Okawa Shaznay

Okawa Shaznay
Born	Bamenda, Cameroon
Occupation	Actress, Model,
Years active	2008—present

Okawa Shaznay is an African actress affiliated with Nollywood USA (nollywood movie industry-U.S sector) and she is of Cameroonian nationality.

Early Life and Background

Okawa Shaznay was born in Cameroon.Shaznay later moved to the United States for Higher education, where she graduated with a Bachelors degree in Accounting from Texas Southern University.

Career

Growing up Shaznay had developed interests in performing arts at an early age, while in secondary school she took part in several school and church plays and admired the ever growing Nollywood movie industry from her neighbouring sister country Nigeria. Before she left for the U.S she had taken part in a few Cameroonian productions. Shaznay's first mainstream feature with Nollywood/USA was her feature as Bonita in a JJ Bunny Productions movie called "CAGED" and she also starred as one of the lead charcaters in "The Bet", she has done several other movies and has featured in movies alongside Nollywood's notables such as Desmond Elliott, Jim Iyke, Tonto Dike, Van Vicker, Ini Edo, John Dumelo and JJ bunny. Shaznay is considered as one of the few Cameroonians fast emerging and rising to higher heights in African cinema. She was cited in a notable U.K based Cameroonian entertainment site as one of 2010's top 50 Cameroonians to look out for.

Filmography

• Caged (2009) as Bonita
• Governor's gift (2009) as Amaka
• The Bet (2010) as Grace
• The Other side of love (2011) as Esther
• This is Houston (2011) as Lola
• X-Class (2012)

References

• FabAfriq. "Interview with Okawa Shaznay"
• AfroGrooves. "Dulce Camer's top 50 list 2010"
• Executive Image African Movies. "THE Bet starring Van Vicker, JJ Bunny, Marilyn George, Okawa Shaznay, Ekemini Akpabio and Stephanie Maa"