Flora Suya

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Flora Suya
NationalityMalawian
Occupation Actress
Known forSeasons of a Life (2010)
The Last Fishing Boat (2013)

Flora Suya is a Malawian actress. She was nominated as best actress at the 6th and 9th Africa Movie Academy Awards ceremonies.

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Career

Alongside Tapiwa Gwaza, Suya played the lead role in Seasons of a Life (2010), which narrates the ordeal of an African maid who was sexually violated by her boss, who then denied her custody of her child. [1] She got Africa Movie Academy Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role for her role in the film. [2] In 2013, she starred in Shemu Joyah, Last Fishing Boat, where she was the love interest of a tourist and wife of a polygamous man, the role got her nominated as best actress at AMAA awards. [3] [4] In 2014, it was reported that she is to feature in the Zambian film, Chenda, which tells a story about the trouble barren women go through and the negative reaction of African men towards the condition. [5] The film was launched at a cinema in December 2014, and released in 2015. [6] In 2016, her film, My Mothers Story was announced as one of the opening films at the Silicon Valley African Film Festival in United States. [7] the film tells a story on the sufferings women go through to secure their home without help from a husband. In the film, she plays Tadala, a single mother in a gender and cultural sensitive African setting. [8]

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References

  1. ↑ admin. "ArtMattan Productions Adds Award-Winning Malawian Film 'Seasons of a Life' To Library". Indiewire. Retrieved November 1, 2017.
  2. ↑ admin (March 26, 2010). "AMAA 2010: Malawi's Flora Suya in top race for Best Actress award". Nigeria Voice. Retrieved November 1, 2017.
  3. ↑ admin (December 2, 2012). "Malawian new film 'The Last Fishing Boat' hits the market this month". nyasatimes.com. Retrieved November 1, 2017.
  4. ↑ admin (April 20, 2013). "AMAA 2013: RITA DOMINIC, YVONNE OKORO, FLORA SUYA… WHO BECOMES AFRICA'S QUEEN OF THE SCREEN?". YNaija . Retrieved November 1, 2017.
  5. ↑ Ngiwira, Robert (July 21, 2014). "MALAWIAN ACTRESS, FLORA SUYA TO FEATURE IN ZAMBIAN MOVIE". Face of Malawi. Retrieved November 1, 2017.
  6. ↑ reporter (December 11, 2014). "Flora Suya's Zambian movie launched". MW Nation. Retrieved November 1, 2017.
  7. ↑ Maulidi, Frank (October 13, 2016). "Flora Suya off to USA to premiere her film". Malawi 24. Retrieved November 1, 2017.
  8. ↑ Bisani, Luke (May 31, 2016). "Flora Suya plays single mother in new movie". Malawi 24. Retrieved November 1, 2017.
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