Home Entertainment MOVIES CMR movie landscape: Stephanie Maa announces own era
CMR movie landscape: Stephanie Maa announces own era
Ernest Kanjo / ••Saturday•, 28 •September• 2013 08:47•

stephanieMaa copy

At a budding age of 23, she has already covered a reasonable distance in the art she knows best – acting. Yet, Stephanie Maa still nurses huge ambitions of propelling higher into a brighter future that speaks more than ordinary imagination. That literally explains why the Houston, Texas-based Cameroonian actress explores her performing arts skills to the fullest with the sole intention of producing marketable results. Such results are what Ekei, an Akim Macauley (co-produced by Elian Mambo and Kang Quintus) film currently being shot in Maryland, USA and six other movies have reaped from young actress.

I have this propensity of transforming into any personality the script demands me to with no difficulty,” Stephanie told this writer on Afrikka Radio a couple of days ago. Also explaining her strengths, the up-and-coming actress said she does not choose roles and have no particular direction to which her heart beats – rather she is volatile and that’s what charms her producers and directors.

Relatively young on the movie set, Stephanie who told us she embraced acting at the age of 16 has made herself an artist who matters, not only in her country’s film industry, but beyond. It is therefore not by chance that she has been interlocutor to some of Africa’s finest actors including Desmond Elliot, Ramsey Nouah, Van Vicker and most recently John Dumelo. “I have worked with several renowned African actors but I must confess, John is the one I would love to work with again and again,” Stephanie told African Cocktail, the fast-growing Pan-African show on Ohio’s Afrikka Radio hosted by Ernest Kanjo.

If these frontline actors and others have acknowledged the 23-year-old’s acting prowess, the media have not been indifferent. Recently, a Nigeria online entertainment portal which has certainly been trailing Stephanie, rated her within the first five most popular Cameroonian actresses. “I was surprised but felt really humbled by that classification,” she told us. Stephanie went further:That ranking is an encouragement and I think I won’t relent my efforts in improving on my art.”

But where did this love for acting come from? “I think I was born to act,” Stephanie, born and bred in Cameroon’s capital Yaounde revealed. “From childhood, I have been acting and I think it is just a passion, I love it,” she added. When she spoke about Nollywood’s Genevieve Nnaji, one could easily suggest the latter formed part of Stephanie’s inspiration. “I yearn to work with her, Genevieve Nnaji is my idol in the art,” she recounted.

Stephanie, a final year Nursing student, also reading Engineering regrets not having been able to shoot on a location in her native Cameroon. “I however nurse plans of travelling there at the close of this year and that will be a golden opportunity to shoot in my beloved country,” she told African Cocktail.

Also a model and singer, Staphanie Maa who hails from the Bassa tribe (her mother is Bakossi – a tribe in the South West region of Cameroon) in the Littoral region of Cameroon the talented actress urges potential viewers to go for Ekei as soon as the movie is released, for as she puts it, “I’ve been in her best in this very challenging production.”


•Last Updated on ••Saturday•, 28 •September• 2013 21:22••
418293622 7484176181616363_8241778451874313913_n


LATEST COMMENTS

  • Well, I think the CEA was a very shallow and misgu... More...
  • This is creativity we are talking about, this are ... More...
  • Lovelyn,your pre-selection criterias are ok but i'... More...
  • camhood 4 the better More...
  • fame is gd More...
  • CONGRATULATION. THANK GOD FOR YOU GUYS. CAMEROON S... More...
  • cool girls dat was great but this year we the cons... More...

•Profile Information•

Application afterLoad: 0.000 seconds, 0.41 MB
Application afterInitialise: 0.027 seconds, 2.88 MB
Application afterRoute: 0.034 seconds, 3.57 MB
Application afterDispatch: 0.090 seconds, 6.96 MB
Application afterRender: 0.151 seconds, 8.16 MB

•Memory Usage•

8631288

•25 queries logged•

  1. SELECT *
      FROM jos_session
      WHERE session_id = 'vfka4fto1k6dgac02ekcjg6fn7'
  2. DELETE
      FROM jos_session
      WHERE ( TIME < '1777720271' )
  3. SELECT *
      FROM jos_session
      WHERE session_id = 'vfka4fto1k6dgac02ekcjg6fn7'
  4. INSERT INTO `jos_session` ( `session_id`,`time`,`username`,`gid`,`guest`,`client_id` )
      VALUES ( 'vfka4fto1k6dgac02ekcjg6fn7','1777721171','','0','1','0' )
  5. SELECT *
      FROM jos_components
      WHERE parent = 0
  6. SELECT folder AS TYPE, element AS name, params
      FROM jos_plugins
      WHERE published >= 1
      AND access <= 0
      ORDER BY ordering
  7. SELECT *
      FROM jos_migration_backlinks
      WHERE url LIKE 'entertainment/903-movies/758-cmr-movie-landscape-stephanie-maa-announces-own-era.html%' OR sefurl LIKE 'entertainment/903-movies/758-cmr-movie-landscape-stephanie-maa-announces-own-era.html%'
  8. SELECT m.*, c.`option` AS component
      FROM jos_menu AS m
      LEFT JOIN jos_components AS c
      ON m.componentid = c.id
      WHERE m.published = 1
      ORDER BY m.sublevel, m.parent, m.ordering
  9. SELECT *
      FROM jos_jcomments_settings
  10. SELECT template
      FROM jos_templates_menu
      WHERE client_id = 0
      AND (menuid = 0 OR menuid = 140)
      ORDER BY menuid DESC
      LIMIT 0, 1
  11. SELECT a.*, u.name AS author, u.usertype, cc.title AS category, s.title AS SECTION, CASE WHEN CHAR_LENGTH(a.alias) THEN CONCAT_WS(":", a.id, a.alias) ELSE a.id END AS slug, CASE WHEN CHAR_LENGTH(cc.alias) THEN CONCAT_WS(":", cc.id, cc.alias) ELSE cc.id END AS catslug, g.name AS groups, s.published AS sec_pub, cc.published AS cat_pub, s.access AS sec_access, cc.access AS cat_access  
      FROM jos_content AS a
      LEFT JOIN jos_categories AS cc
      ON cc.id = a.catid
      LEFT JOIN jos_sections AS s
      ON s.id = cc.SECTION
      AND s.scope = "content"
      LEFT JOIN jos_users AS u
      ON u.id = a.created_by
      LEFT JOIN jos_groups AS g
      ON a.access = g.id
      WHERE a.id = 758
      AND (  ( a.created_by = 0 )    OR  ( a.state = 1
      AND ( a.publish_up = '0000-00-00 00:00:00' OR a.publish_up <= '2026-05-02 11:26:12' )
      AND ( a.publish_down = '0000-00-00 00:00:00' OR a.publish_down >= '2026-05-02 11:26:12' )   )    OR  ( a.state = -1 )  )
  12. UPDATE jos_content
      SET hits = ( hits + 1 )
      WHERE id='758'
  13. SELECT id
      FROM jos_menu
     
      WHERE link LIKE '%option=com_search%'
     
      AND TYPE = 'component'
     
      AND published = 1
      LIMIT 0, 1
  14. SELECT id, title, module, POSITION, content, showtitle, control, params
      FROM jos_modules AS m
      LEFT JOIN jos_modules_menu AS mm
      ON mm.moduleid = m.id
      WHERE m.published = 1
      AND m.access <= 0
      AND m.client_id = 0
      AND ( mm.menuid = 140 OR mm.menuid = 0 )
      ORDER BY POSITION, ordering
  15. SELECT m.*, SUM(CASE WHEN p.published=1 THEN 1 ELSE 0 END) AS cnt

      FROM jos_menu AS m

      LEFT JOIN jos_menu AS p
      ON p.parent = m.id

      WHERE m.menutype='mainmenu'
      AND m.published='1'
      AND m.access <= '0'

      GROUP BY m.id
      ORDER BY m.parent, m.ordering
  16. SELECT m.*
      FROM jos_menu AS m

      WHERE menutype='mainmenu'
      AND m.published='1'
  17. SELECT cc.id, cc.userid, cc.comment, cc.name, cc.username, cc.email, cc.DATE, cc.object_id, cc.object_group, '' AS avatar
     
      FROM jos_jcomments AS cc
     
      LEFT JOIN jos_content AS c
      ON c.id = cc.object_id
     
      WHERE cc.published = 1
       
      AND c.access <= '0'
       
      AND (c.publish_up = '0000-00-00 00:00:00' OR c.publish_up <= '2026-05-02 11:26:12')
       
      AND (c.publish_down = '0000-00-00 00:00:00' OR c.publish_down >= '2026-05-02 11:26:12')
       
      AND cc.object_group = 'com_content'
     
      ORDER BY cc.DATE DESC
     
      LIMIT 7
  18. SELECT a.id, a.sectionid, a.access, CASE WHEN CHAR_LENGTH(a.alias) THEN CONCAT_WS(":", a.id, a.alias) ELSE a.id END AS slug, CASE WHEN CHAR_LENGTH(cc.alias) THEN CONCAT_WS(":", cc.id, cc.alias) ELSE cc.id END AS catslug
      FROM jos_content AS a
      LEFT JOIN jos_categories AS cc
      ON cc.id = a.catid
      WHERE a.id = 555
  19. SELECT a.id, a.sectionid, a.access, CASE WHEN CHAR_LENGTH(a.alias) THEN CONCAT_WS(":", a.id, a.alias) ELSE a.id END AS slug, CASE WHEN CHAR_LENGTH(cc.alias) THEN CONCAT_WS(":", cc.id, cc.alias) ELSE cc.id END AS catslug
      FROM jos_content AS a
      LEFT JOIN jos_categories AS cc
      ON cc.id = a.catid
      WHERE a.id = 591
  20. SELECT a.id, a.sectionid, a.access, CASE WHEN CHAR_LENGTH(a.alias) THEN CONCAT_WS(":", a.id, a.alias) ELSE a.id END AS slug, CASE WHEN CHAR_LENGTH(cc.alias) THEN CONCAT_WS(":", cc.id, cc.alias) ELSE cc.id END AS catslug
      FROM jos_content AS a
      LEFT JOIN jos_categories AS cc
      ON cc.id = a.catid
      WHERE a.id = 575
  21. SELECT a.id, a.sectionid, a.access, CASE WHEN CHAR_LENGTH(a.alias) THEN CONCAT_WS(":", a.id, a.alias) ELSE a.id END AS slug, CASE WHEN CHAR_LENGTH(cc.alias) THEN CONCAT_WS(":", cc.id, cc.alias) ELSE cc.id END AS catslug
      FROM jos_content AS a
      LEFT JOIN jos_categories AS cc
      ON cc.id = a.catid
      WHERE a.id = 483
  22. SELECT a.id, a.sectionid, a.access, CASE WHEN CHAR_LENGTH(a.alias) THEN CONCAT_WS(":", a.id, a.alias) ELSE a.id END AS slug, CASE WHEN CHAR_LENGTH(cc.alias) THEN CONCAT_WS(":", cc.id, cc.alias) ELSE cc.id END AS catslug
      FROM jos_content AS a
      LEFT JOIN jos_categories AS cc
      ON cc.id = a.catid
      WHERE a.id = 306
  23. SELECT a.id, a.sectionid, a.access, CASE WHEN CHAR_LENGTH(a.alias) THEN CONCAT_WS(":", a.id, a.alias) ELSE a.id END AS slug, CASE WHEN CHAR_LENGTH(cc.alias) THEN CONCAT_WS(":", cc.id, cc.alias) ELSE cc.id END AS catslug
      FROM jos_content AS a
      LEFT JOIN jos_categories AS cc
      ON cc.id = a.catid
      WHERE a.id = 386
  24. SELECT a.*,  CASE WHEN CHAR_LENGTH(a.alias) THEN CONCAT_WS(":", a.id, a.alias) ELSE a.id END AS slug, CASE WHEN CHAR_LENGTH(cc.alias) THEN CONCAT_WS(":", cc.id, cc.alias) ELSE cc.id END AS catslug
      FROM jos_content AS a
      INNER JOIN jos_categories AS cc
      ON cc.id = a.catid
      INNER JOIN jos_sections AS s
      ON s.id = a.sectionid
      WHERE a.state = 1
      AND ( a.publish_up = '0000-00-00 00:00:00' OR a.publish_up <= '2026-05-02 11:26:12' )
      AND ( a.publish_down = '0000-00-00 00:00:00' OR a.publish_down >= '2026-05-02 11:26:12' )
      AND s.id > 0
      AND a.access <= 0
      AND cc.access <= 0
      AND s.access <= 0
      AND s.published = 1
      AND cc.published = 1
      ORDER BY a.created DESC
      LIMIT 0, 25
  25. SELECT a.*, CASE WHEN CHAR_LENGTH(a.alias) THEN CONCAT_WS(":", a.id, a.alias) ELSE a.id END AS slug, CASE WHEN CHAR_LENGTH(cc.alias) THEN CONCAT_WS(":", cc.id, cc.alias) ELSE cc.id END AS catslug
      FROM jos_content AS a
      LEFT JOIN jos_content_frontpage AS f
      ON f.content_id = a.id
      INNER JOIN jos_categories AS cc
      ON cc.id = a.catid
      INNER JOIN jos_sections AS s
      ON s.id = a.sectionid
      WHERE ( a.state = 1
      AND s.id > 0 )
      AND ( a.publish_up = '0000-00-00 00:00:00' OR a.publish_up <= '2026-05-02 11:26:12' )
      AND ( a.publish_down = '0000-00-00 00:00:00' OR a.publish_down >= '2026-05-02 11:26:12' )
      AND a.access <= 0
      AND cc.access <= 0
      AND s.access <= 0
      AND s.published = 1
      AND cc.published = 1
      ORDER BY a.hits DESC
      LIMIT 0, 15

•Language Files Loaded•

•Untranslated Strings Diagnostic•

•None•

•Untranslated Strings Designer•

•None•