIO THE PANTO MIME (US/PLAYED MASTEREGO, BOYS IN THE PHOTOGRAPH.

Christopher is delighted to be a part of the MAMMA MIA! Cast. He has enjoyed a modeling career and he has also been in several advertising campaigns.

He has also made his first short action film “On Target”, directed by Andrew MacDonald and is waiting for more.

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CITY WHERE YOU WERE BORN: Jhb
HOMETOWN (where you grew up): Westbury/Eldorado Park
SUBURB AND PROVINCE WHERE YOU NOW LIVE: Linksfield
LAST SCHOOL ATTENDED: National School of the Arts, Jhb
HOBBIES/SPORTS: Soccer, Basketball, Table Tennis, Almost all sports
HOW DO YOU SPEND YOUR LEISURE TIME? With friends and family, relaxing, having braais, paintballing, go carting etc...
AWARDS RECEIVED (since leaving school) None I'm aware of
WORK WITH OR INVOLVEMENT WITH ANY CHARITABLE ORGANISATION: None at the moment, however when I left school I gave 2 and a half years of my life to raising funds for HIV and AIDS orphanages in Africa, Europe and the States
IF YOU COULD CHANGE THE WORLD, WHAT WOULD YOU DO? Try as best I can to lead by example, to be the change I wanna see
WHERE WILL YOU BE IN TEN YEARS? Shooting Blockbusters
FAVOURITE BOOK: A Million Little Pieces
FAVOURITE BIG SCREEN MOVIE: Unfair to name just one
FAVOURITE RESTAURANT: Gino's, Robertsham
FAVOURITE HOLIDAY DESTINATION:Anywhere in Europe, Cape Town, or any nice tropical island
FAVOURITE FEMALE MOVIE STAR: It's so hard to say
FAVOURITE MALE MOVIE STAR: Even harder to say... there are soooo many
FAVOURITE BAND/SINGER: Don't really have one
FAVOURITE MUSICAL PRODUCTION: Haven't seen many, but so far Cats would be up there.