Award-winning Ugandan-Australian Suzan Mutesi is the latest rising multi-hyphenate to be inspired by. Suzan has it all, a style icon, actress, author, model, singer, producer, activist and all-round creative powerhouse and she is devoted to inspire the next generation to be uniquely their own.
Suzan hails a fearless and unique personality, from coming from humble beginnings in her home country of Uganda, to becoming a household name in the Australian creative industries and her breakthrough in the international scene. She has featured in the pages of Vogue France and Australia and has become an iconic face of Bonds.
Suzan is an accomplished and talented actress, set to be the lead in an upcoming Hollywood movie, which details are still under wrap alongside a Best Actor’s Oscar-winner. She has also just finished filming a cameo role in Anyone But You, the Sony R-rated Hollywood rom-com starring Sydney Sweeney and Glen Powell, with Easy A Golden Globe-nominated writer, director and producer Will Gluck behind the camera.
Unapologetically Black: Afro Sisters, Suzan’s first book was released in 2020 and received critical acclaim by Vogue. Praising the book, Vogue commented that it was “transforming stories of personal discrimination and hardship into a book younger generations can turn to and derive comfort from”. Following the success of this book, she wrote her autobiography The Immigrant That Found Her Unapologetic Voice, telling the tale of how she found her own unapologetic self.
Her Fashion career has seen Suzan winning the Fashion Icon of the Year award at the Afro-Australia Music And Movie Awards, she also received the Best Fashion Contributor In The Diaspora in Uganda. Fashion Designer Award from Celebrate African Australians at the Fashion Aid Forward.
As a fashion designer she dressed and styled some of the biggest Australian models and celebrities, as well as Kelly Rowland for The Voice Australia. As an influencer and model she appeared in campaigns for iconic brands like Fenty and Nike, among others. While on her podcast, ‘Unapologetically You’, she interviews people doing noteworthy things in the community and inspiring others.
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