People
Actors and film-makers
Politicians, artists, athletes, writers, scientists and other notable Cameroonians.
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Andy AlloAndy Allo (born January 13, 1989) is a Cameroonian-American singer-songwriter, guitarist and actress. She released her first of three albums in 2009, and joined Prince's band, The New Power Generation, in 2011.
DieudonnéDieudonné M'bala M'bala (born 11 February 1966), known mononymously as Dieudonné and popularly as Dieudo, is a French comedian, actor, and political activist.
Werewere LikingWerewere Liking (born 1950, in Cameroon) is a writer, playwright and performer based in Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire. She established the Ki-Yi Mbock theatre troupe in 1980 and founded the Ki-Yi village in 1985 for the artistic education of young people.
Mason EwingMason Cyrille Elong Ewing (born April 9, 1982) is a French, Cameroonian and American producer, director, scriptwriter and fashion designer living in France and the United States. Ewing is blind.- Bandy KikiK. She is the creator of Kinnaka's Blog, a high traffic English-speaking website in Cameroon for news and entertainment.
Eriq EbouaneyEriq Ebouaney (born 3 October 1967) is a French actor.
Françoise EllongFrançoise Ellong (born 8 February 1988) is a Cameroonian film director and writer.
Osvalde LewatOsvalde Lewat is a Cameroonian filmmaker and photographer best known for her sociopolitical documentaries.- Thérèse Sita-BellaThérèse Sita-Bella (1933–27 February 2006), born Thérèse Bella Mbida, was a Cameroonian film director who became the first woman filmmaker of Africa and Cameroon.
Syndy EmadeSyndy Emade (born Elone Synthia Emade; 21 November 1993) is a Cameroonian actress, model and movie producer. She is the Cameroonian brand ambassador for the app InstaVoice Celeb. She is the owner of Blue Rain Entertainment, a movie production company.
Joséphine NdagnouJoséphine Ndagnou (born 1964) is a Cameroonian film director and television actress.
Anksa KaraAnksa Kara (born March 24, 1985) is a Franch-Cameroon pornographic actress.
Bassek Ba KobhioBassek Ba Kobhio (1 January 1957 – 12 May 2026) was a Cameroonian filmmaker and writer who was the founder of the Écrans Noirs film festival in Yaounde, Cameroon.
Florence AyisiFlorence Ayisi (born in on 22 July 1962) is a filmmaker from Cameroon. Her film Sisters in Law was released in 2005, winning the Prix Art et Essai award at the Cannes Film Festival and a Peabody.
Jean-Pierre Dikongué PipaJean-Pierre Dikongué Pipa (born 1940) is a Cameroonian film director, playwright and writer. He produced Cameroon's first full-length feature film, Muna Moto, in 1975. Dikongué Pipa's films deal with the interrelationships between elements of traditional Cameroonian culture and the wider world.- Katherine ObiangKatherine Obiang is a Cameroonian-Nigerian actress, on-air personality and TV presenter. 3FM. She subsequently started acting and starred in Nollywood movies and TV series.
Sandra NkakéSandra Nkaké (born 15 November 1973) is a French-Cameroonian actress and singer.- Blanche BilongoBlanche Bilongo (born 26 January 1974) is a Cameroonian actress, screenwriter, presenter, and film editor.
- Daniel KamwaDaniel Kamwa (born 14 April 1943) is a filmmaker and actor from Nkongsamba, Cameroon. He studied drama in Paris, France, before producing his first film, Boubou-cravate, in 1973. His 1981 film Our Daughter was entered into the 12th Moscow International Film Festival.
- Okawa ShaznayOkawa Shaznay is a Nollywood actress from Cameroon and the first from her country to successfully break into Nollywood with her role in the blockbuster movie Iyore; starring alongside Rita Dominic and Joseph Benjamin.
- Chantal YoudumChantal Youdum is a Cameroonian film director and producer.
- Christa EkaChrista Eka Assam is a Cameroonian film actress and director. Her work in Cameroonian cinema has been critically acclaimed.
Rosine MbakamRosine Mbakam (born in 1980) is a Cameroonian film director based in Belgium. She has directed many short films and full-length documentaries. Les deux visages d'une femme Bamiléké/The Two Faces of a Bamiléké Woman (2016) and Chez Jolie Coiffure (2018) won a number of international prizes.
Céline Orgelle KentsopCéline Orgelle Kentsop (4 May 1970 – 4 September 2024), also known under the pseudonym Mami Ton, was a Cameroonian actress.
Jean-Pierre BekoloJean-Pierre Bekolo (born June 8, 1966 in Yaoundé, Cameroon) is a Cameroon film director.- Onyama LauraOnyama Laura (born Onyama Laura Anyeni; 14 October 1992) is a Cameroonian actress. She won Best Actress at the 2017 Cameroon International Film Festival (CAMIFF), as well as Best Cameroonian actress at the 2016 Écrans Noirs Film Festival.
- Pascale OboloPascale Obolo (born 7 January 1967) is a Cameroonian film director and artist.
- Yolande WelimoumYolande Marcelle Welimoum (born October 9, 1988) is a Cameroonian actress, director and screenwriter.
- Agbor Gilbert EbotAgbor Gilbert Ebot is a Cameroonian film producer.
- Alphonse BeniAlphonse Béni (1946 – 12 March 2023) was a Cameroonian actor and movie director. He made several films in Cameroon, acted in French erotic comedies and played a ninja in Godfrey Ho's "ninja" flicks Black Ninja. He was credited as Alfons Bény and Chris Kelly in some films.
- Ariane Astrid AtodjiAriane Astrid Atodji (Arabic: أريان أستريد أتودجي; born 1980), is a Cameroonian filmmaker as well as a screenwriter. She has made several critically acclaimed documentaries including Koundi et le Jeudi national and La souffrance est une école de sagesse.
- Georgette NkomaGeorgette Emilienne Nkoma (born 16 June 1965) is a Cameroonian sprinter. At the 1996 African Championships she won gold medals in both 100 and 200 metres.
Hortavie MpondoHortavie Mpondo (born 27 June 1992) is a Cameroonian actress, model, and comedian.
Jean-Marie TenoJean-Marie Teno (born 14 May 1954) is a Cameroonian film director and filmmaker, "one of Africa's most prolific filmmakers". His films address censorship, human rights violations, globalization, and the effects of colonialism.
Lucie MembaLucie Memba Bos (born 1987) is a Cameroonian actress, movie producer who have starred in both series and movies in French and English language.- Muriel BlancheLeumeni Kamcheu Muriel (born 25 August 1990) known professionally as Muriel Blanche is a Cameroonian actor, singer, model, film producer, columnist and businesswoman.
- Nsang DilongNsang Dilong born (Bodi Nsang Dilong) in August 1994 in Buea) is a Cameroonian actress, social worker and a model. She was the winner of the 2011 edition of the Miss West Africa Cameroon Competition (MWACC).
- Princess Brun NjuaPrincess Brun Njua (born 26 January 1986) is a Cameroonian actress and Model. She came to prominence back in 2014 after appearing on the popular ITV TV series Judge Rinder. She is the recipient of a BEFFTA star award which she won back in 2016.
- Solange YijikaSolange Yijika is a Cameroonian actress also much present in the Nigerian theatre and film producer, as well as an activist for women and children's rights. She is the most celebrated actress in the Central African sub-region and the main figure of the Cameroon International Film Festival (CAMIFF).
- Francois L. WoukoacheFrancois L. Woukoache (born 16 February 1966), is a Belgian–Cameroonian filmmaker and screenwriter. He has made about twenty films and a series of children's stories and of several television programs.
Nicole Okala BilaïNicole Okala Bilaï, born on May 26, 1949, in Dang in the centre region of Cameroon, is a Cameroonian politician.
Soraya MillaSoraya Milla (born 1989), is a French independent filmmaker, film director and film producer. She is of Cameroonian–Beninese descent, and her work often is focused on Black identity and issues of dual culture.- Thomas JobThomas Hervé Job-Iyock (born 20 August 1984) is a Cameroonian former professional footballer who played as a midfielder.
Émil Abossolo-MboEmil Abossolo M'Bo (born 29 August 1958) is a Cameroonian-French actor who has portrayed in French, African and American productions. He is known in particular for his roles in Workers for the Good Lord, Africa Paradis and in the French series Plus belle la vie.- Cécile BayihaCécile Bayiha is an actress from Cameroon. She is best known for playing the part of captive Pygmy Likola in the 2005 Franco-British-South African film Man to Man, in which two captured Pygmies are presented to a 19th-century British public.
DossehDorian Dosseh N'Goumou (born 26 January 1985) is a French rapper, singer, film producer and actor. He is the younger brother of Pit Baccardi.- Edith PikwaEdith Pikwa Boma (born January 3) is a Cameroonian actress, resident in Houston, Texas, United States.
- Jean-Paul NgassaJean-Paul Ngassa (1939-2022) is a Cameroonian filmmaker.
