Uyoyou Adia
Uyoyou Adia | |
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| Citizenship | Nigeria |
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| Years active | 2013 |
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Uyoyou Adia is a Nigerian actress and film director known for her roles in Charge and Bail, The Sessions and Hey You.[1][2][3][4]
Career
Adia began acting in 2013, appearing in the film Child, Not Bride. In 2017, she interned with Tope Oshin and Remi Ibinola. After the internship, she was selected to participate in Homevida, a writing workshop supported by Google, USAID and Pan-Atlantic University. Since then, she has written, directed and featured in several films.[1]
Awards and nominations
She was nominated for the African Films and Arts Festival Award for Best Emerging Filmmaker.[5]
Filmography
- Child Not Bride[1]
- Nneka: The Pretty Serpent (2020)[1]
- Rattlesnake: The Ahanna Story (2020)[1]
- The Ghost and the Tout (2018)[1]
- Charge and Bail (2021)[6]
- Superstar (2021)
- The Sessions (2020)[3]
- Hey You (2022)[7]
- L.I.F.E (2024)
References
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Uyoyou Adia: If You Don't Believe in Yourself, You May Never Get to Your Destination". This Day. Archived from the original on 2022-07-30. Retrieved 2022-07-30.
- ↑ "Uyoyou Adia Delivers Daring 'Hey You'". This Day. Archived from the original on 2022-07-30. Retrieved 2022-07-30.
- 1 2 "Judith Audu, Omowumi Dada, Uyoyou Adia team up for 'The Sessions'". Vanguard. Lagos, Nigeria. 2019-08-30. Archived from the original on 2022-07-21. Retrieved 2022-07-30.
- ↑ "Uyoyou Adia's Charge And Bail Goes To Amazon Prime". Independent. Lagos, Nigeria. 2022-05-07. Retrieved 2022-07-30.
- ↑ "2019 African Films and Arts Festival Nominations". Archived from the original on 2022-07-30. Retrieved 2022-07-30.
- ↑ "Watch: Teaser For 'Charge And Bail' Film Out". The Guardian. Lagos, Nigeria. 2021-08-06. Archived from the original on 2021-10-04. Retrieved 2022-07-30.
- ↑ "Niyi Akinmolayan's Anthill partner Adia for Hey You". The Nation. Lagos, Nigeria. 2022-04-08. Archived from the original on 2022-07-30. Retrieved 2022-07-30.