Emmanuella Samuel (born 22 July 2010),

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ously known as Emmanuella, is a Nigerian child

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and actress on Mark Angel's

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channel. Emmanuella's first appearance was on episode 34, titled "Who Mess?"

Career

Emmanuella made her foray into comedy at the age of five. She was on a family holiday when she met with Mark Angel. He needed some children for his comedy shoot, and called a few children he knew for the audition, but they couldn't memorize their lines and he then turned to Emmanuella. Despite the eighteen-hour long video shoot, a stunt he pulled to test the endurance of the kids, Emmanuella did well. After her selection, Angel had to convince her parents to let her become a part of the Mark Angel Comedy team and got their approval. She was featured in Australian movie titled: Survive or Die She became well known after the comedy skit "My Real Face", in which she was making jokes about a headmistress to a student without knowing the student was the daughter of the headmistress. This short skit was featured on

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's Facebook page. On 2 April 2020, during the

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, Emmanuella, Success, and

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were featured in a skit by Ofego titled "

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" on his YouTube channel using archive footage. She had her first try in music on a song titled ''Yes O''; a song in which Makayla Malaka features both she and saxophonist Temilayo Abodunrin.

Awards and recognitions

In 2018, Emanuella was invited to the

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on account of her landing a role in a

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film. She made the announcement of her role in the Disney film on her Instagram handle. In 2016, Emanuella won the award for Top Subscribed Creator from

at the inaugural edition of the

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n YouTube Awards. She also won the Best New Comedienne & Princess of Comedy awards at the Afro-Australia Music & Movie Awards (AAMMA). She was hosted by

in November 2016. In 2015, she won the G-Influence Niger Delta Special Talent Award. In 2018, she was nominated alongside

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, for

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's 2018 Kid's Choice Awards, under the category of Favorite African Stars, and in 2021, she won the

Kids' Choice Award for Favorite African Social Star

Personal life

Emanuella's hails from

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. She was born in

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. The confusion on her relationship with Angel has been cleared as in the recent post on his IG story Angel called Emmanuella his child, referring to himself as the parent. This confusion has been there for a while as it had been said in different circles that she is his niece, while some say they are cousins. Eze Chidinma of Buzz Nigeria in an article stated that Emmanuella is niece to Angel. Pulse Nigeria also stated that Angel is an uncle to Emmanuella. On the other hand, George Ibenegbu of Legit.ng stated that the two are cousins. Rachael Odusanya in a later publication on legit.ng stated that they are not related.

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Career

Awards and recognitions

Personal life

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