Nollywood Actress Faithia Balogun has scooped up the award for the Lead Actress In a Film at the Nigerian Entertainment Awards, which held in New York, USA on September 4th 2016.

Faithia beat Omoni Oboli, Adesua Etomi, Genevieve Nnaji, Nse Ikpe-Etim, Belinda Effah to win the award after her completely-immersing role in the movie titled “Ishanna”

‘Ishanna’ was released in 2015 and it featured other top Nollywood actors including Muyiwa Ademola, Kenny George, Babatunde Usman, Morenikeji Alausa to mention a few.

Commenting on the award, Faithia Balogun remarked,
“I am honoured to have this recognition bestowed on me at this level. We put a lot of effort into the project, and everyone is deserving of this award”.

This award makes the list of Faithia Balogun’s 2016 awards including City People Recognition Award and One of Most 100 Most influential Deltans Award.