Bikiya Graham-Douglas

Bikiya Graham-Douglas
Born Botoba Tamunolobikiya Graham-Douglas
on March 4
in Port-Harcourt, Rivers State
Nationality Nigerian
Occupation Actress/Performing Artiste
Years active 2009 - Present
Parent(s) Alabo Tonye Graham-Douglas H.E. Bolere Elizabeth Ketebu

Botoba Tamunolobikiya Graham-Douglas popularly known as Bikiya is an award-winning Nigerian born British trained Actress and Performing Artiste. She is the daughter of Nigerian politicians Alabo Tamunotenyim Graham-Douglas, four time Nigerian Minister and Her Excellency Bolere Elizabeth Ketebu, former Nigerian Ambassador to Ireland and Iceland. Her performance training includes the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Arts (LAMDA), the Oxford School of Drama, the Bridge Theatre Training Company and Point Blank Music School. She has a BA (Hons) in Business Economics with business law from the University of Portsmouth, United Kingdom.

She is the founder of Beeta Universal Arts Foundation (BUAF).[1]

Career

She is known for roles in; Flower Girl (Movie),[2] Shuga (TV Series),[3] Closer (Stage Play),[4] Saro the Musical (Stage Play),[5] For Coloured Girls (Stage Play),[6] Suru L'ere (Movie), Lunch Time Heroes (Movie), Jenifa's Diaries (TV Series), Legacy (TV Series), The Battleground (TV Series) where she plays the controversial role of Hadiza Bako.

Bikiya started her professional career as cast in the Femi Oguns' play Torn at the Arcola Theatre London. She worked with the Africa Unite Music Group which sponsored the first best African Act category at the MOBO Awards. On returning to Nigeria, she worked with MTV Base Africa on the first MTV Africa Music Awards (MAMA) and the National Theatre, Iganmu, Lagos, Nigeria.

She founded Beeta Universal Arts Foundation (BUAF) an arts organization focused on promoting the arts through production and education. It has produced over twenty plays and has created opportunities for many artisans. BUAF were official theatre partners for the UNESCO Port-Harcourt world book capital 2014-2015 and in the past were affiliated with Fela on broad way show when it toured to Nigeria. It launched the first indigenous playwright competition.

Recognition

References

  1. ↑ "Our People". Beeta Universal Arts Foundation (BUAF). Retrieved 11 December 2014.
  2. ↑ "BIKIYA GRAHAM DOUGLAS IN FLOWER GIRL". YouTube. Retrieved 11 December 2014.
  3. ↑ "MTV Shuga cast members!". MTV Base. Retrieved 11 December 2014.
  4. ↑ "Posts by tag: Bikiya Graham Douglas". Gist Factory. December 22, 2013. Archived from the original on December 10, 2014. Retrieved December 10, 2014.
  5. ↑ Tosin Olubanke. "SARO The Musical  : Search results for bikiya graham-douglas". Saroterrakulture.blospot.com. Retrieved 11 December 2014.
  6. ↑ "When For Coloured Girls came to Lagos". The Punch - Nigeria's Most Widely Read Newspaper. Archived from the original on 30 July 2014. Retrieved 11 December 2014.
  7. ↑ "2014 AMVCA winners". Africamagic.dstv.com. Retrieved 11 December 2014.
  8. ↑ "Nollywood Movies Awards". Noolywoodmoviesawards.tv. Retrieved 11 December 2014.
  9. ↑ "Nominees". Neaawards.com. Retrieved 11 December 2014.
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