Bridget Masinga (born 26 February 1981) is a South African actress, television and radio personality, fashion model and philanthropist.
for a number of years, in 2006 Masinga landed the role of Zoe on the iconic South African television series Generations (which aired weekday nights on SABC 1).
In the same year she co-presented Temptation SA, alongside James Lennox (a game show which aired on M-Net and was directed, again, by Gavin Wratten).
2005 – 2010 In the year 2005 (at the age of 24) Masinga joined YFM, hosting The Elevator – a graveyard slot that was broadcast on weekday mornings before the breakfast show.
She describes her weekend slot, "Bridget on Y was a music driven, magazine formatted, lifestyle show; where Saturdays were dedicated to entertainment and Sundays were about aspirational content."
Masinga appeared in the 2006 inaugural Marie Claire: The Naked Issue – targeted at raising awareness about the HIV/AIDS pandemic in South Africa.
Aside from her work on television and radio, Masinga is also a Master of Ceremonies; having hosted the week-long Democratic Celebrations of the South African Embassy, which took place in Beijing (2007), the Calvin Klein SA Launch and the Design Indaba (2010), the Africa Fashion International (AFI) Awards and the Hisense Africa Launch (2011), the Grand Design Expo and the South African Film and Television Awards (SAFTAS) (2012).
In 2012, she founded the Jane’s Daughters Foundation, a non-profit organisation aimed at enhancing the lives of female children through mentorship programmes, as well as financial and other lifestyle aids.
The organisation is mainly focused on child-headed and single parent households, participating in collaborations with the Durban Children’s Home and Joburg Child Welfare.