On the 19th day of July 2010 in Nigeria, all hands will be on deck for the maiden edition of Terracotta, a Nigeria Film and Television Awards. This is a new award instituted to award merit and outstanding contributions to the development of the industry.
Four Ghanaian namely Prince David Osie, John Dumelo and Yvonne Otchere have been nominated for various categories. The other Ghanaian nominee is Beverly Afaglo, nominated in for the “Best Actress’ category for her role in ‘About to Wed’.
“I have been nominated for an award called Terracotta Awards, it’s a television awards for all TV programs in Nigeria. I have been nominated in the ‘Best Actress’ category for a role in ‘About to Wed. About to Wed’ is a television series which was shown in Ghana and in Nigeria” She said.
In an exclusive interview with GhanaCelebrities.com the actress said she is confident of winning the award come awards day in Nigeria.
“I am confident, I will win because ‘About To Wed’ has the highest nominations and even though I don’t know who my competitors are, I think I played my part well” she said.
However, her fans in Ghana will not be allowed to vote since the award is purely for Nigeria.
“Actually, its not an African thing, its just a Nigerian award but fortunately the producer of ‘About to Wed’ is a Nigerian so the whole thing is a Nigerian thing, its just fortunate for us to be part of it since it was broadcasted in Nigerian”.
TERRACOTTA AWARDS has been put together to celebrate excellence with regard to talent and creativity in the Nigerian film and television industry.
Beverly attended Ghana Institute of Journalism where she studied broadcasting, communication, public relations and a bit of advertising. She is currently dating Eugene (Praye Honeho) of Praye fame. She has movies like ‘Big Girls Club,’ ‘Total Exchang’,’Crime to Christ’, ‘Playboy’, ‘Girls Connection’, ‘The King’s Bride’, ‘The Game’ and several others to her credit.
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