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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]
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]
She is a recipient of The African Films and Arts Festival Award Nomination under the category of Best Emerging Film Makers. [5]
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