South African actress and media darling Pearl Thusi stars in the lead role in new Netflix thriller Queen Sono, which is dropping on Friday.

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Wow. Just wow. 😍👑 @queensononetflix. #fanart by @fifi_wale

A post shared by Pearl Thusi (@pearlthusi) on Feb 18, 2020 at 7:14am PST

Queen Sono is about a highly trained South African spy who takes on her most dangerous mission yet while facing changing relationships in her personal life.

Thusi previously also starred in Kalushi, which tells the story of Solomon Mhlangu, the Umkhonto we Sizwe hero convicted of murder and hanged in 1979.

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So glad I trusted that voice inside… to God, thank You… for keeping me strong. 💕🙏🏽 . Stand tall ladies… and take up ALL that space!

A post shared by Pearl Thusi (@pearlthusi) on Feb 23, 2020 at 11:04pm PST

On top of that she has also made the cover of the new issue of Cosmopolitan magazine – respect!

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It’s here! COSMOPOLITAN’s first-ever global Netflix issue 📺🍿 A global first for the COSMOPOLITAN brand worldwide! Featuring @pearlthusi, who plays the lead role in Africa’s first-ever @netflixsa Original series, @queensononetflix, wearing local designer @gertjohancoetzee 👗 and shot by 23 y/o, up-and-coming black female photographer Legae Sehlako @blackmilk_za (her first magazine cover!) 📸 Pick up the issue to read as Pearl shares her experiences in the local industry and see which four emerging screen queens she has spotlighted as the next big things! 🚨 #COSMOxPearlThusi #TheNetflixIssue out now x Editor-in-chief: hollymeadowssa Photography: @blackmilk_za Videography: @queenluffie Creative direction: @juangeel Fashion: @cleopatramarco Fashion assistant: @themarchwolf Beauty: @themakeupstandsa Hair: @iambomzi Makeup: @madame_picasso Interview: @nox_mafu

A post shared by COSMOPOLITAN SA (@cosmopolitansa) on Feb 23, 2020 at 8:00am PST

Thusi faced a very personal attack on Twitter in 2019, when her success was attributed to her fair complexion, with one user saying she had no talent.

Her latest Instagram post seems to recognise all the struggles she’s faced including from haters who attributed her success to the colour of her skin.

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Wednesday is too far……. I’m super proud of u mama panther @pearlthusi

A post shared by Somizi (@somizi) on Feb 23, 2020 at 4:12am PST

The new series’ soundtrack is beautiful, with Sho Madjozi, Nadia Nekai and Black Motion all featured.

Thusi is no stranger to fame, having starred as the Warrior Princess of Nubia in Scorpion King alongside Zach Macgowan in 2017.