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Grace-Charis Bassey Effah (born 14 December 1989) is a Nigerian actress and presenter. She has won six awards throughout her career, including the Most Promising Act of the Year award at the 9th Africa Movie Academy Awards.[1] She changed her name after an encounter with God to Grace-Charis Bassey.[2]

Belinda Effah
Belinda Effah at the 2020 AMVCA
Born	Uyu Effah (1989-12-14) 14 December 1989 (age 32) Cross River State, Nigeria
Nationality	Nigerian
Occupation	Actress
Years active	2005–present
Children	1
Website	www.belindaeffahofficial.com

Early life and education

Grace-Charis Bassey was born Uyu Effah[3] on 14 December 1989 in Cross River State, a coastal state in Southern Nigeria.[4] Her father, Lieutenant Commander Asido Bassey Effah, was a commander in the Nigerian Navy.[5]

She had her primary and secondary education at Hillside International Nursery & Primary School and Nigerian Navy Secondary School, Port Harcourt respectively. She furthered her studies at the University of Calabar, majoring in Genetics and Bio-Technology.[6] While in secondary school, she adopted the first name Belinda after her brother suggested that she and her siblings change their names.[7] According to an interview with The Punch Newspaper, she claimed that the disciplinary nature of her dad towards his 14 children was very helpful in shaping her career.

Career

She made her Nollywood television debut in the 2005 TV series Shallow Waters. Afterwards, she took a break from the series to feature in the reality show Next Movie Star. She finished 5th, and was never evicted from the house.[8][9]

She was once a television presenter for Sound City, a Nigerian Entertainment cable station. However, she left the station to start her own TV show titled Lunch Break with Belinda.[10][11]

She is the CEO and founder of GCB Empire, a Nigeria-based clothing and fashion brand.[12]

In 2022, Iké Udé's portrait of her was featured in the Nollywood Portraits exhibition at the Smithsonian National Museum of African Art.[13]

Television

Year	Television	Role
2005	Shallow Waters
	The Room
2011	Tales of Eve	Simi

Filmography

Year	Film	Role
	Java's House
2012	Kokomma	Kokomma
2012	Mrs. Somebody
2013	Alan Poza	Bunmi
2013	Lonely Hearts	Aima
2013	Misplaced
2013	The Hunters
2013	Cat and Mouse
2013	Princess Ekanem
2013	After the Proposal	Oyinye
2014	Udeme Mmi	Ima
2014	Apaye	Young Yepayeye
2014	Bambitious	Bambi
	Bigger Ladies
	Azonto Babes
	Ojuju Calabar
2015	Jump and Pass
2015	The Banker	Daisy Aburi
2015	Stop
2015	Keeping Secret
2015	Luke of Lies	Shola
2015	Folly	April
2015	So In Love
2015	Being Single
2015	Heroes and Villains	Kiki
2015	Black Val
2016	Lost Pride	Jenny
2016	Oracles Online	Eme
2016	Melting Point
2018	SA Girl	Effi
2019	Crack
2019	Bursted
2019	Inside Nollywood: Chapter 1	Self
2019	The Devil Within
2019	Miracle	Miracle, Producer
2020	Angel and Gabriela	Gabriela
2020	Secret Twins 1
2020	Secret Twins 2

Accolades

Year	Award	Category	Film	Result
2012	Best of Nollywood Awards	Most Promising Act (female)	Kokomma	Won
	Golden Icons Academy Awards[14]	Best New Actress		Won
2013	Nollywood Movies Awards	Best Rising Star		Won
	Nollywood Movies Awards	Best Indigenous Actress		Nominated
	Africa Movie Academy Awards	Most Promising Act	Udeme Mmi	Won
	Ntanta Award			Won
2014	ELOY Awards[15]	Movie Actress of the Year	After The Proposal	Nominated
2014	2014 Golden Icons Academy Movie Award	Best Supporting Actress	APAYE	Won
2016	Africa Magic Viewers' Choice Awards[16]	Best Actress in a Drama	Stop	Nominated

Personal life

In 2016, she gave birth to a son in the United States. She has kept the identity of the child's father private.

In 2021, she publicly announced that she would like to be addressed as Grace-Charis Bassey rather than as Belinda Effah. She explained that, on 15 August 2020, she had a divine encounter with God that prompted her to change her name to Grace.[17] Charis is a word of Greek origin that also means "grace."

See also

• List of Nigerian actors

References

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