Catherine Kamau

Catherine Kamau Karanja (born February 3, 1987)[1] is a Kenyan award-winning actress, popularly known as "Celina"[2] (or "Selina"[3]) and "Kate Actress".[4][5][6]

Catherine Kamau
Born
Catherine Kamau

(1987-02-03) 3 February 1987
Kenya
OccupationActress
Known forSue Na Jonnie (2017)
Disconnect (2018)
Plan B (2019)
Spouse(s)
Phillip Karanja
​
(m. 2017)​
Children2

She came into the limelight for her role in the Citizen TV show, Mother In-Law where she played as Celina. She has also featured in other films such as; Sue na Jonie(2017) , Plan B and Disconnect.

Catherine attended Chogoria high school where she joined the drama club and became popular for her talent in the club before moving to Loreto Msongari where she won the 'Miss Loreto' Award.

She has a diploma in Communications, majoring in public relations from Kenya College of Communication and Technology.

Well known as Celina, Catherine Kamau is also the brand ambassador for Harpic Kenya.


Career

Kamau played the role of "Selina" (or Celina) the wife of "Charlie" (Patrick Oketch) on the Citizen TV drama series began 2006, "Mother-in-Law"[3][4][7] before leaving the show for another, the Swahili language TV series, "Sue Na Jonnie", in which she played the role of "Sue".[8][9]

In the 2019 romantic comedy film, "Plan B", produced by Sarah Hassan and directed by the Nigerian film maker, Dolapo Adeleke (Lowladee), she played the role of "Joyce".[10][11]

For movie, "Plan B", she was nominated in the "Best Supporting Actress in a Film" category in the 9th edition of the Kenya Film Commission Kalasha Awards 2019.[12] That was also the same award category she was nominated in the 2018 edition for, for her role in the movie, "Disconnect". She had earlier won the "Best Lead Actress in a TV Drama" award in the Kalasha Awards 2017 and again got a nomination in 2018, for her role in "Sue Na Jonnie".[13][14]

She is also a content creator and a youtuber,in her youtube channel she speaks on fashion,style,acting,lifestyle and motherhood.She is very passionate on the issue of teenage pregnancies,having been teen mother,has a dubbed phrase Queens must wait,where she encourages young girls to wait first before deciding to be mothers.[15]

Personal life

Kamau has been married to Phillip Karanja (alias Phil or Melvin), a film director and former Tahidi High actor since November 17, 2017. Their honeymoon was celebrated in Seychelles.[2] In an earlier relationship while at Kampala International University in Uganda, she took in at the age of 19 and gave birth to her first son, Leon Karanja, in 2006[1] who Phillip, her husband, adopted.[16] In September 2019, it was revealed by several news media that she and her husband were expecting their first child together.[17][5][18] The actress was said also to have lavished a baby shower in December of that year to celebrate the pregnancy which was predicted to be a baby girl,[19] and later went on a babymoon in The Maldives with her husband. She narrated how she almost gave up getting pregnant again.[20] She later put to bed on December 15, 2019 to her husband's first child by her, a baby girl ("Baby K").[21][22]

Filmography
YearTitleRoleNotes
2019Plan BJoyceSupporting actress
2018DisconnectTK
2017 - dateSue Na JonnieSueTV Series
2006 - dateMother-in-LawSelina (Celina)TV Series

References
  1. "Celina: No apologies for getting a child at a tender age". Nairobi News. February 3, 2017. Retrieved October 15, 2020.
  2. "Catherine Kamau (Celina) and Hubby Share Photos From Their Honeymoon". Naibuzz. November 21, 2017. Retrieved October 15, 2020.
  3. Mutsoli, Vivian. "Mother-in-Law: Synopsis, characters, and their real names". Tuko. Retrieved October 15, 2020.
  4. "Award winning actress CATHERINE KAMAU advises single mothers to accept and move on using her own experience". Daily Post. July 10, 2020. Retrieved October 15, 2020.
  5. "PHOTOS: Catherine Kamau, hubby Philip Karanja expecting first child together". The Standard. Retrieved October 15, 2020.
  6. "Catherine Kamau (Kate Actress) teaches how to balance work and family". Kenyan Digest. November 6, 2019. Retrieved October 15, 2020.
  7. ""He has never been a drunk" Celina heaps praise on her television sweetheart as he turns a year older". Ghafla!. June 13, 2018. Retrieved October 15, 2020.
  8. "Celina reveals why she left Tv show Mother-in-law". Ghafla!. February 26, 2018. Retrieved October 15, 2020.
  9. "Sue Na Jonnie". IMDb. Retrieved October 15, 2020.
  10. "Plan B". Paukwa. January 30, 2020. Retrieved October 15, 2020.
  11. "Plan B". Nollywood Reinvented. February 15, 2019. Retrieved October 15, 2020.
  12. Ambani, Sylvania (November 2, 2019). "Kalasha Awards deal with Star Times irks actress Catherine Kamau". Nairobi News. Retrieved October 15, 2020.
  13. Njoroge, Mike (October 18, 2018). "Kalasha Awards 2018: Kenyan film submitted for Oscars bags 12 nominations". Business Today. Retrieved October 15, 2020.
  14. "Selina, Plan B and more Kalasha Awards 2019 winners to stream on Showmax". Showmax. December 5, 2019. Retrieved October 15, 2020.
  15. "Kate Actress - Celina - YouTube". www.youtube.com. Retrieved 2020-11-02.
  16. Simi, Jumoke (May 27, 2019). "Catherine Kamau Offers Solid Advice To Single Moms On Finding Love Again". Motherhood in-Style Magazine. Retrieved October 15, 2020.
  17. Matiko, Thomas (September 24, 2019). "Catherine Kamau reveals pregnancy with hubby Philip Karanja". Retrieved October 15, 2020.
  18. "Baby onboard! Former Mother-in-Law actress Catherine Kamau and husband expecting their first child together". ghafla!. September 24, 2019. Retrieved October 15, 2020.
  19. Ambani, Sylvania (December 4, 2019). "Kenya: Actress Cate Kamau Celebrates Second Pregnancy With Lavish Baby Shower". All Africa. Nairobi News (Nairobi). Retrieved October 15, 2020.
  20. "Actress Catherine Kamau reveals she almost gave up getting pregnant". E-News. October 17, 2019. Retrieved October 15, 2020.
  21. Wako, Amina (January 18, 2020). "Kate Actress reveals baby's birth date". Nairobi News. Retrieved October 15, 2020.
  22. Anyango, Diana. "Catherine Kamau shares first glimpse of her newborn baby girl". The Standard. Retrieved October 15, 2020.
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