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Cynthia Shalom // (listen) (born 18 March 1988) is a Nigerian actress,[1] producer, and businessperson. She won season 11 of the reality show, Next Movie Star.[2][3] She has since then featured in several Nollywood films. She was featured in the M-net TV series Tinsel.

Cynthia Shalom
Shalom in 2020
Born	(1988-03-18) 18 March 1988 (age 34) Ede, Osun State, Nigeria
Alma mater	University of Port Harcourt
Occupation	Actress, producer, businessperson
Years active	2015 - present

Early life and education

Cynthia Shalom was born in Ede, Osun State, Nigeria. She is the first daughter from a family of three sons and two daughters. She had her Primary and Secondary Education in Port Harcourt where she lived with her parents.[4] Having obtained a degree in Management from the University of Port Harcourt and an Acting certification from the Africa International Film Festival (AFRIFF) talent development workshop,[5] In an interview with Vanguard Nigeria she said she relocated to Lagos to pursue her career in acting.[6]

Career

Shalom was the winner of the Next Movie Star Reality Show in 2015/2016.[7] She made her acting debut in Monalisa Chinda’s Talk show titled You & I with Monalisa. She told The Punch that rejections were one of the hurdles she had to surmount while starting out in Nollywood.[8] In 2016, she was cast in her first feature film An Hour With The Shrink with Annie Macaulay-Idibia, Gbenro Ajibade, and Segun Arinze.[9] Shalom co-starred with Desmond Elliot in The Damned an Irokotv film.[10][11] In 2018, Shalom started her film production company, Cynthia Shalom Productions. Her role in one of her movies titled Chain,[12] which features Eddie Watson, Enado Odigie, Emem Ufot, earned her two individual nominations; Best Actress in a Leading role and Most Promising Actress at the 2019 Best of Nollywood Awards.[13][14]

Selected filmography

Films

• Next Movie Star (2015/2016)
• Iquo’s Journal (2015).[15]
• An Hour With The Shrink (2016)
• Thorns of love (2016)
• No I Dont (2017)
• The Damned (2017)
• Roberta (2017)
• Karma (2017)
• Ebomisi (Irokotv) (2018).[16]
• Chain (2018)
• Driver (2018)
• Altered Desire (Africa Magic) (2019)
• Beauty in the Broken (Irokotv) (2019)
• The Second Bed (2020).
• Back to the Wild (Irokotv) (2019)
• Love Castle (2019)
• Rachel’s Triumph (2019)
• Shut (2020)
• Fading Blues (Irokotv) (2020)
• Wind of Desire (2020)
• Birth Hurts (2020)
• Love Castle (2021)

Television

• Dear Diary Season 2 (2016).[17]
• Tales of Eve (2017)
• I5ive (2019)
• Jela (2019)
• Tinsel (2017-present)

Awards and nominations

Year	Event	Prize	Result	Ref
2016	All Youth Tush Awards	Next Rated Act(Female)	Nominated
2019	Maya Awards Africa	Nollywood's New Bride	Nominated
2019	Best of Nollywood Awards	Best Actress in a Leading Role	Nominated	[18][19]
		Most Promising Actress	Nominated

References

External links

• Cynthia Shalom at IMDb 

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Cynthia Shalom es una actriz, productora y empresaria nigeriana. Participó y ganó la onceava temporada del reality show Next Movie Star.[1][2] Desde entonces ha participado en películas de Nollywood y en la serie de televisión Tinsel de M-net.

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