The vehicle she was travelling together with four other people crashed into a wall on Botanical Gardens Avenue in Durban.
The identity of the other woman, also in her 20s, who also died on the scene is not yet know.
A third person in the vehicle was also seriously injured.
Owethu Enhle Gambushe who studied television production at AFDA in Durban appeared in the role of Nonhlanhla in the Grapevine Productions series of producers Duma Ndlovu and Anant Singh and died just after 01:00 on Saturday morning after sustaining major injuries.
According to provincial police the driver (47) of the BMW who was allegedly driving under the influence of alcohol will be charged with culpable homicide after colliding with a road side and then hitting the wall. The man will appear in the Durban Magistrate's Court on Monday.
"It's unbelievable. We are liaising with the family and they have requested space to deal with this tragedy," said Leleti Khumalo, executive producer of Imbewu: The Seed in a statement.
