Katlego Danke is a South African actress born on 7 November 1978 in the North West. She grew up moving between Mahikeng, Ga-Rankuwa, Mabopane and Potchefstroom, the eldest of five children. She trained at Sacred Heart College in Johannesburg and earned a BA in Theatre and Performance from the University of Cape Town in 2001 before moving into television.

She is best known for playing Dineo Mashaba on the SABC1 soap Generations from 2006, and for Thati on the Mzansi Magic telenovela Gomora. She also appeared on Isidingo as Kgothalo and works as a radio DJ and TV presenter. Her theatre years, which included productions of Macbeth and King Lear, came before her screen career, and in 2025 she launched The Katlego Danke Foundation.

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