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Mariam Ndagire
Born
NationalityUgandan
CitizenshipUganda
Occupation(s)Singer, Producer, Actress
Known forMusic & Film production

Mariam Ndagire (born 16 May 1971) is a Ugandan female singer, entertainer,[1] actress,[2] playwright, film director and producer.

Beginnings

She was born in Uganda Kampala city to Sarah Nabbutto and Prince Kizito Ssegamwenge. She went to Buganda Road Primary School, Kampala High School and Nabingo College. While studying Marketing at Makerere University Business School Nakawa and Makerere University school of Music Dance and Drama.[3][4]

Performing career

Ndagire began her acting career while still a student at Kampala High School with the Black Pearls at the then Riverside Theatre.[citation needed] Ndagire is also a Film Producer, Writer & Director on top of being an actress. She has written, directed and acted in Hearts in Piece, Strength of a Stranger, Where We Belong, and Series Tendo Sisters. She also started The Next Ugandan Music, an American Idol style show.[5] Ndagire also started a new training workshop for film makers at her center "The Mariam Ndagire Film and Performing Arts Centre." which holds film workshops for filmmakers every year. Among the workshops' notable participants are Sarah Kisauzi Sentongo an actress with Deception the NTV Uganda TV Series and screenwriter Usama Mukwaya.[6]

Film and television

Year Title Production role Notes
2007 Down This Road I Walk Writer/Director/Producer/Actress Feature Film
2008 Strength Of A Stranger Writer/Director/Producer/Actress Feature Film
2009 Hearts In Pieces Writer/Director/Producer/Actress Feature Film
2010 - On-going Tendo Sisters - TV Series Writer/Director/Producer/Actress TV SERIES-Five Seasons
2011 Where We Belong Writer/Director/Producer/Actress Feature Film
2012 DEAR MUM Writer/Director/Producer/Actress Feature Film
2013 Anything But Love - TV Series Writer/Director/Producer TV SERIES
2013 Belated Trouble Writer/Director/Producer/Actress Feature Film
2013 You Can't Break My Will Writer/Director Short Movie
2015 J-ROSE - TV Series Writer/Director/Producer TV Series

Discography

  • Mulongo Wange (1997)
  • Bamugamba (1998)
  • Onkyaye (2000)
  • Nkusibiddawo (2001)
  • Kamuwaane (2002)
  • Abakazi Twalaba (2003)
  • Akulimbalimba (2004)
  • Ansisiitira (2005)
  • Maama (2007)
  • Majangwa (2009)

References

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