Bio
Innocent Sadiki is a South African actress best known for her recurring role as Sthoko, MaNtuli's (Dieketseng Mnisi) oldest daughter who is in a relationship with an abusive man called Dennis (Clevy Sekgala), in the SABC1 soapie Skeem Saam.
She is also known for co-presenting (with her twin sister Millicent Mashile) the ONE Gospel show Alpha Youth. The pair were also featured on the SABC1 reality show Big Break Legacy, in 2013.
Innocent and Millicent started a theatre production company, teaching acting to young people in disadvantaged townships in and around Pretoria.
She was an MC at the Fan Park during the FIFA 2010 Soccer World Cup and has hosted live music shows, including the David Dee Season 1 Concert with her twin.
The twins wrote, co-produced and acted in theatre plays performed at the South African State Theatre and UNISA Theatre including Hu's Hu in Jozi, The Dream of a Queen, Cry your last tear and more.
Innocent and Millicent produced a play in October 2011 (for Breast Cancer Awareness Month) in an attempt to educate people about cancer. She also dabbled in modelling, and was featured in catalogues for the ProShop South Africa, as well as Play More Golf SA.
Inno has also acted in numerous television commercials for clients including DStv, Johnson & Johnson, Brothers for Life, The Bulls, DStv Compact and Vanish.
In 2015 she played the guest role of Thina in the SABC1 soapie Generations: The Legacy and was also a guest on the fourth season of the Mzansi Magic reality competition series Big Brother Mzansi.
In the same year she acted with her sister in three TV movies that were part of Mzansi Magic's "Lokshin Bioskop" strand: Poor Sam, The Secret and House Warming.
Inno was a guest star in the second season of the SABC1 sitcom iThuba Lokugcina, in 2016. She also presented the second season of Assertiveness on GauTV that year and the following year was a guest presenter on the SABC1 magazine show The Real Goboza.
Making her first appearance as Sthoko on Skeem Saam on Friday 6 January, 2017 (Season 5, Episode 130), her character's story arc involved an abusive relationship with a man who almost killed her. She returned to the role in 2018, in Season 6.
Also in 2017, Innocent was a guest on the first season of the SABC3 late night talk show Trending SA, appearing in Season 1, Episode 116 (which aired on 10 January, 2017).
She was also a featured extra on an episode of the SABC3 prank show Eish! Saan which aired on 20 April, 2018 (Season 1, Episode 11) and featured celebrity prankster Hildegardt Whites.