Bikiya Graham-Douglas

Bikiya Graham-Douglas is a Nigerian-born British actress and performing artist. She is the daughter of Nigerian politicians Alabo Graham-Douglas and Bolere Elizabeth Ketebu. Graham-Douglas has attended and taken courses at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art, Oxford School of Drama, Bridge Theatre Training Company and Point Blank Music School. She has a BA degrees in business economics and business law from the University of Portsmouth.

Bikiya Graham-Douglas
Born
Bikiya Graham-Douglas

on March 4
in Port-Harcourt, Rivers State
NationalityNigerian
OccupationActress/Performing Artiste
Years active2009 - Present
Parent(s)Alabo Tonye Graham-Douglas H.E. Bolere Elizabeth Ketebu

She is the founder of the Beeta Universal Arts Foundation (BUAF).[1]

Career

She is known for her roles in movies, plays and TV shows such as Flower Girl, Shuga, Closer, Saro, For Coloured Girls, Suru L'ere, Lunch Time Heroes, Jenifa's Diary, Legacy and The Battleground.[2][3][4]

Bikiya started her professional career as cast in the Femi Oguns' play Torn at the Arcola Theatre London. She worked with the Africa Unite Music Group which sponsored the first best African Act category at the MOBO Awards. On returning to Nigeria, she worked with MTV Base Africa on the first MTV Africa Music Awards (MAMA) and the National Theatre, Iganmu, Lagos, Nigeria.

She founded Beeta Universal Arts Foundation (BUAF) an arts organization focused on promoting the arts through production and education. It has produced over twenty plays and has created opportunities for many artisans. BUAF were official theatre partners for the UNESCO Port-Harcourt world book capital 2014-2015 and in the past were affiliated with Fela on broad way show when it toured to Nigeria. It launched the first indigenous playwright competition.

Bikiya is Executive Director of Lagos Theatre Festival and is an advocate for the ROLAC project with the EU and British Council to raise awareness on Sexual Gender-Based Violence in Nigeria.

Recognition

[8]==References==

  1. "Our People". Beeta Universal Arts Foundation (BUAF). Retrieved 11 December 2014.
  2. "MTV Shuga cast members!". MTV Base. Retrieved 11 December 2014.
  3. "Posts by tag: Bikiya Graham Douglas". Gist Factory. December 22, 2013. Archived from the original on December 10, 2014. Retrieved December 10, 2014.
  4. "When For Coloured Girls came to Lagos". The Punch - Nigeria's Most Widely Read Newspaper. Archived from the original on 30 July 2014. Retrieved 11 December 2014.
  5. "2014 AMVCA winners". Africamagic.dstv.com. Archived from the original on 15 March 2014. Retrieved 11 December 2014.
  6. "Nollywood Movies Awards". Noolywoodmoviesawards.tv. Retrieved 11 December 2014.
  7. "Nominees". Neaawards.com. Retrieved 11 December 2014.
  8. https://thenationonlineng.net/bikiya-graham-douglas-my-parents-exposed-me-to-performing-around-the-world/
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