Mariam Ndagire

{{Infobox person

| name = Mariam Ndagire

| image = Mariam Ndagire 1.jpg

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1971|05|16|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Kampala, Uganda

| education =

| awards = BA-AUNT Pearl International Film Festival, 2017

| alma_mater = {{plainlist|

Makerere University Business School
(Higher Diploma in marketing)
Diploma in music, dance and drama

}}

| occupation = Singer, film producer, actress, scriptwriter, film director

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Mariam Ndagire (born 16 May 1971) is a Ugandan singer, entertainer, actress, playwright, film director, and film producer.{{cite web| date=28 February 2010 |url=https://www.observer.ug/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=7431:moses-serugo-mariam-ndagire-has-more-where-that-came-from |title=Mariam Ndagire has more where that came from |newspaper=The Observer (Uganda) | access-date=4 February 2018 |first=Moses |last=Serugo | location=Kampala}}{{cite web|date=15 October 2010|url=https://www.monitor.co.ug/artsculture/Entertainment/-/812796/1033294/-/2a233i/-/index.html%20Mariam%20Ndagire%20to%20release%20new%20movie |title=Mariam Ndagire to release new movie | newspaper=Daily Monitor |access-date=4 February 2019 |

author=Rafsanjan Abbey Tatya |location=Kampla}}

Beginnings and education

She was born in Kampala, Uganda's capital city, to Sarah Nabbutto and Buganda's Prince Kizito Ssegamwenge. She attended Buganda Road Primary School, before transferring to Kampala High School, where she completed her O-level education. For her A-Level studies, she attended Trinity College Nabbingo, in Wakiso District, where she graduated with a High School Diploma.{{cite web| url=https://www.musicinafrica.net/directory/mariam-ndagire | title=Mariam Ndagire Biography |publisher=Musicinafrica.net | author=Stanley Gazemba |date=14 August 2014 |access-date=4 February 2019 |location=Johannesburg}}

She went on to obtain a Higher Diploma in Marketing from Makerere University Business School in Nakawa. Later, she was awarded a Diploma in Music, Dance and Drama, from Makerere University, Uganda's oldest and largest public university.

Performing career

Ndagire started out as a theatre actress, at age 15, while still a student at Kampala High School. She went on to join the Black Pearls of Omugave Ndugwa in 1987, where she starred in several plays up until 1993. While there, she co-wrote her first play titled "Engabo Y'addako". Later Ndagire, together with Kato Lubwama and Ahraf Simwogerere formed their own group the Diamonds' Ensemble and they wrote several plays.{{cite web|access-date=4 February 2019 |url=https://www.softpower.ug/strange-but-true-mariam-ndagire-narrates-her-accidental-encounter-with-music/ |title=Strange But True, Mariam Ndagire Narrates Her Accidental Encounter With Music |publisher=SoftPower Uganda |author=Pat Robert Larubi | date=27 April 2018 |location=Kampala}}

Ndagire is so passionate about helping young talent find themselves in the performing arts; that is the reason that she started The Next Ugandan Music, an American Idol-style show. Ndagire also started a new training workshop for filmmakers at her center, the Mariam Ndagire Film and Performing Arts Centre MNFPAC, which holds film workshops for filmmakers every year. Among the workshops' notable participants are Sarah Kisauzi Sentongo, an actress with Deception, the NTV Uganda TV series, and screenwriter Usama Mukwaya.{{cite web|title=Ndagire opens Tanuulu | url=http://www.observer.ug/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=20030:ndagire-opens-tanuulu | newspaper=The Observer (Uganda) |access-date=4 February 2019 |date=26 July 2012 |author=Abu-Baker Mulumba |location=Kampala}}

In 2015 Ndagire was appointed by AFRICA MAGIC VIEWERS' CHOICE AWARDS AMVCA to be part of the JURY

In 2019 Ndagire was appointed as a committee member of the Grand Jury of the GOLDEN MOVIE AWARDS AFRICA

File:Mariam Ndagire & Evans.jpg

Film and television

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Year ! Title ! Production role ! Notes
2007 \| Down This Road I Walk \| Writer, director, producer, actress \| Feature film
2008 \| Strength of a Stranger \| Writer, director, producer, actress \| Feature film
2009 \| Hearts in Pieces \| Writer, director, producer, actress \| Feature film
2010 – ongoing \| Tendo Sisters \| Writer, director, producer, actress \| TV series
2011 \| Where We Belong \| Writer, director, producer, actress \| Feature film
2012 \| Dear Mum \| Writer, director, producer, actress	Feature film
\|2013 – on going \| Anything But Love \| Writer, director, producer \| TV series
2013 \| Belated Trouble \| Writer, director, producer, actress \| Feature film
2013 \| You Can't Break My Will \| Writer, director \| Short movie
2015 – on going \| J-Rose \| Writer, director, producer \| TV series
2016 \| Vicky's Dilemma \| Director, producer \| Short Movie
2016 \| Intimate Partner Violence series \| Director, producer \| Short Movie
2017 \| Nsaali \| Writer, director, producer \| Feature Film
2017 – ongoing \| BA-AUNT \| Writer, director, producer, actress \| TV series
2017 \| KAALA \| Producer \| Short Movie
2019 - ongoing \| OUR PERFECT WEDDING UGANDA \| Director, producer \| Wedding Reality TV Show
2020 \| On The Otherside \| Writer, director, producer \| Feature Film
2021 \| My Husband's Wife \| Writer, director, producer \| Feature Film
2022 \| Kafa Coh \| Asha Nkono (Actress) \| Feature Film

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Year

! Title

! Production role

! Notes

2007

| Down This Road I Walk

| Writer, director, producer, actress

| Feature film

2008

| Strength of a Stranger

| Writer, director, producer, actress

| Feature film

2009

| Hearts in Pieces

| Writer, director, producer, actress

| Feature film

2010 – ongoing

| Tendo Sisters

| Writer, director, producer, actress

| TV series

2011

| Where We Belong

| Writer, director, producer, actress

| Feature film

2012

| Dear Mum

| Writer, director, producer, actress

Feature film

|2013 – on going

| Anything But Love

| Writer, director, producer

| TV series

2013

| Belated Trouble

| Writer, director, producer, actress

| Feature film

2013

| You Can't Break My Will

| Writer, director

| Short movie

2015 – on going

| J-Rose

| Writer, director, producer

| TV series

2016

| Vicky's Dilemma

| Director, producer

| Short Movie

2016

| Intimate Partner Violence series

| Director, producer

| Short Movie

2017

| Nsaali

| Writer, director, producer

| Feature Film

2017 – ongoing

| BA-AUNT

| Writer, director, producer, actress

| TV series

2017

| KAALA

| Producer

| Short Movie

2019 - ongoing

| OUR PERFECT WEDDING UGANDA

| Director, producer

| Wedding Reality TV Show

2020

| On The Otherside

| Writer, director, producer

| Feature Film

2021

| My Husband's Wife

| Writer, director, producer

| Feature Film

2022

| Kafa Coh

| Asha Nkono (Actress)

| Feature Film

Awards and nominations

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+ List of awards and nominations

! Year

! Nominated work

! Award

! Category

! Result

style="text-align:center;" |2013

| WHERE WE BELONG

| Uganda Film Festival Award

| Best Cinematography

| {{nom}}

style="text-align:center;" |2013

| WHERE WE BELONG

| Uganda Film Festival Award

| Best Sound

| {{nom}}

style="text-align:center;" |2017

| BA-AUNT

Mariam Ndagire

Beginnings and education

Performing career

Film and television

Awards and nominations

Partial discography

References

External links