| Cameroonian actress to further career in American |
| Monday, 13 September 2010 16:42 |
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She has starred in Audacity of Love, a 52-episode serial currently on CRTV. Before the recent exploit, Fri Louisa put up a great performance in My Successor, a previous production of the same house, Premiere Films, screened on Cameroon's State-run television last year. She has featured in several other movies, some yet to be released. The young actress whose passion for acting is immeasurable will surely only get on a Cameroonian set at an undetermined occasion. She would therefore begin a new experience doing Cameroonian stories from the diaspora and especially in the USA. What about seeking a Hollywood career? That is not rolled out. Louisa flew from Cameroon after securing an American visa, coming from a DV 2010 blessing. The SwissAir airbus ferrying the talented movie star to Obama's country touched the Houston airport runway at 20:45pm American time on 9 September 2010, ushering Louisa to her new life in the US. Before leaving Cameroon, the actress told TIPTOPSTARS she was going to miss the film industry back home. "That will not however stop me from contributing to its growth from the diaspora," she said. And pledged: "This thing has been my passion and there is no way I'm gonna stop acting." "I however gonna miss my colleagues, directors, producers and fans," she went further. Weeks before taking off, the movie star engaged in philanthropic activities under the banner of HelpAIDSOrphans, a USA-based NGO with a branch in Cameroon. She was spotted in orphanages distributing gifts to disadvantaged children and telling them how |
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