Uyoyou Adia
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Citizenship | Nigeria |
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Years active | 2013 |
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Uyoyou Adia is a Nollywood actress and a film director. She is known for her roles in Charge and Bail, The Sessions and Hey You.[1][2][3][4]
Career[edit]
Adia started as an actress in 2013 where she featured in a film titled Child, Not Bride. In 2017, she did an intern with Tope Oshin and Remi Ibinola. After the internship, she got selected to participate in Homevida, a writing workshop powered by Homevida, Google, USAID and Pan-Atlantic University. Since then, she has written, directed and featured in several films.[1]
Awards and nominations[edit]
She is a recipient of The African Films and Arts Festival Award Nomination under the category of Best Emerging Film Makers.[5]
Filmography[edit]
- Child Not Bride[1]
- Nneka: The Pretty Serpent[1]
- Rattlesnake: The Ahanna Story[1]
- The Ghost and the Tout[1]
- Charge and Bail[6]
- The Sessions[7]
- Hey You[8]
References[edit]
- ^ a b c d e f "Uyoyou Adia: If You Don't Believe in Yourself, You May Never Get to Your Destination – THISDAYLIVE". www.thisdaylive.com. Retrieved 2022-07-30.
- ^ "Uyoyou Adia Delivers Daring 'Hey You' – THISDAYLIVE". www.thisdaylive.com. Retrieved 2022-07-30.
- ^ "Judith Audu, Omowumi Dada, Uyoyou Adia team up for 'The Sessions'". Vanguard News. 2019-08-30. Retrieved 2022-07-30.
- ^ "Uyoyou Adia's Charge And Bail Goes To Amazon Prime". Independent Newspaper Nigeria. 2022-05-07. Retrieved 2022-07-30.
- ^ "2019 African Films and Arts Festival Nominations".
- ^ "Watch: Teaser For 'Charge And Bail' Film Out". The Guardian Nigeria News - Nigeria and World News. 2021-08-06. Retrieved 2022-07-30.
- ^ "Judith Audu, Omowumi Dada, Uyoyou Adia team up for 'The Sessions'". Vanguard News. 2019-08-30. Retrieved 2022-07-30.
- ^ "Niyi Akinmolayan's Anthill partner Adia for Hey You". The Nation Newspaper. 2022-04-08. Retrieved 2022-07-30.