If you are a fan of South Africa’s soap opera scene, you must have watched Generations.
She is a major star in her own right.
Find out what she has been up to with her career and its diversification.
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Abena Ayivor is a Ghanaian-Zambian actress who has ventured into various sections of the industry in South Africa.
Abena Ayivor age is 44 years old.
She grew up with seven other siblings, a huge family indeed.
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This is where the young Abena would go through all her formal education.
The young girl was rebellious to some extent, always getting herself into one sticky situation or the next.
After her role as the rose seller in an Oliver Twist play, she discovered her love for acting.
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For her, her ability to be a different person interested her, and she loved the feeling.
This is when she firmly decided that she wanted to act, just at the tender age of thirteen.
But her father did not see acting or as a sustainable career move.
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He sent to the University of Cape Town to study law.
She graduated in 1998 with a heart full of hope and a mind full of dreams.
She landed the role of stand-in for Angela Bassett during technical set-up.
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This was the first step that propelled her to immense success.
Men would even go to the extent of cat-calling her in clubs, thinking they could easily buy her.
Despite all that, she enjoyed her time on Generations, from 2000 to 2004.
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It is here that those who doubted her career choice began to believe that she could indeed make it.
She then went international again and starred in Charlie Jade, a Canadian Science Fiction drama.
Leaving Generations made her realise just how difficult it is to get work as a freelance actor.
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In Jozi H, Abena was to play the mother to Kwame, a boy with heart disease.
Unfortunately, her real-life brother passed away on January 1st, 2014.
Art can indeed mimic real life in so many ways without one’s realisation.
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This prompted her to diversify her CV.
She turned to films, voice-over acting, and script-writing.
Are you wondering how to become a voice over artist in South Africa?
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Well, this is it.
you’re able to wait for TV networks to advertise the voice-over vacancies.
Despite this, she has never been married or had any children.
So far, Abena Ayivor husband does not exist…but who knows what the future holds.
In an interview, she mentions how beautiful her life is and how well she intends to live it.
Abena Ayivor Instagram is not as active as most actors' pages would be.
She has 423 followers and seven posts only.
Her instagram handle is @abena.ayivor.
On twitter, she has 66 followers and a total of 6 tweets.
Her twitter handle is @abena_ayivor.
Hopefully, she will be willing to share more on her life with the rest of the world.
She has featured in many movies, and series and many more great opportunities and products are to come.
Before joining the team in 2018, Lynn wrote for Kenyan media platforms and several other websites.
She graduated from the University of Nairobi in 2019 with honours after pursuing a BSc.
She is currently studying for a Master’s degree in the same field.
Lynn specialises in writing celebrity biographies, listicles and teasers for popular TV shows.
Contacts; +254707596322, lynnkandie27@gmail.com
