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Showing posts with label Faces Of Nollywood. Show all posts
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Saturday, May 31, 2014

#20 New Faces Of Nollywood [Photo Gallery]

Osas Ighodaro

The 2010 Miss Black USA, Ighodaro studied Fine Arts in Acting from the Actors Studio Drama School at Pace University. Prior to her return to Nigeria, she had been on Broadway and acted in ‘Coloured museum’ and ‘Revenge of the king’. She teamed up with the ‘Tinsel’ family and got a role as Adanna. She also hosts the Maltina Dancehall Family Show.

    


#21 New Faces Of Nollywood [Photo Gallery]

Tamara Eteimo

Her victory at the 2011 Next Movie Star ushered her into the industry and, so far, the Delta State born actress has appeared in a few movies and TV series. She has continued to work earnestly as a stage actor, starring in Elechi Amadi’s ‘Woman of Calabar’. Her role in the movie ‘Desperate house girls’ shot her into the limelight.

    


#22 New Faces Of Nollywood [Photo Gallery]


Tope Tedela
The spotlight shone on young Tedela when he won the Africa Magic Viewers’ Choice Award for Best Actor for his role in the movie, ‘A mile from home.’ He has also featured in ‘Torn’ in 2013 and ‘Twisted’ in 2007, as well as some stage productions. A graduate of Mass Communication from UNILAG, Tedela is undoubtedly an actor with great prospects.

    


#23 New Faces Of Nollywood [Photo Gallery]

Uru Eke

Uru began acting while in the UK. She started with the group, The Association of Multinational Performing Artists in productions like ‘The reunion’, ‘Stripes’ and ‘The salon’. She has more than 10 movies under her belt, including ‘Ebony’, ‘Lucky Joe’, ‘African soldier’, ‘Friends in Love’, ‘Timeless passion’ and, most recently, ‘Last flight to Abuja’. She was awarded the Best Upcoming Actress in 2011 by BON.

    


#24 New Faces Of Nollywood [Photo Gallery]

Uti Nwachukwu

His journey into acting began with an appearance in the Amstel Malta Box Office and later, Big Brother All Stars, which he won in 2010. The dreadlocked 31-year-old has about ten movies to his credit and has starred alongside Monalisa Chinda, Ini Edo, Bukky Wright, Genevieve Nnaji and other Nollywood top shots. He has appeared in movies like ‘Weekend getaway’, ‘Red hot’, ‘In the cupboard’ and others. He has won a number of awards, including Best New Actor at GIAMA 2012. He doubles as a show host on ‘Jara’ alongside comedienne, Helen Paul.

    


#25 New Faces Of Nollywood [Photo Gallery]

Uzor Osimkpa

She calls herself a woman and a half and this is not unconnected to her dogged approach towards her past endeavours. Although she didn’t win, Uzor made an impressive mark while she was at the Gulder Ultimate Search camp and did same at the MTV VJ search, beating hundreds of people to be part of the last 34. She plays Delmwa on MNet sponsored series ‘Tinsel’ and has also appeared in productions including ‘Olurombi’, ‘Doctors quarters’, ‘Edge of paradise’ and ‘Shallow waters.’

    


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