Uyoyou Adia

Nollywood actress and a film director
  • Charge and Bail
  • The Sessions
  • Hey You


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

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

She is a recipient of The African Films and Arts Festival Award Nomination under the category of Best Emerging Film Makers.[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)[7]
  • Hey You (2022)[8]
  • L.I.F.E (2024)

References

  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ "Uyoyou Adia Delivers Daring 'Hey You' – THISDAYLIVE". www.thisdaylive.com. Retrieved 2022-07-30.
  3. ^ "Judith Audu, Omowumi Dada, Uyoyou Adia team up for 'The Sessions'". Vanguard News. 2019-08-30. Retrieved 2022-07-30.
  4. ^ "Uyoyou Adia's Charge And Bail Goes To Amazon Prime". Independent Newspaper Nigeria. 2022-05-07. Retrieved 2022-07-30.
  5. ^ "2019 African Films and Arts Festival Nominations".
  6. ^ "Watch: Teaser For 'Charge And Bail' Film Out". The Guardian Nigeria News - Nigeria and World News. 2021-08-06. Retrieved 2022-07-30.
  7. ^ "Judith Audu, Omowumi Dada, Uyoyou Adia team up for 'The Sessions'". Vanguard News. 2019-08-30. Retrieved 2022-07-30.
  8. ^ "Niyi Akinmolayan's Anthill partner Adia for Hey You". The Nation Newspaper. 2022-04-08. Retrieved 2022-07-30.


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