Bio. Dawn Thandeka King (also credited as Dawn Msomi) is a South African actress best known for her starring role as Lindiwe Xulu, the wife of self-made gangster Muzi Xulu, in the SABC1 telenovela Uzalo.She also has experience as a radio actress, motivational speaker, MC and an indigenous musician.he got her big break in 2015 with a starring role as the matriarch of a gangster family in the SABC1 telenovela Uzalo, the second most-watched television show in South Africa.