Rahama Sadau
Rahama Sadau | |
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Born | Kaduna, Nigeria | 7 December 1993
Nationality | Nigerian |
Education | First degree |
Alma mater | Eastern Mediterranean University |
Occupation | film maker singer dancer businesswoman |
Years active | 2013–present |
Notable credit(s) | |
Relatives |
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Awards | See below |
Website | rahamasadau |
Rahama Sadau (born 7 December 1993) is a Nigerian actress, businesswoman, filmmaker, dancer and singer. Born and raised in Kaduna, she performed in dancing competitions as a child and during her school years. She rose to fame in late 2013 after joining the Kannywood movie Industry with her first movie Gani ga Wane.[1][2][3][4]
Rahama appears in many Nigerian movies in both Hausa and English and is one of the few Nigerian actors that speaks Hindi fluently. She is the winner of Best Actress (Kannywood) at the City People Entertainment Awards in 2014 and 2015.[5][6] She also won Best African Actress at the 19th African Film Awards in 2015 by African Voice.[7][2] In 2017. She became the first Hausa celebrity to appear in the top ten Hottest Female Nigeria Celebrities.[8] Throughout her career, Sadau has been a busy actress, appearing in both movies and music videos.[9][10][11][12][13]
Life and career[]
Rahama Ibrahim Sadau was born in Kaduna State, north-western Nigerian State which was the former capital of Nigeria's former Northern Region to Alhaji Ibrahim Sadau. She grew up with her parents in Kaduna alongside her three sisters Zainab Sadau, Fatima Sadau, Aisha Sadau and brother Haruna Sadau.[14]
Sadau joined the Kannywood movie industry in 2013 through Ali Nuhu.[15] She played a few minor roles before gaining fame from her performance in Gani ga Wane,Jinin Jikina alongside the Kannywood actor Ali Nuhu.[citation needed] On 3 October 2016, the Motion Picture Practitioners Association of Nigeria (MOPPAN), which is the dominant association in Kannywood, suspended her from kannywood for appearing in a romantic music video with a Jos born singer Classiq Q. One year after in 2017, she wrote to apologize to MOPPAN.[16][17][18] In January 2018, the ban placed on her was lifted following the intervention of the Kano State governor Dr Abdullahi Umar Ganduje.[19]
By 2016 she was recognized as that years "Face of Kannywood. In October of the year,[20] Sadau featured in a movie series on EbonyLife TV.[21] In 2017, she formed a production company named Sadau Pictures were she produced her first movie, Rariya[22] starring Ali Nuhu, Sani Musa Danja, Sadiq Sani Sadiq and Fati Washa. She returned to acting to play the career teacher in MTV Shuga.[20] In 2019 MTV Shuga returned to be located in Nigeria for series 6, "Choices", and Sadau was one of returning actors for the new series which included Timini Egbuson, Yakubu Mohammed, Uzoamaka Aniunoh and Ruby Akabueze.[23]
Education[]
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Sadau studied Human Resource Management at school of Business and Finance of Eastern Mediterranean University in Northern Cyprus.[24]
Awards[]
Awards received by Rahama Sadau.
Year | Award | Category | Film | Result |
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2014 | Best Actress (Kannywood) | City People Entertainment Awards | Kannywood | Won |
2015 | Best Actress (Kannywood) | City People Entertainment Awards | Kannywood | Won |
2017 | Best African Actress | African Voice | Kannywood | Won |
2017 Best of Nollywood Awards | Best Actress in a Lead role –English | Tatu | Nominated | |
Best Actress in a Lead role –Hausa | Matatace Shaida | Nominated |
Filmography[]
Year | Film |
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2019 | Zero Hour |
2018 | Up North |
If I Am President | |
N/A | Aljannar Duniya |
2017 | Adam |
Ba Tabbas | |
MTV Shuga Naija | |
Rariya | |
TATU | |
Rumana | |
2016 | Sons of the Caliphate |
The Other Side | |
2015 | Kasa Ta |
Wutar Gaba | |
Sallamar So | |
Wata Tafiya | |
Halacci | |
Gidan Farko | |
Ana Wata ga Wata | |
Alkalin Kauye | |
2014 | Jinin Jiki Na |
Hujja | |
Garbati | |
Kaddara Ko Fansa | |
Kisan Gilla | |
Mati da Lado | |
Sabuwar Sangaya | |
Sirrin Da Ke Raina | |
So Aljannar Duniya | |
Suma Mata Ne | |
2013 | Farin Dare |
Gani Ga Wane | |
Da Kai Zan Gana | |
Mai Farin Jini |
See also[]
- Kannywood
References[]
- ^ "Kannywood: I won't return to dancing – Rahama Sadau | Premium Times Nigeria". 9 November 2013.
- ^ a b "Rahama Sadau – Auditions.ng".
- ^ "gani ga wane 1" – via www.youtube.com.
- ^ "Rahama Sadau [HausaFilms.TV – Kannywood, Fina-finai, Hausa Movies, TV and Celebrities]". hausafilms.tv.
- ^ Premium Times Nigeria. "Kannywood: Rahama Sadau, Adam Zango, others win at City People awards 2015 – Premium Times Nigeria". Mohammed Lere. Retrieved 18 August 2015.
- ^ AllAfrica.com. "Nigeria: Most Influential Northern Entertainers". AllAfrica.com. Retrieved 5 September 2015.
- ^ "5 things you probably don't know about Kannywood actress". Pulse Nigeria. 6 October 2016.
- ^ Premium Times Nigeria. "Ali Nuhu, Adam Zango, others win awards in London – Premium Times Nigeria". Mohammed Lere. Retrieved 15 November 2015.
- ^ ""If I am President" hits cinemas". Vanguard News. 9 November 2018.
- ^ "Joke Silva, Bimbo Manuel, Rahama Sadau star in new movie | Premium Times Nigeria". 7 November 2018.
- ^ "Kanayo O. Kanayo, Hilda Dokubo, Banky W, Rahama Sadau & TBoss star in "Up North" | B.T.S Photos". 29 May 2018.
- ^ "Banky W, Adesua, Kanayo. O. Kanayo, Hilda Dokubo, others in Up North". 16 December 2018.
- ^ "Rahama Sadau stars in EbonyLife TV's Sons of the Caliphate". The Nation. Nigeria. 11 October 2016.
- ^ "Rahama Sadau biography, net worth, age, family, contact & picture". www.manpower.com.ng.
- ^ III, Editorial (11 January 2020). "Social media criticisms don't bother me – Rahama Sadau".
- ^ "Rahama Sadau apologises to MOPPAN". 28 October 2017.
- ^ "Outrage over actor Rahama Sadau's hug highlights Nigeria's divisions". the Guardian. 19 October 2016.
- ^ "Ban on 'immoral' Rahama Sadau highlights north/south split". Vanguard News. 11 October 2016.
- ^ "Kano: Actress banned for 'romantic video' pardoned". Vanguard News. 15 January 2018.
- ^ a b "Yasmin". Retrieved 8 February 2020.
- ^ Vanguard. "Banned Hausa actress, Rahama Sadau resurfaces in EbonyLife TV new drama series". Vanguard. Retrieved 18 October 2016.
- ^ HausaFilms.TV. "Rariya [HausaFilms.TV – Kannywood, Fina-finai, Hausa Movies, TV and Celebrities]". HausaFilms.TV. Retrieved 15 August 2019.
- ^ Kehinde, Opeyemi; Lagos (1 October 2019). "MTV Shuga Naija returns with 'Choices' this October". Daily Trust. Retrieved 13 May 2020.
- ^ "Famous Nigerian Actress Rahama Sadau Chooses EMU". Eastern Mediterranean University (EMU), Cyprus. Retrieved 16 February 2018.
- ^ "Rahama Sadau [HausaFilms.TV – Kannywood, Fina-finai, Hausa Movies, TV and Celebrities]". hausafilms.tv. Retrieved 20 January 2019.
- 1993 births
- Nigerian film actresses
- Living people
- Actresses in Hausa cinema
- 21st-century Nigerian actresses
- Hausa people