Adela Elad (born 25 October 1987) is a

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ian movie actress, producer and

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. She started her acting career in 2012 in the movie ''University Girls''. She won the 2015 edition of African dream achiever award. As a producer, her works include ''Night in the grassfield'' under her production Mae Pictures. Her first international movie debut project was ''Baby Daddy'' with

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producer

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featuring stars like

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Early life

Adela Elad was born on 25 October 1987 in

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, the capital of the north west region of

. She is a native of Kwen. She attended primary school in Douala, then went on to the Government Bilingual Secondary School in Santchou before graduating from high school at City College of Commerce

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in Bamenda. She later attended the University of Buea.

Career

In 2012 Elad started acting, appearing in the movie "University girls". Since then she has been active in the

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with movies such has "U-turn", "Wrong combination" and others. She has also acted two television series "Rumble" and "Bad Angels" both broadcast on

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(CRTV). In 2016, she launched her own movie production known as Mae Pictures and has produced the movie Night of the grassfield. In 2015 she won the African dream achiever award.

Philanthropy

Elad is a philanthropist with focussing on children who lack basic facilities. In 2016 she created the Mae Foundation as a medium to reach out to underprivileged children.

Selected filmography

*''University girl'' (2012) *''U-turn'' *''Baby daddy'' with

*''Bad Angel'' (TV series) *''Night of the grassfield''

Awards and recognition

References

External links

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Elad, Adela Living people Cameroonian film directors Cameroonian women film directors Cameroonian actresses 1987 births University of Buea alumni