Mariam Ndagire
Mariam Ndagire (born 16 May 1971) is a Ugandan singer, entertainer, actress, playwright, film director, and film producer.
Mariam Ndagire
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- Name
- Mariam Ndagire
- Born
- 16 May 1971
- Birthplace
- Kampala, Uganda
- Education
- * Makerere University Business School (Higher Diploma in marketing) Diploma in music, dance and drama
- Awards
- BA-AUNT Pearl International Film Festival, 2017
- Occupation
- Singer, film producer, actress, scriptwriter, film director
- Nationality
- Uganda
- Languages
- English
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Mariam Ndagire (born 16 May 1971) is a Ugandan singer, entertainer, actress, playwright, film director, and film producer.
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Mariam Ndagire (born 1971) is an actor, actress and film director, among other activities, a national of Uganda. The actor was born in Kampala.
Mariam Ndagire was educated at Maisha Film Lab and Trinity College Nabbingo. The actor lived in Kampala. Languages used include English.
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• Name — Mariam Ndagire • Born — 16 May 1971 • Birthplace — Kampala, Uganda • Education — * Makerere University Business School (Higher Diploma in marketing) Diploma in music, dance and drama • Awards — BA-AUNT Pearl International Film Festival, 2017 • Occupation — Singer, film producer, actress, scriptwriter, film director
Beginnings and education
Beginnings and education
She was born in Kampala, Uganda's capital city, to Sarah Nabbutto and Buganda's Prince Kizito Ssegamwenge. She attended Buganda Road Primary School, before transferring to Kampala High School, where she completed her O-level education. For her A-Level studies, she attended Trinity College Nabbingo, in Wakiso District, where she graduated with a High School Diploma. She went on to obtain a Higher Diploma in Marketing from Makerere University Business School in Nakawa. Later, she was awarded a Diploma in Music, Dance and Drama, from Makerere University, Uganda's oldest and largest public university.
Performing career
Performing career
Ndagire started out as a theatre actress, at age 15, while still a student at Kampala High School. She went on to join the Black Pearls of Omugave Ndugwa in 1987, where she starred in several plays up until 1993. While there, she co-wrote her first play titled "Engabo Y'addako". Later Ndagire, together with Kato Lubwama and Ahraf Simwogerere formed their own group the Diamonds' Ensemble and they wrote several plays. Ndagire is so passionate about helping young talent find themselves in the performing arts; that is the reason that she started The Next Ugandan Music, an American Idol-style show. Ndagire also started a new training workshop for filmmakers at her center, the Mariam Ndagire Film and Performing Arts Centre MNFPAC, 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. In 2015 Ndagire was appointed by AFRICA MAGIC VIEWERS' CHOICE AWARDS AMVCA to be part of the JURY. In 2019 Ndagire was appointed as a committee member of the Grand Jury of the GOLDEN MOVIE AWARDS AFRICA. • Illustration — Mariam Ndagire with Chris Evan Kaweesi
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 – ongoing — Tendo Sisters — Writer, director, producer, actress — TV series • 2011 — Where We Belong — Writer, director, producer, actress — Feature film • 2012 — Dear Mum — Writer, director, producer, actress — |Feature film • |2013 – on going — Anything But Love — 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 – on going — J-Rose — Writer, director, producer — TV series • 2016 — Vicky's Dilemma — Director, producer — Short Movie • 2016 — Intimate Partner Violence series — Director, producer — Short Movie • 2017 — Nsaali — Writer, director, producer — Feature Film • 2017 – ongoing — BA-AUNT — Writer, director, producer, actress — TV series • 2017 — KAALA — Producer — Short Movie • 2019 - ongoing — OUR PERFECT WEDDING UGANDA — Director, producer — Wedding Reality TV Show • 2020 — On The Otherside — Writer, director, producer — Feature Film • 2021 — My Husband's Wife — Writer, director, producer — Feature Film • 2022 — Kafa Coh — Asha Nkono (Actress) — Feature Film • 2025 — Call 112 — Teopista Ndyanabo — Short film • 2026 — Longing To Belong — Writer, director, producer — Feature Film • 2026 — Ekitiibwa Ky'olubugo — Executive Producer — Documentary Film
Partial discography
• Mulongo Wange (1997) • Bamugamba (1998) • Onkyaye (2000) • Nkusibiddawo (2001) • Kamuwaane (2002) • Abakazi Twalaba (2003) • Akulimbalimba (2004) • Akalaboko (2007) • Maama (2007) • Byonna Twala (2009) • Majangwa (2009) • Oly'omu (2012) • Kiki Onvuma (2014) • Kibun'omu (2016)
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Awards and nominations
List of awards and nominations • Year — Nominated work — Award — Category — Result • 2013 — WHERE WE BELONG — Uganda Film Festival Award — Best Cinematography • 2013 — WHERE WE BELONG — Uganda Film Festival Award — Best Sound • 2017 — BA-AUNT — Pearl International Film Festival — Best TV Drama • 2017 — NSAALI — Pearl International Film Festival — Best Actress "Dinah Akwenyi" • 2017 — NSAALI — Pearl International Film Festival — Best Indigenous Language Film • 2017 — NSAALI — Pearl International Film Festival — Best Sound • 2017 — NSAALI — Pearl International Film Festival — Best Screenplay "Mariam Ndagire" • 2017 — NSAALI — Pearl International Film Festival — Best Director "Mariam Ndagire" • 2017 — NSAALI — Pearl International Film Festival — Best Supporting Actor "Sebugenyi Rogers" • 2017 — NSAALI — Pearl International Film Festival — Best Young Actor "Nalumu Shamsa" • 2017 — NSAALI — Pearl International Film Festival — Best Young Actor "Dinah Akwenyi" • 2017 — NSAALI — Pearl International Film Festival — Best Feature Film • 2018 — BA-AUNT — Zanzibar International Film Festival — Best TV Drama • 2021 — My Husband's Wife — Pearl International Film Festival — Best Actor "Sekimpi Johnmary" • 2021 — My Husband's Wife — Pearl International Film Festival — Best Ugandan Feature Film • 2021 — My Husband's Wife — Pearl International Film Festival — Best Costume • 2021 — My Husband's Wife — Pearl International Film Festival — Best Screenplay "Mariam Ndagire" • 2021 — My Husband's Wife — Pearl International Film Festival — Best Director "Mariam Ndagire" • 2021 — My Husband's Wife — Pearl International Film Festival — Best Supporting Actress "Tania Shakira Kankindi" • 2021 — My Husband's Wife — Pearl International Film Festival — Best Uganda Feature Film • 2022 — My Husband's Wife — Uganda Film Festival Awards — Best Editor "Suuna Peter" • 2022 — My Husband's Wife — Uganda Film Festival Awards — Best Actor "Sekimpi JohnMary" • 2022 — My Husband's Wife — Uganda Film Festival Awards — Best Screenplay "Ndagire Mariam" • 2022 — My Husband's Wife — Uganda Film Festival Awards — Best Supporting Actress "Tania Shakira Kankindi" • 2022 — My Husband's Wife — Africa Magic Viewers' Choice Awards — Best Movie East Africa "Mariam Ndagire"
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- 1.Serugo, Moses. Mariam Ndagire has more where that came from. The Observer (Uganda). 28 February 2010.
- 2.Rafsanjan Abbey Tatya. Mariam Ndagire to release new movie. Daily Monitor. 15 October 2010.
- 3.Stanley Gazemba. Mariam Ndagire Biography. Musicinafrica.net. 14 August 2014.
- 4.Pat Robert Larubi. Strange But True, Mariam Ndagire Narrates Her Accidental Encounter With Music. SoftPower Uganda. 27 April 2018.
- 5.Abu-Baker Mulumba. Ndagire opens Tanuulu. The Observer (Uganda). 26 July 2012.
- 6.Zacht BGentle. Akalaboko (Your Present). 6 February 2007.
- 7.Paul Bill Migadde. Byonna Twala (Take Everything). 8 October 2009.
- 8.Paul Bill Migadde. Majangwa. 5 October 2009.
- 9.Mariam Ndagire. Kiki Onvuma (Why Insult Me?). 10 March 2014.
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