Meet Nigerian-British-Born Actress, Beverly Naya

Her name is Beverly Ifunaya Bassey, popularly known as Beverly Naya, a Nigerian actress and screenwriter.

Beverley Naya was born on April 17, 1989 in London, England in the United Kingdom. She was born and raised in UK. She is currently 34 years old and now based in Lagos state.

Beverly Naya is originally from Igbuzor, Delta state in the south southern part of Nigeria. She is the only child of her parents.

In 2006, at the age of 17, she began her acting career.

After completing her secondary school education, Beverly Naya proceeded to Brunel University and studied psychology, philosophy and sociology. She also studied filmmaking and scriptwriting in Roehampton University in London.

After she graduated from university, she just knew that she wanted to act and in London, she could shoot a film probably once in a year and that’s it. Whereas coming to the Nigerian movie industry, she can build a brand as well as shoot films more often and be given a more diverse amount of scripts.

So, she relocated back to Nigeria and joined Nollywood because of its rapid growth, and the opportunities that it creates for aspiring actors.

Beverly Naya made her debut appearance in a Nigerian movie in titled “Leaving in Exile”.

Due to her outstanding performance in Leaving in Exile, Beverly Naya has earned several movie roles for herself in the industry acting alongside prominent A-list Nollywood actors and actresses like Deyemi Okanlawon, Kate Henshaw, Chidi Mokeme, Nancy Isime, Uche Jombo, Zubby Michael, Chioma Chukwuka, Matilda Obaseki, amongst others.

She is known for Believe in You (2020), Across the Rising Sun (2020) and Kofa (2022).

The British-born is very pretty, skillful, creative and talented actress who is good at interpreting movie roles.

She is very good in acting and also good in interpreting her roles.