Kudi Maradzika is a visionary Zimbabwean screenwriter, director, producer, and performer. Her storytelling has reached global audiences via Netflix, Paramount, Showmax, Amazon Prime, MTV, and Comedy Central.

Her accolades include an Africa Movie Academy Award nomination for Best Actress for Tanyaradzwa (2006), an AMVCA Award, a SAFTA win, Promax Global Awards (Gold and Silver), and multiple Loerie nominations and an International Emmy nomination as part of a producing team. She has acted in acclaimed shows on Netflix and Amazon, and is currently filming a role in a global fantasy franchise. As a voice artist, she featured in the Annie and International Emmy Award-winning animation Kizazi Moto.

Kudi is the founder of Lincoln Green Media, an award-winning company developing high-impact African IP across screen, print, and digital platforms. She is the creator, co-head writer, and Executive Producer of the hit show ‘Bad Influencer’, a Netflix Original series (2025).

Her feature Njuzu was selected for Durban FilmMart Access (2023) and her second feature, Death and Its Friends, was selected for the Locarno Open Doors Lab (2025) and received development support from South Africa’s NFVF. The same script was the only African selection for the +WScripted Cannes Screenplay List (2026).

She has participated in elite international labs, including the Realness x Netflix Episodic Lab, Creative Producer Indaba, IFFR Rotterdam, and Atlas Workshops (Morocco). In 2025, she was awarded the Forty Under 40 Africa Award for innovation in storytelling. 

Kudi was shortlisted for the 2026 Création Africa program funded by Institut Français. She appeared on the 2026 Forbes Africa 30 Under 50 list.

Casarotto Ramsay and Associates and OSM represent Kudi. IMDB link here.