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Personality Profile<br />
a good image to be the face of Vitamilk Viora.<br />
PAM: How was it like shooting an advert abroad?<br />
MARTHA: The experience was good. We shot it in Asia.<br />
We went to Thailand in a ve day shoot.<br />
PAM: What's your view on the Ghanaian movie industry?<br />
MARTHA: The industry is doing well. We are doing very<br />
well. We are better than before with the kind of movies<br />
coming out these days. Our story lines are moving from the<br />
“Juju” kind of movies. We just need sponsorship to promote<br />
our movies.<br />
PAM: We haven't been seeing you on our screens for quite<br />
some time now. Why?<br />
MARTHA: I'm not doing a lot these days because I'm trying<br />
to be very selective about the kind of movies I do. If I<br />
should get myself into any movie, the script and role must<br />
be very good. . It doesn't mean I'm not going to play any<br />
bad role. I'm an actress and as such I have to be versatile.<br />
I don't mind the role but the script should be one with good<br />
moral values and one that people can watch with their<br />
families.<br />
PAM: What motivated you to establish this salon? It's a<br />
really a nice one with modern equipment.<br />
MARTHA: Haha! Thanks. I love to look beautiful and love<br />
to make people look beautiful too. Haha it's funny but<br />
right from childhood I think all my friends were<br />
hairdressers. I also wanted to have my own company and<br />
employ people at the same time and render services to<br />
the public as well.<br />
PAM: Are you currently working on some new projects?<br />
MARTHA: Yes I'm going on set next month for some movie<br />
shoot in Nigeria and here in Ghana. I can't wait for the<br />
premier of my latest movie called "The Night Shift" which I<br />
starred alongside Majid Michel and Shatawale real name<br />
Charles Nii Armah Mensah Jnr.<br />
PAM: Are you embarking on some social responsibility<br />
activities?<br />
MARTHA: With the support from Vitamilk, I organized<br />
some get together for children with autism and hope to do<br />
same for them this December.<br />
PAM: What are your hobbies?<br />
MARTHA: I love to talk, watch movies, listen to gospel<br />
music and read.<br />
PAM: Who are your favorite actors and actresses in<br />
Ghana?<br />
MARTHA: I love to act with Majid, Prince David Osei and<br />
Adjetey Annan. They are so cool.<br />
PAM: Your favorite actors and actresses in the world?<br />
MARTHA: Meryl Streep, Angelina Jolie, Denzel Washington<br />
and Kerry Washington.<br />
PAM: Where do you see yourself in the next ve years in<br />
the industry?<br />
MARTHA: To be at the Oscars, Red carpet.<br />
PAM: What's the future for Martha's Place Beauty Salon?<br />
MARTHA: I want to have Martha's world where I would<br />
have a restaurant, washing bay, training school all under<br />
one roof.<br />
PAM: Wow that's great!<br />
MARTHA: Yeah. I also want to have a Christian TV station<br />
which would be called Maranatha Broadcasting Network<br />
which will impact on the lives of people and draw them<br />
closer to God.<br />
PAM: Any plans for school?<br />
MARTHA: Yea, I plan of having my Masters in<br />
Communications very soon and also to obtain another<br />
Masters in acting.<br />
PAM: What's your kind of man?<br />
MARTHA: In ve years' time I would love to have a<br />
wonderful husband who is God-loving, God- fearing, kindhearted,<br />
hardworking, nice looking and caring.<br />
PAM: Your advice for young people especially the ladies<br />
who want to launch a career in acting.<br />
MARTHA: Most young girls are desperate these days. They<br />
have to know that all that glitters is not gold and life is not<br />
a bed of roses so if people feel like acting is easy, I'll say<br />
it's easy so far as you have the talent and the grace of<br />
God, why not? But you shouldn't be desperate because<br />
you want to be on TV; you shouldn't allow people to take<br />
advantage of you because you want to be on TV. People<br />
take advantages of the ladies because they want to be on<br />
TV. Ask yourself how many people are you going to sleep<br />
with before you become a star? Then you have a long way<br />
to go. It's only God who can make you shine because He<br />
created the stars and He knows the ones that actually<br />
shines brighter. So if you don't have faith in God, you are<br />
not patient enough and ready to learn, you will end up<br />
nowhere. So just be patient, have faith, don't be desperate<br />
to be on TV, take your time, and just don't give up on your<br />
dreams. Keep practicing and try any auditions. Don't think<br />
about money for now. The rst time I acted I had really<br />
nothing for some time before the producers started paying<br />
me. It takes a lot of sacrice.<br />
PAM: What's your take on the rise of bleaching among our<br />
young women?<br />
MARTHA: Hmm! It's better most of the youth coming up<br />
stop bleaching and tattooing because it doesn't really<br />
help. Because you want to be on TV you want to become<br />
Snow White? haha. What if a movie role or a contract<br />
comes up and they needed your face but your skin colour<br />
is going against you? Sometimes you have to think about<br />
the future before taking any decision.<br />
“<br />
It's only God who can<br />
make you shine<br />
because He created<br />
the stars and He<br />
knows the ones that<br />
actually shines brighter<br />
- Martha Ankomah ”-<br />
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