Magudulela's first acting job was in Mbongeni Ngema's production of The Zulu Show and then as a backing singer in for Ngema's albums Isimukanandwendwe and Baba kaMdudu.[4]
She worked as a backing singer for Busi Mhlongo before auditioning for The Lion King musical in Melbourne in 2003 and becoming the understudy for the Rafiki shaman character.[4] In 2006, she joined The Lion King cast in Hamburg, still as the Rafiki understudy, and later joined the Paris cast as the Rafiki main character.[4] She features in the 2007 recording of the Paris production.[5] She later performed as Rafiki in the Madrid production of the musical.[1]
From 2019-2020 Magudulela worked as a vocalist at Cirque du Soleil on their production of Totem.
As of November 2024, she portrays Rafiki in the Toronto production of The Lion King.[6]
