Bikiya Graham-Douglas
| Bikiya Graham-Douglas | |
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| Born |
Botoba Tamunolobikiya Graham-Douglas 4 March 1983 Port-Harcourt, Rivers State |
| Occupation | Actress |
Bikiya Graham-Douglas is a Nigerian stage and screen actress.
Accolades
- Africa Magic Viewers Choice Awards (AMVCA 2014) Best Supporting Actress in Drama category for her role in the movie Flower Girl. [1]
- Nollywood Movies Awards (NMA 2014)[2]
- Nigeria Entertainment Awards (NEA 2014)[3]
Career
With over nine years of experience, some of her credits include; Flower Girl (Movie),[4] Shuga (TV Series),[5] Closer (Stage Play),[6] Saro the Musical (Stage Play),[7] For Coloured Girls (Stage Play).[8]
Combined with being an Actress, Bikiya is also a producer and a business woman.
She is the founder of Beeta Universal Arts Foundation (BUAF),[9] an organization focused on the arts and training. Bikiya has through the organization created opportunities for over 150 individuals to exhibit their talent and improve their skill.
Prior to founding BUAF, she had worked at MTV Base Africa and the National Theatre, Iganmu, Lagos, Nigeria.
She also had a brief stint as Artist Coordinator at Africa Unite Music Group.
BUAF has since been active in stage play production and training. Some of BUAF's works include;[10]
- Calabar Festival: Iya Ile
- NLNG Annual Literature Award Night: Drama Sketch “Legends”
- Fela Broadway Musical Theatre Workshop “Issues and Challenges of Theatre”
- National Theatre: “An Actor’s Voice” Theatre Workshop
- Presidential Summit on Water: Theatre Sketch “Water is Life”
In 2014, she was commissioned by UNESCO World Book Capital to produce a dance drama titled 'Obele and the Story teller' at the UNESCO Port-Harcourt World Book Capital 2014.[11] She was also through her organization affiliated to 'Fela on Broadway' when it toured to Nigeria.
References
- ↑ "2014 AMVCA winners". Africamagic.dstv.com. Retrieved 11 December 2014.
- ↑ "Nollywood Movies Awards". Noolywoodmoviesawards.tv. Retrieved 11 December 2014.
- ↑ "Nominees". Neaawards.com. Retrieved 11 December 2014.
- ↑ "BIKIYA GRAHAM DOUGLAS IN FLOWER GIRL". YouTube. Retrieved 11 December 2014.
- ↑ "MTV Shuga cast members!". MTV Base. Retrieved 11 December 2014.
- ↑
- ↑ Tosin Olubanke. "SARO The Musical : Search results for bikiya graham-douglas". Saroterrakulture.blospot.com. Retrieved 11 December 2014.
- ↑ "When For Coloured Girls came to Lagos". The Punch - Nigeria's Most Widely Read Newspaper. Retrieved 11 December 2014.
- ↑ "Our People". Beeta Universal Arts Foundation (BUAF). Retrieved 11 December 2014.
- ↑ "About BUAF". Beeta Universal Arts Foundation (BUAF). Retrieved 11 December 2014.
- ↑ Super User. "Port Harcourt World Book Capital - Port Harcourt World Book Capital drama, Obele & the Storyteller to be staged in Lagos and Abuja". Portharcourtworldbookcapital.org. Retrieved 11 December 2014.