Maureen Nankya

Maureen Nankya is a Ugandan actress who featured in Mariam Ndagire's maiden film Down This Road I Walk (2007) plus sitcom Tendo Sisters which was run on NTV Uganda, Bukedde TV and Maisha Magic.^[1] Born in September and sometimes called Jolly, she is also a model, singer, TV presenter, fitness instructor and personal trainer at her startup called Mona Fitness, derived from the first sounds of her two names.

History

Maureen studied at Gombe SSS and Kingstone High School Kawempe in Kampala. The first time she went for an audition, she got a role and that was proof that she was good and had to chase her dreams. Maureen confesses that her family was 100 percent behind her. Maureen possesses an undeniable spark and majestic star presence; when she walks into a place, it's easy for people to notice her. She played the role of Kanini, a mason's wife cheating on her husband with his boss in a Maisha Film Lab project entitled The Casual (2008 short film) written and directed by Kenyan Mark Mutahi. She later appeared on a Warid Billboard in the early 2010s. Nankya has featured in various movies including The Life (2012 film) directed by Nana Kagga where she plays Anna,^[2][3] City of Dust (2014 film) where she plays Suzan, the girl with weird dreams^[4][5] and The Athlete (2016), a TV drama by Matt Bish. Maureen also sings and her music has been broadcast on East Africa TV (Channel 5) from Tanzania plus WBS, the first privately owned Ugandan TV station that started in 1999 but was sold off to Zimbabwean tycoon Strive Masiyiwa (Kwese Sports) in 2016.

Personal interests

Maureen is a Christian. She describes herself as a Bentley car and possesses skills in track and field athletics, kickboxing plus fitness. The beautiful actress married Rev. Hargreaves (who had been widowed around 2011) at a public wedding in Kampala, the capital of Uganda.

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