Beverly Ifunaya Bassey well known as Beverly Naya is a British-born Nigerian actress. In this article, You are going to discover interesting facts about Beverly Naya, such as her birthday (age), career, net worth, awards, and several other facts.

In addition to being an actress, Beverly is also a model, producer, scriptwriter, and entrepreneur.

Early life & eduction

Beverly is a descent of Ibuzor, in Delta State, Nigeria. However, she was born and brought up in London.

She had her early education in the United Kingdom and studied philosophy, psychology, and sociology at Brunel University, Uxbridge, England.

She also explored script-writing and film-making at Roehampton University.

Birthday & age; How old is Beverly Naya?

Beverly Naya was born on the 17th of April 1989. Hence, she is currently 35 years old.

If you are one of her fans, you might want to create some time to send her some good wishes on her special day.

Is Beverly Naya married? Any kids?

The beautiful and talented actress is not yet married and has no kid yet.

We promise to keep you posted If anything about her marital status pops up.

Career

There is no doubt Beverly has a passion for acting. Having left her field of study to dive into acting. She commenced her acting career at 17.

In an interview with BellaNaija, she explained that she relocated to Nigeria because of the rapid growth of Nollywood, and the opportunities that it creates for aspiring actors.

In another interview, she cited Ramsey Nouah and Genevieve Nnaji as her mentors.

Moreover, during an interview with Encomium Magazine, she was asked why she returned to Nigeria she said,

“After I graduated from university, I just knew that I wanted to act, I knew I wanted to act, and in London, I could shoot a film probably once in a year and that’s it.

“Whereas coming to this industry, I can build a brand as well as shoot films more often and be given a more diverse amount of scripts. So, I decided to come back for that reason,” she added.

Movies

After joining the Nigeria movie industry Beverly has acted in over 100 movies.

Here are some of the movies she has features in

• Tinsel
• Guilty Pleasures
• Home in Exile  
• Death Waters
• Up Creek Without a Paddle
• Weekend Getaway
• Alan Poza
• Forgetting June
• Make a move
• Stripped
• When Love Happens
• Brother’s Keeper
• Before 30
• Oasis
• Skinny Girl in Transit
• Suru L’ere
• The Wedding Party
• Dinner
• The Arbitration
• Affairs of the Heart
• Shift Lemme Faint (Stage Play)
• The Wedding Party 2
• Dibia
• Something Wicked
• Fractures
• Catch her
• Chief Daddy
• Shijuwomi
• Lockdown
• Fifty Shades Of Black (a documentary)
• In Sickness and Health
• Demon Inside
• The Eve  
• The Picture Perfect (10 years later)
• Skin (a documentary)  
• Cold Feet
• Jumbled
• Across The Rising Sun.

Awards & nomination

Having starred in several movies Beverly has earned lots of awards and has been nominated for others.

Here are some of her awards and nominations

• Most Promising Talent at the Best of Nollywood Awards
• 2010 Fast Rising Actress at the City People Entertainment Awards
• 2011 ELOY Awards nominee for the TV Actress of the Year
• 2014 Nominated for the African Magic Viewers’ Choice Award (AMVCA) in the Best Supporting Actress
• She also won the 2016 Best Actress at the Toronto International Nollywood Film Festival (TINFF)
• 2018 Forbes 30 under 30 Awards, Africa
• 2018 Official selection (Skin) at the Urban World Film Festival
• 2019 Official selection (Skin) at the San Francisco Black Film Festival
• In addition to that, in 2019 ‘Skin’ was officially selected at the Africa World Documentary Film Festival
• The documentary – Skin, is an official selection of the 2019 iREP International Documentary Film Festival.

Beverly Naya Endorsements deals

Here are some of her endorsement deals

• Beverly Naya is currently a brand ambassador for Schweppes Nigeria.
• LG Africa endorsed Beverly Naya as one of its brand ambassadors.
• Beverly Naya was the host of the Verve Life 2019 edition.
• Darling Nigeria also signed an endorsement deal with Beverly Naya to be the brand ambassador of its numerous range of products.
• Beverly Naya is also an ambassador for Nivea Nigeria.

Net worth

There is no exact figure of her net worth online. We promise to keep you posted if an official statement about her comes net worth is made.

Other interesting facts about Beverly Naya

Furthermore, Beverly Naya is the founder of the #FiftyShadesOfBlack campaign, and the Be Naya Company.

Here’s a summary of Beverly Naya’s profile

• Full name: Beverly Ifunaya Bassey
• Date of birth: 17th April 1989.
• Age: 35 years old.
• State of Origin: Delta state
• Marital status: Single
• Years active: 2008 till present
• Nationality: Nigerian