Nafisat Abdullahi

Nafisat Abdulrahman Abdullahi also known as Nafisat Abdullahi or Nafisa sai wata rana (born 23 January 1992), is a Nigerian actress, producer, director, professional photographer and entrepreneur from Jos, Plateau State, as business woman and entrepreneur she founded a film production company and two startups.[1] Nafisat was a graduate of theater arts from the prestigious University of Jos and currently studying photography in London School of Photography, UK. She received many awards to her credit, such as Afro Hollywood Award(2017), MTN award(2016), AMMA Award(2015) and City People Entertainment Award in the year 2013[2] for Best Actress and a Kannywood Award in 2014 for Best Kannywood Actress, Popular Choice Award.[3] Her film career began at the age of 18 followed by her first leading role in a major film, Sai Wata Rana in 2010 produced by FKD Production and directed by Ali Nuhu.

Nafisat Abdullahi
Born
Nafisat Abdulrahman Abdullahi

(1992-01-23) 23 January 1992
Jos, Plateau State
NationalityNigerian
Alma materUniversity of Jos
OccupationActor

business woman

photographer
Years active2010–present
Known forHer appearance in Sai Wata Rana
Relativesit's complicated
AwardsAfro Hollywood Award(Best Actress) 2017

MTN award 2016 (Best Actress)

AMMA Award 2015 (Best Actress)
Websitehttp://www.nafisatu.com

In 2012, Nafisat appeared in Blood and Henna, a Nigerian film directed by Kenneth Gyang alongside Ali Nuhu and Sadiq Sani Sadiq and went on to receive 6 nominations at the 9th Africa Movie Academy Awards and won Best Costume Design.[4] She starred in the hit movie, Lamiraj which won her Best Actress in 2013 and blog buster film, 'Ya Daga Allah in 2014 both directed by Aminu Saira.

Early life and family

Born in Jos, the capital city of Plateau State, Nigeria, Nafisat is the fourth daughter of Abdulrahman Abdullahi who is an automobile dealer and an elder statesman. She attended Air Force Private School in Jos and upon moving to the Federal Capital Territory, she proceeded to Government Girl Secondary School, Dutse, Abuja, later University of Jos where she pursue her degree in theater arts. As a teenager, she joined the Kannywood movie industry where she began her career under FKD Production with Ali Nuhu as her first ever mentor.

Career

She began her movie career at the age of 18 with FKD Production as her first movie, where she first appeared in Sai Wata Rana in 2010 produced and directed by award winning actor and director Ali Nuhu. Nafisat began to shine among the stars, when she played her first leading role in Sai Wata Rana as a leading actress. Her appearances in Ahlul Kitab and Dan Marayan Zaki in 2012 moved Nafisat's career to new level as the two movie were one of the highest-grossing films of all time.

She is a Business woman and founder of Nahaz Brand(boutique), Grand Tailors(tailoring services firm) and a film production company Nafs Entertainment Ltd, where she produce and directed her two movies Guguwar So(2016) and Yaki a Soyayya(2018). And currently she is pursuing another career abroad in photography. In 2013, she was invited to Berlin International Film Festival as one of the only two attendees from Nigeria alongside a Nollywood cinematographer and later invited to Nollywood festivals in Atlanta, Scotland, and to date, she is most awarded awarded actress in Kannywood and also the first female to be endorsed by MTN.

In June 2013, she was suspended by a disciplinary committee of Arewa Filmmakers Association of Nigeria for failing to appear before the committee after being summoned for organizing a banned event by the followers of the Hausa movie industry.[5] She was handed two years suspension by the disciplinary committee which was lifted in August 2013 before she went on to star in Aminu Saira's Kalamu Wahid and 'Ya Daga Allah in 2014.[6][7]

Filmography

Nafisat has acted in numerous Hausa films, amongst them are;

  • Sai Wata Rana
  • Toron Giwa
  • Ummi
  • Zango
  • Ya daga Allah
  • Yar Agadez
  • Addini ko Al'Ada
  • Ahlul Kitab
  • Alkawarina
  • Alhaki Kwikwiyo
  • Alhini
  • Allo (film)
  • Auren Tagwaye
  • Baban Sadik
  • Badi Ba Rai
  • Ban Kasheta Ba
  • Blood and Henna
  • Cikin Waye?
  • Dan Almajiri
  • Dan Marayan Zaki
  • Dare
  • Dawo Dawo
  • Farar Saka
  • Fataken Dare
  • Gabar Cikin Gida
  • Haaja
  • Har Abada
  • Jari Hujja
  • Laifin Dadi
  • Lamiraj
  • Madubin Dubawa
  • Guguwar So
  • Baiwar Allah

Awards
Year Award Category Film Result
2013 City People Entertainment Award[8] Best Actress of the Year (Kannywood) Ya Daga Allah Won
2014 City People Entertainment Award Best Actress of the Year (Kannywood) Special Awards Nominated
2014 1st Kannywood Awards Best Kannywood Actress (Popular Choice Award)[9] Dan Marayan Zaki Won
2014 AMMA Awards Best Actress of the Year Dan Marayan Zaki Won
2015 City People Entertainment Award Best Actress of the Year (Kannywood) Special Awards Nominated
2015 2nd Kannywood Awards Best Kannywood Actress Special Awards Won
2016 City People Entertainment Award Best Actress of the Year (Kannywood) Special Awards Won
2016 AMMA Awards Best Actress of the Year Da'iman Won
2016 3rd Kannywood Awards[10] Best Kannywood Actress Baiwar Allah Won
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References
  1. Hausafilms.tv. "Actress Nafisa Abdullahi's Profile". Retrieved 20 April 2015.
  2. Lead News. "Sani Danja, Nafisa Abdullahi, others bag top Awards". Retrieved 20 April 2015.
  3. tns.org. "Ali Nuhu, Nafisa Abdullahi, late Ibro shine at Kannywood awards". Retrieved 21 April 2015.
  4. "Blood and Henna". hausafilms.tv. Retrieved 12 September 2014.
  5. PremiumTimes Newspaper. "Nafisa Abdullahi Suspended from acting". Retrieved 21 April 2015.
  6. PremiumTimes Newspaper. "Kannywood Producers Lift Suspension On Nafisa". Retrieved 21 April 2015.
  7. Premiumtimesng.com. "Nafisa Abdullahi confirms romance with Adam Zango". Retrieved 16 June 2015.
  8. "Nafisat Abdullahi [HausaFilms.TV – Kannywood, Fina-finai, Hausa Movies, TV and Celebrities]".
  9. "T.I.N MAGAZINE: Actress Nafisa Abdullahi Full Biography (Kannywood)".
  10. "KANNYWOOD AWARD 2015 The full event".
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