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Uzoamaka Aniunoh is Stepping Into the Forefront

Before she began filming The Weekend, the highly lauded horror flick from Nigerian director Daniel Oriahi, Uzoamaka Aniunoh ran into a problem: she couldn’t rationalize her character. Nikiya, the character she plays, is an orphaned only child, in a loving relationship with a man whose parents she continuously asks to meet with. Anuinoh could not relate to these scenarios. 'So I thought, how do I be honest with this? I am the first child of four, I’m not in a relationship, and personally, if I say, let's meet your parents and you say no, then there's something up and that's it, I'm done. I'm not going to convince you.'