name	30 Days
director	Mildred Okwo
producer	C. Chike Amobi, Ego Boyo, Toyin Dawodu, Mildred Okwo
writer	Mildred Okwo
starring	Genevieve NnajiJoke SilvaSegun ArinzeIyabo AmokeChet AnekweNajite DedeKalu IkeagwuNobert YoungEbele Okaro-OnyiukeEkwi OnwuemeneGbenga Richards
music	Andre Manga
cinematography	Cricket Peters
editing	Ty Rawls
released	2007 (Nigeria)
country
language	English
followed by	}}

''30 Days'' is a Nigerian action thriller film written and directed by Mildred Okwo. The film received 10 nominations at the African Movie Academy Awards in 2008.

Cast[link]

Genevieve Nnaji

Joke Silva

Segun Arinze

Iyabo Amoke

Chet Anekwe

Najite Dede

Kalu Ikeagwu

Nobert Young

Ebele Okaro-Onyiuke

Ekwi Onwuemene

Gbenga Richards

References[link]

External links[link]

Category:2000s thriller films Category:2000s action films Category:English-language films

Name	Genevieve Nnaji
Birth name	Genevieve Nnaji
Birth date	May 03, 1979
Birth place	Mbaise, Imo State, Nigeria
Occupation	Actress, Model, Singer
Years active	1987—present }}

Genevieve Nnaji, MFR (; born May 3, 1979) is a Nigerian actress. In 2005 she won the African Movie Academy Award for ''Best Actress in a Leading Role''. ''CNN'' states that she is referred to as the "Julia Roberts of Africa".

Early life [link]

Nnaji was born in Mbaise, Imo State, Nigeria and grew up in Lagos, Nigeria. The fourth of eight children she was brought up in a middle class environment. Her father worked as an engineer and her mother as a teacher. She attended the Methodist Girls College Yaba before heading onto the University of Lagos. While at the university Genevieve began auditioning for acting jobs amongst the many Nollywood projects.

Career [link]

Nnaji started her acting career as a child actress in the then popular television soap opera ''Ripples'' at the age of 8. In 1998 at the age of 19 she was introduced into the growing Nigerian film industry with the movie “Most Wanted”. Her subsequent movies include ''Last Party'', ''Mark of the Beast'' and ''Ijele''. In 2010 she starred in the award winning film ''Ijé: The Journey''. Nnaji has starred in over 80 Nollywood movies. Genevieve Nnaji is considered to be one of the best paid actresses in Nollywood. In 2004 she signed a recording contract with ''EKB Records'', a Ghanaian record label, and released her debut album ''One Logologo Line'', a mix of R&B;, Hip-Hop and Urban music.

Modelling [link]

Nnaji has featured in several commercials some of which include Pronto beverage and Omo detergent. In 2004 she became the ''"Face of Lux"'' in Nigeria in a highly lucra­tive spon­sor­ship deal. 2008 saw Nnaji launching a clothing line, "St. Genevieve", which donates its proceeds to charity. In May 2010 Nnaji was appointed to be the official ''"Face of MUD"'' in Nigeria.

Awards and nominations [link]

Nnaji has received several awards and nominations for her work, including the ''Best Actress of the year'' award at the 2001 City People Awards and the ''Best Actress in a Leading Role'' award at the 2005 African Movie Academy Awards.

Filmography[link]

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External links [link]

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name	Paloma Faith
background	solo_singer
birth name	Paloma Faith Blomfield
birth date	July 21, 1985
Birth place	Hackney, London, UK
instrument	Vocals
genre	Soul, pop, jazz
occupation	Singer-songwriter, actress
years active	2006–present
label	Epic Records, RCA Records
website	}}

Paloma Faith (born Paloma Faith Blomfield; 21 July 1985) is an English singer-songwriter and actress. In 2009, she released her debut single "Stone Cold Sober" and her debut album, ''Do You Want the Truth or Something Beautiful?'', which was certified Platinum by the British Phonographic Industry. Her album stayed within the top 40 album charts for over forty weeks. The album spawned five singles: "Stone Cold Sober", "New York", title track "Do You Want the Truth or Something Beautiful?", "Upside Down" and "Smoke & Mirrors". Faith also recorded the theme song to the 2010 British film ''4.3.2.1'' and appeared on the charity record "I Put a Spell on You". Faith made her feature film debut in the 2007 remake of ''St Trinian's''. She has since appeared in two more feature films, ''The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus'' and ''Dread''. In March 2010, Faith revealed that she was working on a second album. Almost two years later, Faith announced that her second album would be called ''Fall to Grace'' and will be released on 28 May 2012. It will be preceded by the single "Picking Up the Pieces".

Early life[link]

Faith was born in Hackney, London to a Spanish father and an English mother who split up when Faith was two years old. Faith was raised by her mother in Stoke Newington. As a child, Faith was encouraged to dance by her mother and she took weekly ballet classes in Dalston. After completing her A-Levels, Faith went on to study for a degree in contemporary dance at the Northern School of Contemporary Dance, which Faith describes as "the worst experience of [her] life". Faith then went on to study for an MA in theatre directing at Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design, funding her studies by working various part-time jobs, which included; a sales assistant at Agent Provocateur, a singer in a burlesque cabaret, a life model and a magician's assistant.

Music career[link]

2007–08: Career beginnings[link]

Faith's first foray into music began when she mimicked famous soul and jazz singers including Etta James and Billie Holiday, whom she admired and cites as influences for her own work. Faith met her managers Jamie Binns and Christian Wåhlberg of Lateral Management in 2007. Binns had been tipped off by the producer Peanut, a client who had recently worked with Faith in his studio and been suitably impressed. He met up with Faith shortly afterwards and was "completely blown away", later saying: "I wasn't sure what this girl was going to do - she was an actress and a singer - but there was just something about her in that artistic realness that when I came out of the meeting I called Christian and said, 'We have to do something with this girl!'" Although Faith had been looking for a manager, she was still wary about entering into a formal agreement with Binns and Wåhlberg. She instead wanted to build their relationship before any contracts were signed. The managers spent six months to a year helping Faith with the A&R; process, setting up sessions, and guiding and advising her before Faith was officially signed to Lateral Management.

During her time at college, Faith worked in a pub where the manager asked her to front his band, which they later called 'Paloma and the Penetrators'. During a performance with the band at a cabaret show, Faith was scouted by an A&R; man from Epic Records, who invited Faith to sing for the manager of the label. Twenty minutes into the audition, Faith asked the manager to turn his phone off and when he refused, she walked out. Epic A&R; Joanna Charrington told HitQuarters "When she played a showcase for us it was clear that she was a star but the material was a bit generic. She didn't have the hit songs." Not being one hundred percent convinced the label executives decided to wait. During this time Charrington regularly checked Faith's MySpace page "to see if she had something that had a special direction or sound." After several months her attention was eventually piqued by "Broken Doll", which she thought was a well-crafted song with a "fantastic chorus and brilliant lyrics." Charrington told Epic managing director Nick Raphael "I think we should get this girl back in. She sounds like she is getting it now. We can help her get the songs." Faith revealed in an interview that the manager called her and offered her a contract saying he had seen many acts since and none had been as memorable as her. Faith turned down an opportunity to join Amy Winehouse's band and she began to write and perform her own songs.

Faith's first recognised work was the song "It's Christmas (And I Hate You)", which she recorded as a duet with singer-songwriter, Josh Weller in 2008. Faith's music is influenced by soul and jazz and her singing style has been compared favourably to those of Amy Winehouse and Duffy.

2009–10: ''Do You Want the Truth or Something Beautiful?''[link]

Faith released her debut single, "Stone Cold Sober", in mid-2009 and it reached Number 17 on the UK Singles Chart. Faith's second single, "New York" was released in September 2009. The song made its peak position in early October, peaking at number 15 on the UK Singles Chart. Faith then released her debut album, ''Do You Want the Truth or Something Beautiful?'', on 28 September 2009. Faith wrote or co-wrote all of the songs on the album in the UK, Sweden and America and recorded it entirely in London. It debuted at number 14 on the UK Albums Chart and later peaked at number 9, it remained in the chart for sixteen weeks. The album became BBC Radio 2's 'Album of the Week' from the 19 September 2009. In the same year, Faith appeared as a guest vocalist on Basement Jaxx's ''Scars'' album and on American hip-hop artist MF Doom's album, ''Born Like This''. Faith released her third single, the album's title track, "Do You Want the Truth or Something Beautiful?" on 21 December 2009. The song did not perform as well as Faith's previous singles and failed to reach the top twenty. It peaked at number 64 in January 2010. In March 2010, Faith released her fourth single, "Upside Down", which peaked at Number 55 in the UK. To promote the album, Faith went on her first tour, featuring dates in the UK, Germany and France. On 4 November 2009, Faith announced her first headlining tour of the UK and Ireland starting on 17 March 2010. ''The Times'' described the tour as being "full of theatrical artifice, but based on the rock-solid foundation of [Faith]'s sensational singing voice and a personality that sparkled like a rough diamond". Faith performed a live set for the BBC's ''Radio 2 Introduces...'' and gave an interview to the station's host, Dermot O'Leary. Faith also appeared on current events programme ''This Week'' discussing her views on the British education system with Michael Portillo. During this month she also appeared as a guest on ''Never Mind the Buzzcocks'', performed the song "Upside Down" on ''The Hollyoaks Music Show,'' and performed her single "New York" on ''Friday Night with Jonathan Ross''. She also appeared on the BBC's ''Later with Jools Holland'', recorded on 13 October 2009, and his live Hootenanny on 31 December 2009. Faith performed at numerous festivals throughout that summer, including T4 on the Beach. "Stone Cold Sober" was used as the backing track for a Rimmel commercial starring Lily Cole and the B-side, "I Just Wait", was used in a UK television alcohol awareness advert. Samsung's Corby mobile phone TV commercial featured Faith's "Technicolour" song. Faith became involved in an album artwork competition with BBC Blast in November 2009, in which teenagers won the chance to work alongside leading artists, photographers and music industry professionals to create new publicity artwork for the singer.

During an interview with Mayer Nissim of Digital Spy in March 2010, Faith revealed that she is working on a second album. She also revealed that if she continues to make losses for her record label they will drop her. Faith's manager subsequently refuted any suggestion that her contract with the label was under threat, saying that, on the contrary, debut album UK sales of 500,000 without a hit single is an impressive foundation for a long-term career, and Sony are "smart enough" to recognise that and are 110% behind her. Faith, along with Adam Deacon and Bashy, recorded the theme song to the 2010 British film ''4.3.2.1''. The track, titled "Keep Moving", was released on 28 May 2010. In the same month, Faith performed at the Cheltenham Jazz Festival with the The Guy Barker Orchestra. The performance was broadcast on BBC Radio 2. In June 2010, it was announced that Faith would re-release an updated version of "New York" featuring rapper Ghostface Killah. The single was released on 1 August 2010. Faith released a live EP album following an appearance at the 2010 iTunes Festival. The album charted at number 11 on the iTunes top 200 albums. Faith revealed in a September interview that she would be releasing her new single "Smoke & Mirrors" in October 2010. The track was her final single from her debut album and its video was uploaded to YouTube.

2011–present: ''Fall to Grace''[link]

In January 2011, Faith was nominated for "British Female Solo Artist" at the 2011 BRIT Awards. At the ceremony, Faith performed "Forget You" alongside Cee Lo Green. Faith appears on the charity single "Hard Times" alongside Plan B and Elton John. She also recorded the song "Desire" with Graham Coxon and Bill Ryder-Jones for a Converse campaign. During an interview with Popjustice, Faith revealed her second album would contain more "agony and suffering." The singer also hoped the album would be done with one producer as she wanted a "solid piece of work." She explained "I love the beautiful side of things like that Tom Waitsy, Rufus Wainwrighty, Ed Harcourt sort of stuff, and in contrast I like all the OutKast production, Gnarls Barkley and 'Beggin' and all that sort of sound. Contemporary but with a nod to the past. But you never know. You might just meet someone and something else would make sense." In July 2011, Faith revealed her frustrations about releasing the follow up to ''Do You Want the Truth or Something Beautiful?''. She did not know when the album was going to be completed and said the process was slow. She told Kristy Kelly of Digital Spy, "The album's not finished yet and I'm not sure when it will be. If I had my way it would be out tomorrow, but there are so many other people involved that nothing happens quickly." Faith also admitted being signed to a major record label made her feel under pressure to be instantly successful. On 7 February 2012, a writer for the ''Gloucestershire Echo'' reported Faith had been named as Artist in Residence for the upcoming Cheltenham Jazz Festival.

On 29 February 2012, Faith revealed her second album would be called ''Fall to Grace'' and that it would be released by RCA Records on 28 May 2012. Faith enlisted record producer Nellee Hooper and co-producer Jake Gosling to work with her on the project. Hooper told a writer for ''NME'' that he had not really heard of Faith as he was living in Los Angeles when her first album was released. He said Sony and RCA Records contacted him and suggested he meet her. Of ''Fall to Grace'', Faith said "The new album has taken on a very cinematic mood. I am very excited to introduce my new sound into the world. Working with Nellee Hooper (Björk, Madonna) has been really inspirational." Faith told Dom Gourlay of Contactmusic.com that ''Fall to Grace'' is a personal record about a period of her life. Faith wrote and recorded the album in London. ''Fall to Grace'' will be preceded by the single "Picking Up the Pieces" on 20 May. On 4 April 2012, Alex Fletcher of Digital Spy reported Faith had joined ''The Voice UK'' as one of four guest mentors. Faith will work with coach Danny O'Donoghue during the battle rounds phase of the competition.

Acting career[link]

In 2006, Faith made her primetime television acting debut in the series ''Mayo''. In 2007, Faith appeared in an episode of the BBC police drama ''HolbyBlue'', and in the same year Faith made her feature film acting debut as Andrea in ''St Trinian's''. In 2009, Faith appeared in Terry Gilliam's ''The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus'' as Sally, the girlfriend of the Devil (played by Tom Waits). She also appeared in horror film ''Dread'' as Clara Thornhill. Faith revealed that she was able to attend film auditions during promotion for her debut album, in the hope that she would land a role once all of her album commitments were over. In August 2010, Faith appeared in Channel 4's series ''Coming Up''. She also appears in the short film, ''A Nice Touch'' with Dougray Scott. Faith became attached to appear in Wayne Holloway's untitled punk movie in 2012. She will make an appearance as a cabaret performer in the BBC drama, ''Blandings''.

Discography[link]

;Studio albums ''Do You Want the Truth or Something Beautiful?'' (2009)

''Fall to Grace'' (2012)

;Singles

"Stone Cold Sober" (2009)

"New York" (2009)

"Do You Want the Truth or Something Beautiful?" (2009)

"Upside Down" (2010)

"New York" (feat. Ghostface Killah) (2010)

"Smoke & Mirrors" (2010)

"Picking Up the Pieces" (2012)

Filmography[link]

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2006		Guest	Episode: 1.6
2007	''HolbyBlue''	Donna Reynolds	Episode: 1.7
2007		Various	Episode: 1.4
2007		Andrea	Film debut
2009	''The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus''	Sally
2009		Clara Thornhill
2010	''Coming Up''	Rainy	Episode: "I Don't Care"
2011	''A Nice Touch''	Alma	Short
2012	''Blandings''	Cabaret performer

References [link]

External links[link]

Paloma Faith at Curtis Brown

Paloma Faith portrait competition at BBC Blast

Category:1985 births Category:Blue-eyed soul singers Category:English female singers Category:English film actors Category:English people of Spanish descent Category:Living people Category:People from Hackney Category:Alumni of the Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design Category:People from Stoke Newington

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