Inday Ba (10 August 1972 – 26 April 2005), also known as N'Deaye Ba, was a Swedish-

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film, stage, and television actress of

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ese descent born in

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, Sweden. One of her most notable Swedish on-screen roles was as Hillevi in the romantic comedy

Klassfesten ''Klassfesten'' ("The Class Reunion") is a 2002 Swedish comedy/drama film written and directed by Måns Herngren and Hannes Holm. The film stars Björn Kjellman, Cecilia Frode, Inday Ba, Henrik Hjelt, Lisa Lindgren and Ulf Friberg. The film ...

(2002) opposite

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. She appeared in ''

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'' as "DC Lisa West" from 2002 until 2003.

Life

N'Deaye Ba was born on August 10, 1972, in the Angered Neighborhood of

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. Her mother was Christina Johansson, who was Swedish. Her father was from

. Her parents divorced when she was just a year old. She stayed in the care of her mother, with whom she developed a close relationship. As she grew, she developed a passion for entertaining others, always paying the monkey at parties. When Ba was eight years old, she and her mother moved to Bavaria, Germany for a few years. They eventually moved back to Sweden, where Ba attended compulsory school. After graduating in 1991, Ba moved to

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and was accepted into Webber Douglas Academy in 1993. She worked in restaurants and bars to perfect her English. Her mother joined her in London in 1993. In 1996, Ba graduated from the Webber Douglas Academy and she landed a role in a sitcom shortly after. In 1998, she moved to

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in an attempt to set herself up in

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. She was less successful here (she would say that the American dream only happens when you're asleep), and moved back to London in 2000 when her mother was diagnosed with

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. In 2001, she met Jonathan Clements, a director. They married in 2002, but separated in 2003 (at Ba's own insistence) when she began to experience complications from

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. She died from

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and other complications of

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aged 32, shortly after filming her last role in the ITV drama serial ''

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''. Ba, along with her mother, filmed the progression of the disease in the documentary ''The Wolf Inside''. She was cremated at

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and her ashes were scattered off the Swedish coast.

Filmography

* Jericho (2005) Martha Sorin (as N'Deaye Ba) * Empire (2005) Nila * Ahead of the Class (2005) Trudy Gower (as N'Deaye Ba) * Sea of Souls (2005) Anna * Lie with Me (2005) Ms. Reed (as N'Deaye Ba) * The Brief (2004) Amena Laing (as N'Deaye Ba) *

(2002–2003) Det. Const. Lisa West *

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(2002–2003) Jane Winter (as N'Deaye Baa-Clements) * The Final Curtain (2002) Caroline Stitch *Ultimate Force (2002) Flossie *

(2002) Hillevi * Tom & Thomas (2002) Celia Scofield * The Monkey King (2001) Elizabeth *The Discovery of Heaven (2001) Maria *Thin Ice (2000) Joo *Four Dogs Playing Poker (2000) Punk Chick * Arabian Nights (2000) Heart's Delight * Y2K (1999) *Beyond Belief: Fact or Fiction (1999) Angela (segment "The Bloody Hand" *The Pretender (1998) Emma * Twice Upon a Yesterday (1998) Janice * Out of Hours (1998) Louise Tiffany *Ruth Rendell Mysteries (1998) Celeste Seton *The Perfect Blue (1997) Sunny * The Man Who Knew Too Little (1997) Des *Into the Blue (1997) Zohra Labrooy *Holding the Baby (TV Series)

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Ba, Inday Swedish stage actresses Swedish film actresses Swedish television actresses Swedish people of Senegalese descent Swedish emigrants to the United Kingdom 1972 births 2005 deaths Deaths from lupus People with lupus Actresses from Gothenburg