Nigerian Actress Belinda Effah Biography & Net Worth (See Details)

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Nigerian Actress Belinda Effah Biography & Net Worth (See Details)

Belinda Effah is an award-winning Nigerian actress, presenter, and filmmaker. The seasoned actress is also the CEO of House of Belinda (HOB), a fashion outlet in Abuja.

Belinda Effah Background

Belinda Effah was born on the 14th of December 1989, in Cross River State, Southern Nigeria. She attended Hillside International Nursery and Primary School, then went on to the Nigerian Navy Secondary School, Port Harcourt. After secondary school, she proceeded to the University of Calabar, where she studied Genetics and Bio-Technology.

Belinda Effah Career

For Belinda, acting had always been a passion. As a young girl, she would write stories for her sisters and friends to read. Also, while she was in primary school, she was good at mimicking people. Unknown to her, she was grooming herself for a great future in Nollywood.

Her first movie as an actress was The Room, an Efik language movie, which aired on DSTV. Afterwards, she contested in a Reality TV show and qualified to the final stage, but didn’t emerge as the winner.

She continued going for auditions but didn’t get a role until 2011 when she featured in Tales of Eves. It was this movie that propelled her to the limelight. Since then, Belinda has been making waves in the Nigerian movie industry.

As a filmmaker/producer, Belinda recently premiered her movie, Miracle. She desires that the movie should be a tool of change and empowerment for young people. Belinda used to be a TV presenter at Sound City, a Nigerian entertainment cable station. After a while, she left Sound City to start her own TV show, Lunch Break with Belinda.

Television Series

Shallow Waters – 2005
The Room – 2005
Tales of Eve – 2006

Filmography (As An Actress And Filmmaker)

2012 – 2016

No I Don’t
Kokomma – 2012
Alan Poza – 2013
Havillah – 2013
Cat and Mouse – 2013
Bambitious – 2014
Jump and Pass – 2014
Apaye – 2014
Oracles Online – 2015
House Husband – 2015
Desperate Housegirls – 2015
Being Single – 2015
The Banker – 2015
Luke of Lies – 2015
Black Val – 2015
Web of Love – 2015
2Broken – 2016
Chop Banana – 2016
So in Love – 2016
From Freetown TL – 2016

2017 – 2020

Flirting with Fifty – 2017
Talking Dolls – 2017
The Lost Café – 2017
Troubled Waters – 2017
Cash Daddy – 2017
Stranger than Ever – 2017
Pretty Little Thing – 2017
Our Dirty Secrets – 2017
A Star in Heaven – 2017
Caged Heart – 2017
Blood in the Lagoon – 2017
Sister Sister: The Movie – 2018
A Break from Reality – 2018
S.A Girl – 2018
Drive – 2019
Locked – 2019
Refugees – 2019
Game Up – 2019
Miracle – 2020
Mumu Button – 2020
Return of Jamal – 2020
Antenup – 2020

Belinda Effah Awards And Nominations

Best of Nollywood Awards as the Most Promising Act (female) – 2012
At the Golden Icons Academy Awards Belinda was named Best New Actress – 2012
Best Rising Star at the Nollywood Movies Awards – 2013
Nollywood Movies Awards nominee for Best Indigenous Actress – 2013
Most Promising Act at the Africa Movie Academy Awards – 2013
Winner of the Ntanta Award – 2013
Africa Movie Academy Award for Best Young Actor – 2013
ELOY Awards nominee for Movie Actress of the Year – 2014
Nominee at the City People Movie Award for Best New Actress of the Year (English) – 2014
Best Supporting Actress at the Golden Icons Academy Movie Award – 2014
Nominee at the Africa Magic Viewers’ Choice Awards for Best Actress in a Drama – 2014
City People Movie Award nominee for Best Supporting Actress of the Year (English) – 2015
Nigeria Entertainment Award nominee for Best Actress – 2016
African Actress of the Year nominee at the African Film Awards – 2017
City People Movie Award nominee for Best Supporting Actress of the Year (English) – 2018
Best play at the Africa International Film Festival (AFRIFF) Globe Awards – 2018