MY LOVE FOR TUNDE KELANI-UK SCREEN QUEEN, WUNMI MOSAKU
Oluwunmi Olapeju Mosaku, born in Zaria,Nigeria 25 years ago
is one of the few British actresses of Nigeria origin who make one feels proud
to be black. Wunmi Mosaku as she is popularly known schooled in England and
since 2006 has been making her mark on British screen especially BBC and ITV. Her
works which span film, TV and radio include, Sold, Never Better, Doctors, Women
Of Troy(as Helen of Troy),Stolen, I am A Slave, Citadel, The Bill ,Silent
Witness and so on.
In 2008, she was featured at the National Portrait Gallery
in the UNDEREXPOSED Exhibition aim at highlighting the under representation of
black actresses in the British world. Silver Screen Magazine proudly had her as
the Cover as UK star of tomorrow. Nylon’s Magazine featured her
in the June-July,2011 Hollywood issue while she was named as one of
seven fresh faces in the Toronto Film Festival,2011.
At the Indigo,O2 on the 16th of October, Wunmi
was the proud winner of Female Personality of the year(TV) and with her
signature smile, ever wider .she says she has been quite lucky in the Industry
especially with a superlative Agent but feels most times the audience yearning
for basically known faces allow people like Models or other Celebs who were not
properly trained in the Art to flood the industry at the detriment of
professional Actors. And as a black actress competing with other big names,
cross over parts might not come very easily. In Nollywood, she reveals she has
seen a few works but will really love to work with Ace Cinematographer and Film
Maker, Mainframe CEO Tunde Kelani because of his superlative works which she
says can compete with the best any where in the world.
She confessed she narrowly missed meeting the Movie Magician
at a Wedding of a Family friend a few years back as he left before she got
there yet,she has been following his work keenly.
We can only hope Uncle Kelani is reading this if the
genuineness we read in Wunmi’s aura and words is anything to go by.
WUNMI MOSAKU,pix credit,flashforwardpublicity.co.uk
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