Celeste Ntuli

Celeste Ntuli (born 25 August 1979) is a South African comedian and actress. She is popularly referred to as the queen of Zulu comedy and is known for being the first local female comic to record a one-woman show DVD. Born in Empangeni, where she had her primary and high school education, she was the sixth child of eight. Her family relocated to Durban, where she studied entertainment technology at Durban University of Technology.

In 2005 she performed her first comedy show in a church in Durban. She was a finalist on season 2 of SABC 1's So You Think You're Funny competition in 2009 and began her professional comedy career in 2010. She is known for recording the one-woman show DVD entitled Seriously, Celeste, and has performed in top comedy shows including the Blacks Only comedy showcase in 2010 and 2012, the SA Comic's Choice Awards in 2012, and the first Stand Up Zulu comedy show at the Durban Playhouse in 2011. In February 2022 she took her career international with a sold-out show at the Leicester Square Theatre in London.

As an actress she has starred in several films and shows, including Isibaya, 10 Days in Sun City, Lockdown, Jiva! and The Polygamist. She won a Golden Horn Award for Best Supporting Actress in a TV Soap at the SATMA in 2014, and at the 2019 Savanna Comics' Choice Awards she won the Flying Solo Award and the Comedy G Award.