See Fabulous Pictures From Actress and Beauty Queen, Regina Askia's 48th Birthday!

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It was all fun as beautiful and sweet-looking Nollywood actress and former hot model, Regina Askia turned 48 in a fashionable style as family and friends celebrated with her.

Renown Nollywood actress, model, American-based registered nurse, healthcare and educational activist, television producer, writer, and public speaker, Regina Askia-Williams turned 48 recently and shared happy moments on Facebook.

The beautiful mother of two found fame as an actress and model in Nigeria.

See pictures and biography below:

Bio of Nollywood Actress, Regina Askia

In 1988, Askia-Williams – a former Medical student who had transferred from the University of Calabar to the University of Lagos – was crowned Miss Unilag. That same year, she competed in the MBGN 1988 contest. Though she was the crowds favorite contestant as well as the outgoing Miss Intercontinental, Joan Maynard, she placed second. However, she became titleholder the following year when winner Bianca Onoh resigned.

 

In 1990, Askia-Williams represented Nigeria at Miss Charm International held in Leningrad, Russia, and came second. She also made history by becoming the first Nigerian at Miss International in Japan, where she made an impact with the most outstanding traditional costume. 

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Askia-Williams starred in several "Nollywood" films during the 1990s and early 2000s, most of which were filmed to be released directly to video, reaching a wide audience in Nigeria and elsewhere in Africa such as Tanzania and Ghana. She became one of Nigeria's biggest acting celebrities. Askia-Williams' films, and other Nollywood films are regularly broadcast by Nigerian television networks, including ITV, StarTV, and the state broadcaster TVT. Askia-Williams was compared to Elizabeth Taylor for her fame, and was paid around N300,000 for a starring role, on par with other top Nigerian actresses.

A graduate of the University of Lagos with a degree in Biology, she recently became a registered nurse, pursuing[not in citation given] studies in the United States at the PhD level. Askia-Williams still works on promoting greater collaboration between Africa and its diaspora with her fashion shows as well as medical missions to Africa. She co-hosts an Internet broadcast discussion program, African Health Dialogues.

The program covers such topics as the effectiveness of mobile medical clinics in Africa. Her written articles have also appeared online, and in the "Saturday Clinic" series in the Nigerian newspaper This Day.

beautiful birthday pictures of Regina Askia and family.

Askia-Williams is married to American Rudolph 'Rudy' Williams, nephew of Ron Everette and grandson of Fess Williams; together the couple have two children – daughter Teesa Olympia and son Rudolph Junior. Askia-Williams's other daughter, model Stephanie Hornecker, is from a previous relationship. She currently lives in America with her family, and is now a registered nurse (RN) practising in New York City.

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