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Yvonne Jegede Bags 9 Awards in a Night

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Nigerian Nollywood actress Yvonne Jegede has bagged nine awards in a night at the Toronto International Nollywood Film festival.

Yvonne took to her Instagram page to celebrate her new feat in a post where she also shared a hint into an upcoming movie.

An excited Yvonne wrote, “We just bagged 9 out of 10 awards at the Toronto International Nollywood Film Festival (TINFF 2021).”

“ALLOW ME TO BRAG because I BRAG DIFFERENT”, she added.

The 38 years old mother also shared an upcoming movie she co-produced ‘Marrying a Campbell’.

She wrote: “I co-produced a movie Marrying A Campbell (MAC) to be released in 2022.”

She also added

“Story by Yvonne Jegede”

“Script by Yvonne Jegede, Patrick Nnamani and Jane Odogwu.”

“I acted”

“I co-Executive produced.”

The upcoming movie Marrying a Campbell tells the story of Rachel Campbell, a wealthy socialite from Nigeria who, as a mother of four beautiful daughters, she takes pride in the success of her family.

The movie has received an award in the following category: Best Actor, Best Actress, Best Actor (African Film), Best Movie Director Africa, Best First Feature – Africa, Best Comedy Drama – Nollywood, Best Movie Producer – Africa.