{"id":283385,"date":"2018-12-08T21:14:07","date_gmt":"2018-12-08T20:14:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nigerianfinder.com\/?p=283385"},"modified":"2019-08-05T10:36:53","modified_gmt":"2019-08-05T09:36:53","slug":"rahama-sadau-biography-age-movies-family-career","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nigerianfinder.com\/rahama-sadau-biography-age-movies-family-career\/","title":{"rendered":"Rahama Sadau: Biography, Age, Movies, Family & Career"},"content":{"rendered":"

Rahama Sadau is one of the fast-rising actresses in Nigeria.<\/a> She has been involved in the Hausa film industry otherwise known as Kannywood.<\/p>\n

Over the last few years, Rahama has successfully transitioned to mainstream Nollywood from her Kannywood background. She is also a model and can speak Hausa, English, Hindi and a bit of Arabic.<\/p>\n

In this post, we take a look at her life from her early years to her current sojourn in Nollywood.<\/p>\n

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Early life<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Rahama was born Rahama Ibrahim Sadau on the 7th of December 1993 in Kaduna, Nigeria. She has four siblings; Fatima Sadau, Zainab Sadau, Haruna Sadau and Aisha Sadau.<\/p>\n

Education <\/strong><\/h2>\n

The actress was raised in Kaduna where she attended Labayi International School for her nursery and primary education. She proceeded to Kaduna Capital School for her junior secondary education before transferring to Misbaul Islam for her senior secondary school.<\/p>\n

Awards <\/strong><\/h2>\n

She received the award for the Best Actress (Kannywood) at the City People Award 2014. She also won the Best African Actress at the 19th African Film Awards by African Voice \u2013 Britain\u2019s No.1 African Newspaper.<\/p>\n

Career <\/strong><\/h2>\n

Rahama Sadau is often referred to as \u201cPriyanka\u201d after the popular Indian actress. She is also revealed in an interview that Priyanka Chopra is her role model.<\/p>\n

The actress is one of the few Hausa on-screen characters who speak both English and Hindi languages fluently. She played a few minor roles before her role in the movie, \u201cGani ga Wane\u201d alongside the popular Kannywood actor Ali Nuhu shot her into the limelight.<\/p>\n

Rahama revealed in an interview that acting for her was a profession she has always loved to do since childhood. But she was discouraged a lot initially as she never got to meet the right producers. Finally, she met a particular producer that saw her talent and he was able to give her the platform to showcase her acting talent.<\/p>\n

In 2016, Rahama began featuring in a movie series on EbonyLife TV and on 15 October 2016, she confirmed via her Twitter account that she had been invited to Hollywood by Akon and Jeta Amata.<\/p>\n

Philanthropy<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Besides acting, Rahama is also involved in charity works. She once visited an IDP camp in Wasa, Abuja, Nigeria. This was organized by her NGO, Ray of Hope. Rahama also participated in the 2015 Cancer day Walk organized by Medicaid.<\/p>\n

The actress also revealed in an interview that she is currently exploring possibilities of using her fame for a good cause as she intends to pursue various causes such as girl education,<\/a> women empowerment and women\u2019s rights as well as gender equality.<\/p>\n

Movies<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Rahama began acting in 2013 and below are some of the movies she has featured in.<\/p>\n