Mtv Announces Tiwa Savage, Chris Attoh, Maria Of Beat Fm, Others As Cast For Shuga

Click To Tweet: Shuga Casts announced: @TiwaSavage, @MariaOkan, @ChrisAttoh, @Okeziemorro & @Dorcas_Fapson to star in @MTVShuga Nigeria.

The MTV Staying Alive Foundation and MTV Base have revealed the key cast members for the upcoming production of Shuga – Lagos, the award-winning TV drama, which starts filming on location in and around Lagos this week.

Hand-picked by director Biyi Bandele, the cast for the hotly anticipated series includes a mixture of well-known faces and some exciting newcomers. Beat FM DJ and Morning Rush host Maria Okanrende (@MariaOkan) plays the key part of Foye - an ambitious radio and club DJ with a domineering mother.  Singer-songwriter Tiwa Savage(@TiwaSavage) will also make her TV debut in Shuga in the role of Sade – glamorous owner of Badoo Tree nightclub, a favourite hangout of the key characters.  “Oliva Tweest” star Dorcas Fapson takes on the role of Sophie – a failing student who’s not averse to using her body to get what she wants.  The pivotal male role of Ekene – a young music promoter with a steady girlfriend but a roving eye - will be played by Okezie Morro (@okeziemorro), while “Tinsel”soap star Chris Attoh (@ChrisAttoh) plays the role of Kofi, a domineering husband.

Other key cast members include: Adeyemi Okanlawon (David) - a handsome medical student; “Dear Mother” child starSharon Chisom Ezeamaka (Princess) - Sophie’s naïve teenage sister; James Timini Egbuson (Tobi) – a  conscientious student; Kachi Nnochiri (Osaro) – PA and “Mr Fixit” to a corrupt businessman; Leonora Okine (Malaika) – Sophie’s married friend;  and Olumide Oworu (Weki) – Sade’s 16-year old nephew.

The Shuga crew is also giving viewers the chance to get involved in the casting process by voting who gets to take two walk-on roles. Chosen from the hundreds who showed up for the public auditions in Lagos on 26 and 27 July, six candidate’s auditions will be available for online voting from 14 August. Check out www.shuga.tv for details.

The cast will join previously announced Shuga Series 2 stars Emmanuel Ikubese, who returns in the role of music promoter Femi, and Kenyan actor, singer and model Nick Mutuma who plays the role of Leo, a close friend of Femi’s from his Nairobi student days.

To register your views on the Shuga cast; please go to www.Shuga.TV, like Shuga on www.facebook.com/MTVShuga; or follow Shuga on Twitter @MTVShuga.

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