Maureen Nankya is a Ugandan actress who featured in

Mariam Ndagire Mariam Ndagire (born 16 May 1971) is a Ugandan singer, entertainer, actress, playwright, film director, and film producer. Beginnings and education She was born in Kampala, Uganda's capital city, to Sarah Nabbutto and Buganda's Prince Kizito Ss ...

's maiden film ''Down This Road I Walk (2007)'' plus sitcom ''Tendo Sisters'' which was run on NTV Uganda, Bukedde TV and Maisha Magic. She is also a model, singer, TV presenter, fitness instructor and personal trainer at her startup called Mona Fitness.

History

Born on 17 September 1988, Maureen studied at Gombe SSS and Kingstone High School Kawempe in

Kampala Kampala (, ) is the Capital city, capital and largest city of Uganda. The city proper has a population of 1,875,834 (2024) and is divided into the five political divisions of Kampala Central Division, Kampala, Kawempe Division, Kawempe, Makindy ...

. She played the role of Kanini, a mason's wife cheating on her husband with his boss in a Maisha Film Lab project entitled ''The Casual'' (2008 short film) written and directed by Kenyan Mark Mutahi. She later appeared on a Warid billboard in the early 2010s. In 2019, she appeared as a gym instructor in a TV commercial for MTN alongside Uganda's Mr. Google. Nankya has featured in various movies including ''

The Life (2012 film) ''The Life'' is a Ugandan drama feature film created, written and directed by Nana Kagga. The film features Ugandan actors including Gasuza Lwanga, Maureen Nankya, Elvis ‘Vamposs’ Kirya, Tibba Murungi, Susan Nava. M-NET secured film screenin ...

'' directed by

Nana Kagga Nana Kagga (also known as Nana Kagga-Hill or Nana Hill or Nana Macpherson) is a Ugandan filmmaker, scriptwriter and actress. She wrote and directed the 2012 film ''The Life (2012 Film), The Life'' and was a writer and executive producer of ''B ...

where she plays Anna, ''City of Dust'' (2014 film) where she plays Suzan, a girl with weird dreams and ''The Athlete'' (2016), a TV drama by Matt Bish. Maureen also sings and her music has been broadcast on East Africa TV (Channel 5) from Tanzania plus WBS, the first privately owned Ugandan TV station that started in 1999 but was sold off to Zimbabwean tycoon Strive Masiyiwa (Kwese Sports) in 2016. She has worked as a unit production manager on some films and was assistant location manager on the FESPACO award-winning film The Mercy of the JungleThe Mercy of the Jungle - Cast and Crew , Moviefone
/ref> directed by Joel Karekezi in 2017. On 6 September 2019, her talkshow called The Reel where she interviews people in the film industry started airing on

Uganda Broadcasting Corporation Uganda Broadcasting Corporation (UBC) is the public broadcaster network of Uganda. It was founded as a result of the "Uganda Broadcasting Corporation Act, 2004", which merged the operations of Uganda Television (UTV) and Radio Uganda. It started ...

(UBC TV), Uganda's national broadcaster. She is the creator and producer of the 30 minute program. In the same year, she directed and produced a TV series entitled ''The Office'' which premiered on Top Television during the COVID-19 Ugandan lockdown.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Nankya, Maureen Living people Ugandan film actresses 1988 births Ugandan actresses