POPULAR NOLLYWOOD STAR KRISTIE EKONG DAZZLES FANS IN MULTIPLE ROLES

Super Actress: Kristie Ekong

Nollywood has come of age and carved its impact on a worldwide
audience. As the big old names gradually become less visible, movie audiences
in Nigeria and other countries have been rewarded with outstanding performances
and the ever rising profile of pretty Miss Kristie Ekong from Akwa Ibom State of
Nigeria.

Having become a registered actress with the Actors Guild of
Nigeria (AGN) in the year 2009 shortly before her call to the National Youth
Service Corps programme, the young queen of the stage returned with full zeal
and determination to the movie making theater in the year 2011.

Kristie Ekong playing the daring role of a priestess

Despite the fact that Kristie is constantly on the move to
different film locations within and outside the country, Leisure Quest managed
to grab an interview with her when she signed up with the wave making movie
house: INNERSTREGNTH PRODUCTIONS, founded in 2016 by prolific actress/producer:
Sedater Saviour.

While onset of the movie CHRONICLES OF MMACHI, shot in the
dense forests and hills of Illah in Delta State, Kristie Ekong Ada told Leisure Quest that although she has
been very active playing diverse roles in several movies over time, signing up
with INNERSTRENGTH PRODUCTIONS has made all the difference in her career.

Miss Ekong with Veteran Nollywood actors on set of The Local Chief

Kristie Ekong acting alongside the maverick of Nollywood: Zack Orji

ADVICE FOR MOVIE MAKERS

Kristie Ekong emphatically states that working with the
highly talented and experienced Sedater Saviour has made her to realize that
what will take Nollywood to the level of Hollywood is when producers and
directors up their game. Miss Ekong advised movie makers to borrow a leaf from
the production prowess of Sedater Saviour by ensuring that they do proper research
and undergo the right training before venturing into movie production. The
popular actress also said that actors and actresses also require training but affirmed
that training does not necessarily formal
education although being fluent in the languages used in the movies is an
important factor.

Celebrating a career with a promising future

CHALLENGES

Kristie Ekong who holds a Bsc in Genetics/Bio-Tech from the
University of Calabar, told Leisure Quest that when she started out in formal
acting, she was living in Enugu and at the time she couldn’t speak the
indigenous language of the people around her and whom she worked with. At some
point (as she recalls) someone even told her she should go back to her state
because she would never make it in the industry. However, the young mega star
said she took this as a challenge and it spore her to put in her very best and
before she knew it, she was acting side by side with virtually all the big
names in Nollywood.

In the movie My Side of the Story, Kristie stars alongside Ngozi Ezeonu and many other big names in the industry

RECENT OUTINGS

Kristie Ekong says it would be an uphill task to know how
many movies she played lead and second lead roles in. She however said she had great
outings in the movies: Blood Money, Idemili (a historic epic), Sunny Bobo, Treasure, My Brother My Enemy, The Storm, My
Side of the Story and Freedom In Chain and The Local Chief.

Kristie Ekong the Fashionista

HOBBIES

Kristie Ekong is a fashion designer/dress maker but she
insists that she was born an actress and acting is her first hobby and career.

FUTURE PLANS

The popular actress said that she plans to delve into script
writing in the future. She said although she missed out on an opportunity to do
a movie shoot in Germany in the year 2016, she has plans to be on the world
stage and dreams of the day when she will star alongside big names in Hollywood
and the European film world.

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