Fresh from London Film School, Erica Nlewedim set to take industry to heights
Nollywood actress, Erica Nlewedim, who has spent the last few months in Met Film School in London, is back to Nigeria and ready to take the industry.
Speaking on her studentship and experience at Met Film School on Friday in Lagos, Erica said: “The school is right in the Ealing Studios where parts of big movies like Doctor Strange, Two Faces of January, The Lady Killers, were shot.
“We got to experience firsthand how the big budget Hollywood and European movies are produced.
“I learned misner method of acting, improvisation, voice and accent training, monologues, casting and audition techniques, we were taught by the BAFTA (British Academy Of Film and Television Arts) award winning director, Jonas Grimes.
“And I ended my stay by producing my first short film “Mercy Mercy’’ directed by Emmanuel Donaldson,’’ she said in a statement.
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Erica, who came into limelight after her participation in the “Most Beautiful Girl In Nigeria (MBGN)’’ pageantry in 2014, where she won the Most Photogenic award, made the transition from modelling to acting and has not looked back ever since.
Her acting career, officially began in 2015 after she acted in a series “Secrets and Scandals’’ where she played a leading role and since then; she has starred in a good number of television series and films.
Notable among them are “Flatmates’’, “Royal Castle’’, “Being Farouk’’, “Made in Heaven’’, and “Hire A Woman’’ among others.
Erica is also an ambassador for some top brands in Nigeria, modelling for brands like Nature’s Gentle Touch, Access Bank, Zaron Cosmetics, Jumia Online Shopping Mall, Stanbic IBTC Bank and Travel Beta among others.
Riding into Nollywood on the back of a successful modeling career and making steps to boost her continued success while making innovative inputs in the entertainment industry, Erica is definitely on her way to the top. (NAN)
