10 Things Worth Knowing About Veteran Actress, Regina Askia
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- December 18, 2018
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Regina Askia-Williams who is known for winning the Most Beautiful In Nigeria contest is a Nigerian-born, America-based actress.
Regina Askia has shown that she’s a superwoman as she qualifies as a family nurse practitioner, healthcare and educational activist, television producer, writer, and public speaker.
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Regina became popular for her modelling and acting skills that everyone fell in love with.
Here’s everything you should know about Regina Askia Williams.
1.She graduated from the University Of Lagos with a degree in Biology.
2.Regina Askia won Miss UNILAG in 1988.
3.Regina Askia won the MBGN contest in 1989.
4.She also made history by becoming the first Nigerian at Miss International in Japan.
5. Askia-Williams’s acting break came in 1993 when she played gold-digger Tokunbo Johnson in Nigerian soap Fortunes (later Mega Fortunes) on NTA Network.
6.She has received several awards for her performances including one for “Best Actress in Nigeria” by Afro Hollywood London in 2000.
7. Regina is married to American Rudolph ‘Rudy’ Williams.
8. She has two children, daughter, Tessa Olympia and son Rudolph Junior
9. In 2007, Askia-Williams was among several African women given an award by the Celebrating African Motherhood Organization (CAM) at a gala event in Washington, D.C.
10.Regina Askia studied Nursing at Wagner College, New York and currently practising nursing.
