Anne Kansiime is a famous Ugandan comedienne, entertainer, actress
and writer in fun factory. She was born in 13 April 1987 Mparo Village, Kabale
district in the west part of Uganda.
She was born in her
father is a retired banker, and her mother is a house wife. Kansiime attended various
schools such as Kabale and Bweranyangi Girls’in primary and secondary school.
She holds a Bachelor of Arts in social science from Makerere University in
Uganda
While still an undergraduate at Makerere
University in 2007, Kansiime began to participate in drama skits acted by the
theatre group Theatre Factory, who played at the Uganda National Theatre
in Kampala’s central business district. When Theatre Factory disintegrated, she
joined Theatre Fun that replaced it. The group plays every Thursday
evening. The best skits were broadcast on NTV Uganda in the Barbed Wire
TV show that later became U-Turn. She partnered with Brian Mulondo as a
Taxi interview conductor in the MiniBuzz series and provided comic video
dramatizations of topical issues that random passengers discussed.
According to some of her recorded interviews that
she gave in 2014, Anne began posting some of her sketch comedy skits on
YouTube. And starting receiving positive feedback and that encouraged her to
post more videos. Her screen breakthrough came when Citizen Television from
nearby country, Kenya offered her a slot to produce and present a comedy show
once a week. That is how she came up with the Don't Mess with Kansiime
comedy show. As of November 2014, her YouTube channel had amassed more than 15
million views. Her YouTube videos receive thousands of views and she has
appeared on BBC Focus on Africa. She has played to packed houses in Blantyre,
Gaborone, Kigali, Kuala Lumpur, Lagos, Lilongwe, London and Lusaka.
Kansiime's
comedy style tends to focus on aspects of her personal life. "I like
talking about things that are going on in life, because that's always going to
be different and original," she says. She is married to Gerald Ojok, They
have no children, as of February 2015. At that time, she was in the process of
compiling an album of Children's songs, which she intends to release later in
2015.she attained different awards such as AIRTEL Women of Substance Awards 2014,BEFFTA
2013 (Best Comedian) Winner, Lagos International Festival 2013 (Best Actress) Winner,
Social Media Awards (Favorite Celebrity) winner and African Social Awards
Malaysia (ASAM) – 2013
References
kansiimeanne.ug/videos/
www.ugandaonline.net/.../comedian_k...
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