Beverly Naya (born Beverly Ifuanya; 17 April) is a British-born Nigerian actress. She won Most Promising Talent at the 2010 Best of Nollywood Awards. She also won the award for Fast Rising Actress at the 2011 City People Entertainment Awards.
Early life Naya was born in London as the only child of her Nigerian parents. At 17, Naya began acting while studying philosophy, psychology and sociology at Brunel University. She also studied script-writing and film-making at Roehampton University. In an interview with BellaNaija, she explained that she relocated to Nigeria because of the rapid growth of Nollywood, and the opportunities that it creates for aspiring actors. In another interview, Naya cited Ramsey Nouah and Genevieve Nnaji as mentors.
Career Naya began acting at the age of 17 and studied film-making at Roehampton University, London. In the year 2011, Naya was named the "fastest rising actress" in the City People Entertainment Awards in Nigeria, when asked why she returned to Nigeria by Encomium Magazine she said:
After I graduated from university, I just knew that I wanted to act, I knew I wanted to act, and in London I could shoot a film probably once in a year and that's it. Whereas coming to this industry, I can build a brand as well as shoot films more often and be given a more diverse amount of scripts. So, I decided to come back for that reason.
Filmography Year Title Role 2012 Guilty Pleasures Bella 2012 Death Waters Tinsel Home in Exile 2013 Alan Poza Pride Eze 2013 Forgetting June Tobi 2014 Make a move Up Creek Without a Paddle 2013 Stripped Soledad 2012 Weekend Getaway Angela 2014 ...When Love Happens Jennifer 2014 Brother's Keeper Cassandra Okoro 2015 Before 30 Nkem 2015 Oasis 2015 Skinny Girl in Transit 2016 Suru L'ere Omosigho 2016 The Wedding Party Rosie Dinner 2016 Affairs of the Heart Stella 2016 The Arbitration Chiamaka Sanni Dibia 2017 The Wedding Party 2 Rosie 2018 Chief Daddy Adaora 2018 The Eve Yewande 2018 In Sickness and Health Tinuke 2019 Jumbled Jasmin 2020 Nneka the Pretty Serpent Nkem Ojukwu 2021 Two Weeks in Lagos 2022 Chief Daddy 2: Going for Broke Adaora 2022 Kofa Franka 2023 The Fast Lane Shakira 2024 Insecure 2025 After 30
Awards and nominations
YearEvent Prize WorkResult 20102010 Best of Nollywood AwardsMost Promising Talent2011City People Entertainment AwardsFast Rising Actress2014ELOY AwardsTV Actress of the YearTinsel2016AMVCABest Supporting Actress2018Toronto International Film FestivalBest ActressDemon InsideForbes 30 under 30 AfricaBest Actress and Entrepreneur2020Africa Magic Viewers' Choice Awards (AMVCA)Best DocumentarySkin
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