Step to Fame- Rising Star Keira Hewatch

If you have watched movies like Keche, Two Brides and a Baby and the series Lekki House Wives, then you would definitely have been awed by the highly talented Keira Hewatch. The award winner for BON award in the category of Best Breakout Performance, 2011

This strikingly beautiful dark skinned Calabar born actress found herself to the limelight on our TV screens and she now stars in a new TV series The Present Past, a modern TV drama that showcases utmost talents like the likes of Liz Benson Amaye, Kachi Nnochiri , Nonso Odogwu and a host of others.

Inspired in her early years by the legendry drama, The Sound of Music, Keira recalls desiring to be one of the characters who pretend to tell other people’s stories.

It wasn’t too difficult for Kiera to figure out her path in life as she chose a career in acting which she has confessed to having so much passion for. “My acting profession is my passion. It is not a hobby like some people think but it’s my nine-to-five job.”

Keira’s first break came in the television series Cross Roads produced by Emeka Ossai. In 2010 she starred as the lead, starring alongside Desmond Elliot, in the first but adjudged failed science fiction/ futuristic film, Kajola directed by Niyi Akinmolayan. The film was not well received in Nigerian cinemas.
In 2011, she went on to star as ‘Keche’ , the lead role, in Two Brides and a Baby alongside OC Ukeje, Stella Damasus-Aboderin, Chelsea Eze and Okey Uzoeshi. In 2012 she was nominated as the best new actress in 2012 by the for Golden Icon Academy Awards (GIAMA)
Keira enjoys a bountiful single life as she confesses to being focused on her career at the moment. She works with a charity organization; ‘The Wings of Love Foundation’, focused on helping widows, orphans and young people get off the streets and build positive lives for themselves.