Tana Adelana


Christiana Nkemdilim Adelana, popularly known as Tana Adelana, is a Nigerian actress. She won the Best Supporting Actress Category of CITY People's Movie Awards 2017 and was the 2011 winner of the On Air personality of the year at the future Awards and the 2005 Grind Awards winner. She is of Igbo descent, her family name is Egbo.
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Early life

Adelana was born into a traditional Catholic royal family in the 1980s. She is the last born in a family of ten. She attended Treasure Land Nursery and Primary School in Surulere for her primary education, and St. Francis Catholic Secondary School in Idimu, Lagos. She is an Igbo girl from Nara Unateze in Nkanu East LGA of Enugu State. Her father died in 2022.

Education

Tana graduated from the University of Lagos Nigeria where she obtained a B.Sc. in Urban and Regional Planning. Thereafter, she attained a diploma certificate in makeup and style from the makeup art school London. She later attended the Metropolitan School of Business and Management United Kingdom and earned a special executive master's certificate in Leadership and Management from the Metropolitan.

Career

Tana came into the spotlight as an OAP after auditioning for MTN Y’Hello TV Show in 2002. She is also the first Nigerian on Channel O as a TV Presenter made her introduction by acting in TV series, Disclosure. She started her firm production, Tana Adelana Productions in July 2013. One of her movies titled Quick Sand, which features Ufuoma Ejenobor, Chelsea Eze, Wale Macaulay, Anthony Monjaro, Femi Jacobs, and other performing artists.

Personal life

Tana Adelana is married to Femi Adelana, her long-term boyfriend. The couple had been dating for 14 years and got married in 2007. The union has produced two children. She is known for keeping her family out of the spotlight.

Filmography

  • Sarah as Gloria
  • Inches Apart as Samantha
  • One Too Many Heart Breaks as Lian
  • Ijogbon as Mama Oby
  • Equal Right as Chioma
  • Blue Jay as Irene
  • Emotional Ripple as Vicky
  • Drops of Mercy as Fubara
  • Couple Goals as Emily
  • Under the Carpet
  • Ejiro's Lust as ASP George
  • Women as Serena
  • Marriage Trap as Tope
  • Social Media 101 as Emelda
  • The Bling Lagosians as Kaima
  • Dirty Dirtier as Osaro
  • Flame as Tosin
  • Mr. and Mrs. Revolution
  • Body Language
  • Baby daddy
  • Tamed as Stephanie
  • Glass Slippers as Lola
  • Doll House as Lady D
  • Lost Pride as Lucia
  • Game of Pythons as Rhema
  • Tales of Eve: Caged as Olaitan
  • How to Love as Remi
  • Dreamwalker as Mavis Ekem
  • Single and Married as Vida
  • The Kingdom as Princess Gina
  • ''Two Brides and a Baby as Ify''