Wema Abraham Sepetu (born 28 September 1990) is a Tanzanian actress and beauty contestant who won the
Miss Tanzania contest in 2006
Miss Tanzania. She represented
Tanzania
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in
Miss World 2006
Miss World 2006, the 56th edition of the Miss World pageant, was held on 30 September 2006 at the Sala Kongresowa, the main 2,897-seat auditorium of the Palace of Culture and Science in Warsaw, Poland. It was the first time ever that the page ...
, which was held in Poland. She later became an actress in Tanzania.
Early life and education
She hails from the diplomatic family of the Late Abraham Sepetu. She is the last born in a family of four children. She obtained her primary, secondary, and high school education at Academic International School in
Dar Es Salaam,
Tanzania
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, and she later joined
Limkokwing University of Creative Technology
Limkokwing University of Creative Technology (also called Limkokwing and LUCT) is a private university that has a presence across Africa, Europe, and Asia. With its main campus in Malaysia, the university has over 30,000 students from more than ...
in
Malaysia
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to pursue an international business course which she did for one year and then dropped out to continue with acting.
Miss Tanzania 2006 and Miss World 2006
After winning the title of
Miss Tanzania in 2006, Wema traveled to
Warsaw, Poland
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to compete in the
Miss World 2006
Miss World 2006, the 56th edition of the Miss World pageant, was held on 30 September 2006 at the Sala Kongresowa, the main 2,897-seat auditorium of the Palace of Culture and Science in Warsaw, Poland. It was the first time ever that the page ...
.
Career
Acting
*She was introduced into the movie industry by the late
Steven Kanumba
Steven Charles Kanumba (8 January 1984 – 7 April 2012) was a Tanzanian actor and director of Sukuma heritage, born in Shinyanga Region. Kanumba died in 2012 at the age of 28, for which actress Elizabeth Michael was convicted of involuntary ma ...
during their dating, she made her
film debut in ''A Point of No Return'' she played Dina, the main character alongside
Steven Kanumba
Steven Charles Kanumba (8 January 1984 – 7 April 2012) was a Tanzanian actor and director of Sukuma heritage, born in Shinyanga Region. Kanumba died in 2012 at the age of 28, for which actress Elizabeth Michael was convicted of involuntary ma ...
, she gave an outstanding performance as young lady who is forced by her family to marry the witch man Lameck (Steven Kanumba) who is not her choice. She later appeared in many movies such as Family Tears, Red Valentine, White Maria that made her to be one of the popular and desired actresses in Tanzania.She has appeared in more than 20 films.
*In 2011 she produced the movie called ''Superstar'' the film that tells her love life with musician
Diamond Platnumz
Nasibu Abdul Juma Issack (born 2 October 1989), popularly known by his stage name Diamond Platnumz, is a Tanzanian bongo flava recording artist, dancer, philanthropist and a businessman of Ha heritage. He is the founder and CEO of WCB Wasafi ...
who have been on and off for some period, The movie was launched in 2012 at the
Kilimanjaro
Mount Kilimanjaro () is a dormant volcano in Tanzania. It has three volcanic cones: Kibo, Mawenzi, and Shira. It is the highest mountain in Africa and the highest free-standing mountain above sea level in the world: above sea level and abo ...
Hyatt Regency Hotel in Dar Es Salaam and was graced by many people including
Omotola Jalade Ekeinde
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from
Nigeria
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who was the guest of honour. But the movie didn't enter into the market until today and Wema said that she still looking for a best distributor who can pay her compared to her production costs since she stated that most of the distributors have pledged a few money compared to what she invested. After that she appeared in the movies Basilisa, It Was not Me, House boy, Madame, and others.
*In 2014 she collaborated with
Van Vicker
Joseph van Vicker (born 1 August 1977), better known as Van Vicker, is a Ghanaian actor, movie director and humanitarian. He is the chief executive officer of Sky + Orange production, a film production house. Van Vicker received two nominations ...
from
Ghana
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to produce a movie called ''Day After Death'' starring Wema and
Van Vicker
Joseph van Vicker (born 1 August 1977), better known as Van Vicker, is a Ghanaian actor, movie director and humanitarian. He is the chief executive officer of Sky + Orange production, a film production house. Van Vicker received two nominations ...
. The Film was planned to be released in 2015 but due to some delays it has not entered the market up to today. Apart from D.A.D to not be released. Luckily when celebrating her 30th birthday she did a premier of the movie DAD and now has been a must watch movie. Wema appeared in some movies from 2015 to 2016 such as Family, Mapenzi Yamerogwa and Chungu Cha Tatu among others
*In 2017 she made a comeback with her film called ''Heaven Sent'' which she produced and act as leading character that has also had Salim Ahmed (Gabo) as the main character, the launch took place at Century Cinemax Mlimani City
Dar Es Salaam Tanzania, the movie was sold via her mobile application ''Wema App'', the movie received seven nominations at the 2018 Sinema Zetu International Film Festival Awards including Best Actress and Best Feature Film, where Wema won Best Actress and the movie won People's Choice
Endless Fame Production
In 2013 she launched her company called ''Endless Fame Production''. The company deals with movies production and Artists management, they have managed some of Tanzanian musicians such as Mirror and Ally Luna.
The company has produced movies such as Superstar, Unexpected, Day After Death, Family, and Heaven Sent.
Filmography
Movies
Television
Awards and nominations
References
External links
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1988 births
Living people
Tanzanian actresses
Tanzanian beauty pageant winners
Miss World 2006 delegates
21st-century Tanzanian actresses