Grace Omaboe | |
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Born | 10 June 1946 78) Birim North, Ghana | (age
Other names | Maame Dokono |
Occupation(s) | Actress, singer, television personality, author and politician |
Children | 6 |
Grace Omaboe (born 10 June 1946), popularly known as Maame Dokono, is a Ghanaian actress, singer and television personality. [1] [2] [3] She ran the former Peace and Love Orphanage which is now Graceful Grace school in Accra. [4] Omaboe and others were honoured by the organisers of 3Music Awards for her achievement in the entertainment industry in Ghana. [5]
Grace Omaboe was born in June 1946 in Nyafuman, Birim North District, Ghana.
She attended Abetifi Girls Senior High School.
Omaboe first acting role was in the Akan Drama Series "OBRA" which was broadcast on GBC TV. [6] Omaboe was a scriptwriter for the television series, Osofo Dadzie [7]
Omaboe was initially a writer on Osofo Dadzi in the 70's when she was encouraged by Nana Bosompra to act in a series she co-produced called Keteke. [8] In the 90’s, she was the host of a popular kids show called by the fireside on National television. [9]
Omaboe featured in several Ghanaian movies both Akan and English. She starred in the 2013 short film Kwaku Ananse . [10]
In 2000, Omaboe stood as parliamentary candidate for the National Democratic Congress (NDC) in New Abirem for Birim North Constituency in the Eastern Region where she came second. [11]
In 2008, Omaboe supported the New Patriotic Party (NPP). [12] Omaboe claimed that the NDC fabricated stories against her, which required her to fight and win a court case brought against her orphanage for criminal negligence. [13] [ better source needed ] The orphanage was closed down due to operating without a licence. [14] Omaboe left politics in 2016, saying it was a waste of time, money, and full of people telling untruths. [15]
Omaboe was selected to be President of the 2017 Golden Movie Awards Africa (GMAA) jury. [16] [17]
Omaboe has been married, and subsequently divorced twice. [18] She has six children, two of whom are based in the United States, two in the Netherlands and the rest in Ghana. [19] [20] [21]
Omaboe says she had a relationship with David Dontoh during their days on Keteke and Obra. It is believed that the pair dated for about four years during their heyday. Dontoh does not confirm or deny these rumours [22] but insists that the two were very good friends and particularly close during the period when Omaboe was separated from her first husband. [23] Onaboe and Dontoh separated but have remained close friends ever since. [24] [25]
On the 6th of October 2024, at the Accra international Conference Center(AICC) where Omaboe was honored during the Ghana Women Awards program, she made statement describing herself as a living legend when she was giving her speech. [26]
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