An industry veteran at such a young age, Michelle Bello isn’t just a pretty face gracing your TV screens with her acting prowess. A lot of people know her from her role as the beautiful Omowunmi Banjo on the hit TV series HUSH but there is definitely more to this young tall drink of water than meets the eye.
You don’t have to agree with us…yet, but by the end of this article; we are sure you will agree with us that Michelle Bello is the real TTP (The Total Package).
Interesting factoids about Michelle Bello:
In 2007, Bello worked with prominent TV producer and presenter Mo Abudu as an Associate Producer on her hit MNet TV show Moments with Mo.
She produced the award-winning music video ‘Greenland’ for well-known artist and photographer T.Y. Bello.
Michelle produced and directed her first feature film called Small Boy in late 2007.
The movie became an instant success in the US and was nominated for two awards at the American Black Film Festival in Los Angeles the following year. The nominations were the Heineken Red Star Award for 'Innovation in Film' and the Target Filmmaker Award for 'Most Inspirational Film'.
On the home front, Small Boy went on to win two African Movie Academy Award for 'Best Art Direction' and 'Best Young Child Actor' in April 2009. The movie premiere took place in Lagos, Nigeria in May 2010.
Michelle is the first female Nigerian director to have a UK theatrical release.
Her second feature production Flower Girl, won ‘Best African Film’ in the UK at the Black International Film Festival early November 2013. The movie also screened at the Toronto Black Film Festival in February 2014. Aberdeen and Scotland were the next stop for the film and was released in the cinema in February. It went on to win the Screen Nation Film & Television 2014 Award in the UK for ‘Favourite New Nollywood Film’ in that same month. The film also received nominations for ‘Best Lighting’ at the African Movie Academy Awards 2013, and ‘Best Film’ at the Africa International Film Festival 2013.
Michelle Bello plays the saxophone and piano.
She was associate producer for the 2016 hit movie, Immoral Dilemma.
We are sure that by now, you will agree that Michelle Bello is indeed a force to be reckoned with in the global movie industry and she will be chatting to Uti Nwachukwu tonight.
So tune in tonight (wednesday) on Jara at 22:30 CAT as she will be talking about the challenges she has had to overcome to get this far, as well as her inspirations and driving force; on Africa Magic Urban, DStv Channel 153.Â
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