Editing Winnie Madikizela-Mandela (section)

==In popular culture==
Mandela was portrayed by [[Alfre Woodard]] in the 1987 [[HBO]] TV movie, ''[[Mandela (1987 film)|Mandela]]''. Woodard earned both a [[CableACE Award]] and an [[NAACP Image Award]] for her performance, as did costar [[Danny Glover]], who portrayed [[Nelson Mandela]].<ref>{{Cite news | author=Haithman, Diane | url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1987-09-18-ca-5684-story.html | title='Mandela' Tackles Apartheid Issue : Glover and Woodard Are Passionate About Roles | newspaper=Los Angeles Times | date=18 September 1987}}</ref>

Tina Lifford played her in the 1997 TV film ''[[Mandela and de Klerk]]''. [[Sophie Okonedo]] portrayed her in the [[BBC Television|BBC]] drama ''Mrs Mandela'', first broadcast on [[BBC Four]] on 25 January 2010.<ref>{{Cite news|author=Dowell, Ben|url=https://www.theguardian.com/media/2009/mar/11/bbc-commissions-winnie-mandela-drama|title=BBC commissions Winnie Mandela drama|work=The Guardian|location=UK|date=11 March 2009}}</ref>

[[Jennifer Hudson]] played her in ''[[Winnie Mandela (film)|Winnie Mandela]]'', directed by [[Darrell Roodt]], released in Canada by D Films on 16 September 2011. Roodt, Andre Pieterse, and Paul L. Johnson based the film's script on Anne Marie du Preez Bezdrob's biography, ''Winnie Mandela: A Life''.<ref>Fleming, Michael. (17 November 2009) [https://variety.com/2009/film/markets-festivals/jennifer-hudson-to-star-in-winnie-1118011521/ "Jennifer Hudson to star in 'Winnie'"] . ''[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]''.</ref> The Creative Workers Union of South Africa opposed the choice of Hudson in the title role, saying the use of foreign actors to tell the country's stories undermined efforts to develop the [[Cinema of South Africa|national film industry]].<ref>Tartaglione, Nancy. (7 December 2009) [http://www.hollywood.com/news/movies/6175691/south-african-actors-up-in-arms-over-hudson-casting?page=all South African Actors Up In Arms over Hudson Casting {{!}} Movie News]. Hollywood.com.</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/film/film-news/6751261/Jennifer-Hudson-should-not-star-in-Mandela-film-South-African-actors-say.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220111/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/film/film-news/6751261/Jennifer-Hudson-should-not-star-in-Mandela-film-South-African-actors-say.html |archive-date=11 January 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live|title=Jennifer Hudson should not star in Mandela film, South African actors say|newspaper=Daily Telegraph|date=7 December 2009}}{{cbignore}}</ref> Though the performances of Hudson and Terrance Howard, who portrayed Nelson Mandela, earned praise from many critics, the film was a critical and commercial failure.

In 2007, an opera based on her life called ''The Passion of Winnie'' was produced in Canada; however, she was declined a [[Travel visa|visa]] to attend its world premiere and associated gala [[fundraising]] concert.<ref>{{Cite news|title=Winnie Mandela denied entry to Canada for arts gala|url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/entertainment/winnie-mandela-denied-entry-to-canada-for-arts-gala-1.670799|publisher=[[Canadian Broadcasting Corporation]]|date=5 June 2007|access-date=5 June 2007}}</ref>

Mandela was again portrayed in the 2013 film ''[[Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom]]'' by actress [[Naomie Harris]] (British actor [[Idris Elba]] played Nelson Mandela). On viewing the film, Madikizela-Mandela told Harris it was "the first time she felt her story had been captured on film". Gugulethu okaMseleku, writing in ''[[The Guardian]]'', stated that the film had returned Madikizela-Mandela to her rightful place, recognising her role in "the struggle" that, "for South African women&nbsp;... was more fundamental than her husband's."<ref>{{cite news | title= Long Walk to Freedom returns Winnie Mandela to her rightful place | url= https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2014/jan/03/long-walk-to-freedom-winnie-mandela-nelson |newspaper=The Guardian |first=Gugulethu|last= okaMseleku|date=5 January 2014}}</ref>