Pierra Makena (born 11 April 1981) is a Kenyan disc jockey, actress
and TV personality. She won best supporting actress for her role in
When Love Comes Around at the annual Nollywood and African Film
Critics Awards in Los Angeles.Makena was born on 11 April 1981 in
Meru, Kenya. She had her senior high school education at Chogoria
Girls High School. She furthered at the Kenya Institute of Mass
Communication where she studied radio production.Although Makena began
her acting career while in secondary school, she joined the Kenyan
film and TV industry in 2010. While in school she performed in several
festivals and won awards. Some of the movies she starred in that led
to her breakthrough in acting include Kisulisuli, Tausi, Tahidi High
and Changes.She has worked as a news recorder and reporter and
producer at KBC, Kenyan's national broadcaster. She also worked as a
news presenter at Radio Waumini and YFM, now Hot 96.
and TV personality. She won best supporting actress for her role in
When Love Comes Around at the annual Nollywood and African Film
Critics Awards in Los Angeles.Makena was born on 11 April 1981 in
Meru, Kenya. She had her senior high school education at Chogoria
Girls High School. She furthered at the Kenya Institute of Mass
Communication where she studied radio production.Although Makena began
her acting career while in secondary school, she joined the Kenyan
film and TV industry in 2010. While in school she performed in several
festivals and won awards. Some of the movies she starred in that led
to her breakthrough in acting include Kisulisuli, Tausi, Tahidi High
and Changes.She has worked as a news recorder and reporter and
producer at KBC, Kenyan's national broadcaster. She also worked as a
news presenter at Radio Waumini and YFM, now Hot 96.
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