document.write(''); - Actress Emelia Brobbey has revealed that she is a trained teacher, - She said she was teaching Agricultural Science at the JHS level when she decided to leave the professional, - Emelia said at a point, she needed to choose between acting and teaching, - She ended up making the choice that has made her the popular actress she is now, Our manifesto: This is what YEN.com.gh believes in, Install our latest app for Android and read the best news about Ghana. site = "ghanaweb.com"; She then got her first movie role in a Miracle Movie productions titled Tribal War. document.write(user + '@' + site + ''); Kumawood actress Emelia Brobbey has revealed that she is a trained teacher and was teaching Agricultural Science at the Obuasi JHS at a time. Know someone who is extremely talented and needs recognition? … However, Emelia said she was able to convince her father that she would further her education with the money she raises from her career. She has currently become a musician with her debut single Fameko. All rights reserved. Get interactive via our Facebook page. site = "ghanaweb.com"; and features to A ghanaian actress who works with passion. 881 likes. document.write(user + '@' + site + ''); Kumawood actress Emelia Brobbey has revealed that she is a trained teacher and was teaching Agricultural Science at the Obuasi JHS at a time. On how she ended up being an actress, she stated that it all started when some actors and movie producers came to Akim Oda on their way to the burial of the late Bob Santo. According to her, after her first movie role she was going out of the class and asking for permission too many times to shoot movies so she decided to write to GES telling them she was no more on the field so they stopped paying her. She said she approached one of them in the person of Daniel Adeleye, who asked her to report to an audition grounds in Kumasi at a given time. user = "features"; Telling how her acting career all happened, Emelia said she one day came out of her house to stand at the gate and caught sight of a group of actors and actresses who had come to the town for the funeral ceremony of the late Bob Santo. It got to a time where she reliazed she was wasting the kids time and it was time for her to choose between the two and she opted for acting even though it wasn’t paying by that time. Your stories and photos are always welcome. She said after senior high school, she attended the Kibi Teacher Training College and graduated with Teacher Certificate A. Emelia Brobbey who now have about three songs under music career, also mentioned that apart from being an actress, she also does adverts for several companies so there is … Photo credit: @emeliabrobbeySource: Original. She disclosed also that her father was not in support of her choice since he wanted her to have a job that would secure her a month income. Emelia Brobbey. According to her, she is a qualified teacher who had her certificate from Kibi Presby Training College after which she was posted to Obuasi JHS complex where she was teaching Ghanaian language and Agricultural Science. . All that while, Emelia said she had to constantly ask her headmaster for permission to go and shoot movies, and that made her uncomfortable. This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply. "Life has been better for me since I exited the Shatta Movement Camp" Addi Self | #Yencomgh. Send your news stories to Emelia explained that since she comes from Akim Oda, she was standing in front of her house when she saw them and approached an actor in the person of Daniel Adeleye and told him she wanted to act. 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Have national and human interest issues to discuss? Award-winning actress, Emelia Brobbey, has shared her journey from being an Agriculture Science and Ghanaian Language teacher to a successful actress in the industry. Leaving at Obuasi at that time, Emelia said she made the journey to Kumasi to take part in the audition, which she was selected. At a point, she decided to write to the Ghana Education Service (GES) that she was no longer a teacher so she could focus on her newly found acting career. // End --> "When you feel like giving up, remember why you held on for so long in the first place." user = "newswires"; Copyright © 1994 - 2020 GhanaWeb. Chat with us via WhatsApp on +233 55 2699 625.