Irene Pancras Uwoya (born December 18, 1988), is a Tanzanian actress, producer and entrepreneur she is best known for her name Irene Uwoya and for her movie role Oprah. Beginning her professional career in 2007 along with others bongo movie actors such as Vincent Kigosi, Steven Kanumba and many more.[1][2]

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Early life

Uwoya was born on December 18, 1988, in Dodoma, Tanzania, She started her primary school in Mlimwa School and later moved to Bunge School in Dar-es-salaam, she Later went to Greenville, in Kampala Uganda for secondary education .

Personal life

In 2008 Irene married the Rwandan football player and the captain of the Rwanda international selection Hamad Ndikumana who later died. In 2011 the couple had one child named Krish and a few years later the couple split. In 2017 she married again, this time to the bongo flava musician Abdulaziz Chande known professionally as Dogo Janja.

Career

In 2006 she contested in the Miss Tanzania Beauty Pageant and became 5th; Wema Sepetu was crowned Miss Tanzania 2006/07.

Irene Uwoya began her career as an actress in Bongo Movies in 2007.[3] She been featured in more than 20 movies in and out of Tanzania.

Filmography

Film

Television

Awards and nominations

This list is incomplete; you can help by adding missing items. (December 2021)

External links

• Official Filmography Website

References