Yvonne Nelson

Yvonne Nelson was born in Accra Ghana. She is a descent of the Fante people and Ga people. She started her education at St. Martin De Porres School in Accra [6]and later went to Aggrey Memorial Senior High School. She had her tertiary education at Zenith University College and Central University, where she did a degree course in human resource management.[7][8]

Nelson, a former Miss Ghana contestant, bust onto the movie scene with big-screen roles in Princess Tyra and Playboy[6].She delved into movie production in 2011. Her first production was the movie The Price, which was released that year. [6]She also produced Single and Married in 2012 and House of Gold in 2013.[9] The latter won Best Picture at the Ghana Movie Awards and Best Ghanaian Movie at the 2013 City People Entertainment Awards.[10]

On October 29, 2017, Nelson gave birth to her daughter Ryn Roberts with her ex-boyfriend, Jamie Roberts.[11] The actress remained silent about rumors of her pregnancy until she announced the birth of her daughter through a WOW Magazine Cover [12]

Nelson founded the Yvonne Nelson Glaucoma Foundation in 2010[13] to help create awareness about the disease. With support from other Ghanaian celebrities, she recorded an all-star charity single and shot a video to help educate people. She also shot a video to help educate people about glaucoma.[10] As a result of her philanthropic activities particularly in glaucoma, she was honored by GoWoman Magazine and Printex for her foundation and film career.[14]

In recent times, Nelson has taken it upon herself, together with other celebrities, to add more voices to the masses in protests against the energy crisis in her country. She led a peaceful vigil called DumsorMustStop on May 16, 2015. The hashtag #dumsormuststop is currently used on social media to amplify the concerns of Ghanaians with regards to the energy crisis.[15] Yvonne, known be very vocal lately about political issues in the country lamented the lack of development in Ghana since the country attained her independence in 1957.[16] She told the BBC in an interview that she may consider running for political office in the future. [17]Actress Yvonne Nelson tweeted that she is looking forward to the day Ghanaians would refuse to vote in presidential elections to send a message to politicians.[18]

Yvonne Nelson was awarded a special award at the "MTN Heroes of Change" in recognition of her charity work in fighting glaucoma. [19]

Nelson has featured in over 100 movies, including:

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