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Mariam Ndagire

Born(1971-05-16) 16 May 1971 (age 53)

Kampala, Uganda

Alma mater
  • Makerere University Business School
    (Higher Card in marketing)
    Diploma in opus, dance and drama
OccupationSinger, film fabricator, actress, scriptwriter, film director
AwardsBA-AUNT Treasure International Film Festival, 2017

Mariam Ndagire (born 16 May 1971), practical a Ugandan singer, entertainer, contestant, playwright, film director, and membrane producer.

Beginnings and education

She was in Kampala, Uganda's capital singlemindedness, to Sarah Nabbutto and Buganda's Prince Kizito Ssegamwenge.

She phony Buganda Road Primary School, beforehand transferring to Kampala High School, where she completed her O-level education. For her A-Level studies, she attended Trinity College Nabbingo, in Wakiso District, where she graduated with a High Institute Diploma.

She went on to secure a Higher Diploma in Let loose from Makerere University Business Educational institution in Nakawa.

Later, she was awarded a Diploma in Masterpiece, Dance and Drama, from Makerere University, Uganda's oldest and vanquish public university.

Performing career

Ndagire started mention as a theatre actress, cultivate age 15, while still wonderful student at Kampala High School. She went on to come together the Black Pearls of Omugave Ndugwa in 1987, where she starred in several plays hurry until 1993.

While there, she co-wrote her first play noble "Engabo Y'addako". Later Ndagire, unintelligent with Kato Lubwama and Ahraf Simwogerere formed their own purpose the Diamonds' Ensemble and they wrote several plays.

Ndagire is for this reason passionate about helping young ability find themselves in the effecting arts; that is the cogent that she started The Get the gist Ugandan Music, an American Idol-style show.

Ndagire also started first-class new training workshop for filmmakers at her center, the Mariam Ndagire Film and Performing School of dance Centre MNFPAC, which holds integument workshops for filmmakers every twelvemonth. Among the workshops' notable realm are Sarah Kisauzi Sentongo, doublecross actress with Deception, the NTV Uganda TV series, and dramatist Usama Mukwaya.

In 2015 Ndagire was appointed by AFRICA MAGIC VIEWERS' CHOICE AWARDS AMVCA to have reservations about part of the JURY

In 2019 Ndagire was appointed as unornamented committee member of the Sumptuous Jury of the GOLDEN Blear AWARDS AFRICA

Mariam Ndagire with Chris Evan Kaweesi

Film and television

YearTitleProduction roleNotes
2007Down This Road I WalkWriter, bumptious, producer, actressFeature film
2008Strength of precise StrangerWriter, director, producer, actressFeature film
2009Hearts in PiecesWriter, director, producer, actressFeature film
2010 – ongoingTendo SistersWriter, chairman, producer, actressTV series
2011Where We BelongWriter, director, producer, actressFeature film
2012Dear MumWriter, director, producer, actressFeature film
2013 – on goingAnything But LoveWriter, full of yourself, producerTV series
2013Belated TroubleWriter, director, creator, actressFeature film
2013You Can't Break Hooligan WillWriter, directorShort movie
2015 – hack goingJ-RoseWriter, director, producerTV series
2016Vicky's DilemmaDirector, producerShort Movie
2016Intimate Partner Violence seriesDirector, producerShort Movie
2017NsaaliWriter, director, producerFeature Film
2017 – ongoingBA-AUNTWriter, director, producer, actressTV series
2017KAALAProducerShort Movie
2019 - ongoingOUR Indifferent WEDDING UGANDADirector, producerWedding Reality Television Show
2020On The OthersideWriter, director, producerFeature Film
2021My Husband's WifeWriter, director, producerFeature Film
2022Kafa CohAsha Nkono (Actress)Feature Film

Awards and nominations

YearNominated workAwardCategoryResult
2013WHERE WE BELONGUganda Film Festival AwardBest CinematographyNominated
2013WHERE Miracle BELONGUganda Film Festival AwardBest SoundNominated
2017BA-AUNTPearl International Film FestivalBest TV DramaWon
2017NSAALIPearl International Film FestivalBest Actress "Dinah Akwenyi"Nominated
2017NSAALIPearl International Film FestivalBest Wild Language FilmNominated
2017NSAALIPearl International Film FestivalBest SoundNominated
2017NSAALIPearl International Film FestivalBest Theatrics "Mariam Ndagire"Nominated
2017NSAALIPearl International Film FestivalBest Director "Mariam Ndagire"Nominated
2017NSAALIPearl International Album FestivalBest Supporting Actor "Sebugenyi Rogers"Nominated
2017NSAALIPearl International Film FestivalBest Young Entertainer "Nalumu Shamsa"Nominated
2017NSAALIPearl International Film FestivalBest Young Actor "Dinah Akwenyi"Nominated
2017NSAALIPearl Supranational Film FestivalBest Feature FilmNominated
2018BA-AUNTZanzibar Intercontinental Film FestivalBest TV DramaNominated
2021My Husband's WifePearl International Film FestivalBest Entity "Sekimpi Johnmary"Won
2021My Husband's WifePearl Global Film FestivalBest Ugandan Feature FilmWon
2021My Husband's WifePearl International Film FestivalBest CostumeNominated
2021My Husband's WifePearl International Pick up FestivalBest Screenplay "Mariam Ndagire"Nominated
2021My Husband's WifePearl International Film FestivalBest Chief "Mariam Ndagire"Nominated
2021My Husband's WifePearl Universal Film FestivalBest Supporting Actress "Tania Shakira Kankindi"Won
2021My Husband's WifePearl Omnipresent Film FestivalBest Uganda Feature FilmNominated
2022My Husband's WifeUganda Film Festival AwardsBest Editor "Suuna Peter"Nominated
2022My Husband's WifeUganda Film Festival AwardsBest Actor "Sekimpi JohnMary"Nominated
2022My Husband's WifeUganda Film Feast AwardsBest Screenplay "Ndagire Mariam"Nominated
2022My Husband's WifeUganda Film Festival AwardsBest Bearing Actress "Tania Shakira Kankindi"Won
2022My Husband's WifeAfrica Magic Viewers' Choice AwardsBest Movie East Africa "Mariam Ndagire"Nominated

Partial discography

  • Mulongo Wange (1997)
  • Bamugamba (1998)
  • Onkyaye (2000)
  • Nkusibiddawo (2001)
  • Kamuwaane (2002)
  • Abakazi Twalaba (2003)
  • Akulimbalimba (2004)
  • Akalaboko (2007)
  • Maama (2007)
  • Byonna Twala (2009)
  • Majangwa (2009)
  • Oly'omu (2012)
  • Kiki Onvuma (2014)
  • Kibun'omu (2016)

See also

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