British-Nigerian Actress Beverly Naya Biography & Net Worth (See Details)

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British-Nigerian Actress Beverly Naya Biography & Net Worth (See Details)

Beverly Naya is a British-born Nigerian actress. She won Most Promising Talent at the 2010 Best of Nollywood Awards. She also won the award for Fast Rising Actress at the 2011 City People Entertainment Awards. 

Early Life

Beverly Naya has her birth name as Beverly Ifunaya Bassey. She is a British-born Nigerian actress.

Beverly was born April 17, 1989 in London as the only child to her Nigerian parents.

Educational Background

Beverly studied Philosophy, Psychology and Sociology at Brunel University. She also studied Script-Writing and Film-making at Roehampton University.

Her Acting Career

Beverly began acting at the age of 17 while studying film-making at Roehampton University, London.

She relocated to Nigeria to make a career in acting and to tap from the abundance of opportunities offered by Nollywood.

In an interview with BellaNaija, Beverly explained that she relocated to Nigeria because of the rapid growth of Nollywood, and the opportunities that it creates for aspiring actors.

In the year 2011, Beverly was named the “fastest rising actress” at the City People Entertainment Awards in Nigeria.

The highly creative and talented Nollywood superstar is known for her brilliant interpretation of roles in movies.

Beverly has so far in the industry starred in several movies, some of which include:

• Guilty Pleasures (2009)

• Death Waters (2012)

• Tinsel

• Home in Exile

• Alan Poza

• Forgetting June

• Make a move

• Skinny Girl in Transit (2015)

• Suru L’ere (2016)

• The Wedding Party (2016)

• The Wedding Party 2 (2017)

• Chief Daddy (2018)

• Dinner

• Affairs of the Heart

• Jumbled

• The Arbitration

• In Sickness and Health

Awards and Nominations

Beverly Naya is a recipient of several awards, notably as:

• 2010 Most Promising Talent at the Best of Nollywood Awards.

• 2011 Fast Rising Actress at the City Entertainment Awards.

• 2020 Best Documentary at the African Magic Viewers Choice Awards.

• Nominee for TV Actress of the year at the 2014 ELOY Awards.

Her Net Worth

Beverly Naya is indeed a talent in Nollywood, rated one of the richest and most influential with a net worth of about $700,000 dollars.