2020 AMAA: Stella Damasus, Seven Others Compete For Best Actress Award

Nollywood star actress, Stella, Damasus Ademinokan, has returned to Nollywood to contest for the Best Actress in a leading role at the 2020 African Movie Academy Award (AMAA). Her performance in the Daniel Ademinokan-directed movie, “Between”, has earned her a nomination alongside seven other actresses from Ghana, Nigeria and South Africa for the category.
Other actresses slugging it out with Damasus include, Joselyn Dumas, Mary TwalaMhalongo, Meg Otanwa, Zenobia Kloppers, ElvinaIbru, Girley Jazama and Kelly Khamalo.
Dumas was nominated for her role in “Cold Feet”, Khamalo for her role in “ Zulu Wedding”, Ibru for her role in the “Bling Lagosian”, Jazama for her role in the” White Line”, Kloppers for her role in “Fiela’s Child”, Otanwa for her role in “ For Maria”, Ebunpakaki and Mhlongo for her role in “This is not burial, it’s a resurrection”.
For the 2020 AMAA nominations, Jahmail XT Quebeka’s Knuckle city came along with 12 nominations, including the Best Film, Best Actor and Best Director categories Nigeria’s the “Milkmaid” follows with 8 nominations and Akin Omotoso’s the Ghost and the House of Truth with seven.
In the same vein Ramsey Nouah’s Living in Bondage, Breaking Free picked six nominations, Living in Bondage:Breaking Free was nominated in the Best actor in a supporting role, Best feature film by a director and National Film and Video Censors Board(NFVCB) award for Nigerian film.
Swanky JKA was also nominated Best Young Promising Actor. As the film got listed in the 2020 award for achievement in visual effect and 2020 award for achievement in the sound track respectively.
Organisers of the AMAA released the much expected nominees lists for the 2020 edition of the awards on Monday evening, November 30,2020.
For the 16th edition, actors and film makers from Namibia, South Africa, Uganda, Nigeria, DRC, Senegal, Egypt, Kenya, United States, Mozambique, Germany, Cote D’voire, Ghana, Sudan, Burkina Faso, Togo, Ethiopia and Canada will slug it out at the prestigious African Oscars.
The 2020 edition of the award ceremony will be broadcast live from Lagos via zoom and cable TV.