Gabrielle de Gama’s star shines bright DEBASHINE THANGEVELO
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GABRIELLE de Gama is unlike most 14year olds. She isn’t spending countless hours death scrolling through social media, catching up with her girlfriends or busy making TikTok videos. Instead, she’s planning footprints in the music and entertainment industry. On the back of recently releasing her debut single, Nasty, which tackles cyberbullying, she bagged a plum role in M-Net’s African crime drama, Reyka. Before delving into her role in the series, she expanded on her journey since bagging the role of Annie at Peoples Theatre in Johannesburg. She said: “That just opened a lot of doors for me. I started to get vocal coaching and then I joined my agency, 33 & Me.” Her journey also saw her exposed to the Performance Academy, where she honed her skills in acting. She also trained with June Kraus at the June Kraus Julliard School of Music and bagged the Best Overall Singer at the International ARTS Talent showcase. And she got to take the stage at The International Modeling and Talent Association (IMTA) convention in the Big Apple. With so much exposure to the spotlight, it’s easy to understand De Gama’s confident and focused approach. She handled our virtual tête-à-tête with a maturity that belies her age. I was
