{"id":363355,"date":"2011-04-03T12:25:14","date_gmt":"2011-04-03T12:25:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/04\/03\/i-was-hopeful-%e2%80%93-ama-k-abebrese-2011-amaa-best-actress\/"},"modified":"2011-04-03T12:25:14","modified_gmt":"2011-04-03T12:25:14","slug":"i-was-hopeful-ama-k-abebrese-2011-amaa-best-actress","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/04\/03\/i-was-hopeful-ama-k-abebrese-2011-amaa-best-actress\/","title":{"rendered":"I was hopeful \u2013 Ama K Abebrese, 2011 AMAA Best Actress"},"content":{"rendered":"<div readability=\"46.942148760331\">\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ameyawdebrah.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/ama-k-with-amaa-statuette.jpg\" rel=\"shadowboxpost-4381;player=img;\" title=\"ama k with amaa statuette\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-4382\" title=\"ama k with amaa statuette\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/bb1a118ctte-225x300.jpg.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a>2011 African Movie Academy Awards (AMAA) Best Actress in a Leading Role, Ama K Abebrese says she was hopeful that she would win the award which was recently held in Yenagoa, Bayelsa State, Nigeria. Although Ama couldn\u2019t attend the ceremony because she is currently filming in Ho, Volta Region, she monitored events in Bayelsa and when she received a call from the Ghanaian delegation confirming that she had won the nod, she was overwhelmed with joy. <span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>\t<!-- google ad injected by adsense-optimizer http:\/\/www.adsenseoptimizer.de --><\/p>\n<p>According to Ama, she was honoured to be nominated along with some of the best actresses in Africa; and even more excited that her first lead role earned her one of the most coveted prizes in African cinema. She also commented that the win only signifies more hard work and that she wouldn\u2019t let her new status as the \u2018best actress in Africa\u2019 get into her head.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ameyawdebrah.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/ameyaw-debrah-presenting-award-to-ama-k-abebrese.jpg\" rel=\"shadowboxpost-4381;player=img;\" title=\"ameyaw debrah presenting award to ama k abebrese\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-4383\" title=\"ameyaw debrah presenting award to ama k abebrese\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/5bf870bdese-292x300.jpg.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"292\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a>Ama finally had the opportunity to hold and kiss her trophy when it was presented to her at a press conference in Ho, for the new movie, \u2018Ties that Bind\u2019, which she is again shooting with filmmaker, Leila Djansi. Ama was adjudged the \u2018Best Actress\u2019 for her role as an abused wife in Leila Djansi\u2019s psychological drama, \u2018Sinking Sands\u2019. She picked up the award ahead of Nollywood\u2019s Genevieve Nnaji (Tango with Me), Omoni Oboli (Anchor Baby), Idiat Shobande (Aramotu), DR Congo\u2019s Manie Malone (Viva Riva) and South Africa\u2019s Denise Newman (Shirley Adams).<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/bb1a118ctte-225x300.jpg-150x150.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Read the original: <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> 2011 African Movie Academy Awards (AMAA) Best Actress in a Leading Role, Ama K Abebrese says she was hopeful that she would win the award which was recently held in Yenagoa, Bayelsa State, Nigeria. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-363355","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.0 - 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