E - Report - Rita Dominic ends the year with 11 award nominations

"Rita Dominics is a household name in Nollywood, she has exceeded her expectations this year by been nominated for more awards than anticipated. Hardwork sure pays off. Hope the nominations can all be turned into actual winning"

Star actress, Rita Dominic has been busy and not for nothing. She has 11 combined nominations in four different awards to show for it.  Rita who returned to the country from New York, USA where she went for holiday and won Best Lead Actress award from the popular Nigeria Entertainment Award (NEA) has been nominated in the Best Actress category of Nigeria Movie Awards (NMA) taking place at Intercontinental Hotel in Victoria Island, Lagos this weekend.

The popular award is run by United Kingdom (UK) based Channel 329.

Following NMA is ELOY Award where Rita has two nominations in categories of Best Actress and Best Producer. Exquisite Magazine is the promoter of the award which is billed to take place later in the year.

ELOY stands for Exquisite  Lady of the Year. For her role in Desmond Elliot’s Finding Mercy, Rita got two awards in Best Supporting Actress category and the unusual category of Best Kiss in the very popular Best of Nollywood (BON) awards. BON is in the fourth year running. The 2013 edition will take place in Delta Asaba come November.

Packing up a busy year for Rita will be Golden Icons Academy movie Awards (GIAMA) comes Saturday, October 19. Her role in Finding Mercy bagged another nomination in Best Actress category. Chuks Chukwujekwu and Uti Nwachukwu also feature in the movie that is gaining huge mention in the media.

• by  Yejide Gbenga-Ogundare