Flora Suya

Flora Suya is a Malawian actress. She was nominated as best actress at the 6th and 9th Africa Movie Academy Awards ceremonies.

Alongside Tapiwa Gwaza, Suya played the lead role in Seasons of a Life (2010), which narrates the ordeal of an African maid who was sexually violated by her boss, who then denied her custody of her child.^[1] She got Africa Movie Academy Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role for her role in the film.^[2] In 2013, she starred in Shemu Joyah, Last Fishing Boat, where she was the love interest of a tourist and wife of a polygamous man, the role got her nominated as best actress at AMAA awards.^[3][4] In 2014, it was reported that she is to feature in the Zambian film, Chenda, which tells a story about the trouble barren women go through and the negative reaction of African men towards the condition.^[5] The film was launched at a cinema in December 2014, and released in 2015.^[6] In 2016, her film, My Mothers Story was announced as one of the opening films at the Silicon Valley African Film Festival in United States.^[7] the film tells a story on the sufferings women go through to secure their home without help from a husband. In the film, she plays Tadala, a single mother in a gender and cultural sensitive African setting.^[8]

• Flora Suya at Rotten Tomatoes