# Cleopatra Koheirwe

Cleopatra Koheirwe is a Ugandan actress, writer, singer, and media personality. She has garnered numerous roles on different film and television projects locally and internationally.
Cleopatra plays Ebony in the new Nana Kagga directed and produced series Reflections alongside other Uganda celebrities Malaika Nnyanzi, Housen Mushema, Andrew Kyamagero, Prynce Joel Okuyo and Gladys Oyenbot.
Koheirwe joined StarTimes Uganda in June 2019 as the new Public Relations Manager.

## Career
### Musical artist (since 2001)

In 2001, she joined a popular music, dance and drama group known as Obsessions (now Obsessions Africa) until March 2007 when she resigned from the group to pursue other interests.
In 2010, she started working on her solo singing career. Her first single titled Ngamba (Luganda for "Tell me") was a pop song about deceptive relationships. The song was well received and given airplay on a few of radio stations in Uganda.

### Radio host (since 2003)

In 2013, while still at Radiocity 97Fm, she became a co-host of the U-Request show. She took a maternity break in December 2013 and went to Kenya. In October 2016, she resumed working at Radiocity as a co-host of the Mid-Morning Magazine with Peace Menya until the end of May 2019 when she moved to StarTimes.

### Television
#### Television judge (2011–2013)

In September 2013, Cleopatra joined Flavia Tumusiime and Tusker Project Fame judge and singer Juliana Kanyomozi as audition judges for Tusker Project Fame 6 in Kampala.

### Actress
#### Film and television

In 2006 Cleopatra auditioned for her first screen acting role for The Last King of Scotland in 2006 in which she played a character named Joy. She has since appeared in a number of film and television productions locally and internationally as well as winning nominations for some of the productions. She has worked on Changes, an M-Net TV series, in seasons 1 and 2 in a supporting role as Nanziri Mayanja from 2008 to 2010, Be the Judge, a Kenyan local TV series as Lucy Mango in 2010, Yogera (2011) playing a double lead role and State Research Bureau (S.R.B) (2011) in a supporting role as Faith Katushabe.
She also worked in Kona, an M-Net TV series where she plays Jakki, a wannabe boxer trying to reconnect with her father, a boxing coach. She appeared in Sense8, a Netflix Original Series as Mother. Cleopatra is set to appear in the new Nana Kagga directed TV series Reflections as Ebony, one of the main four protagonists of the series.

### Motivational work

Still in 2012, she was chosen by Reach a Hand Uganda (RAHU), an NGO that aims at empowering the youth, to speak to youths in various schools. After completing the school tours, RAHU commended her as 'Mentor of the Week'. Cleopatra was one of the first cultural icons at Reach a Hand Uganda (RAHU) and was actively involved until 2014 when she had to take a break from work to raise her baby.

## Training

In 2010 while in preparation to shoot CHANGES season 2, Cleopatra and the principal cast that included Nick Mutuma, Pierra Makena, Nini Wacera, Patricia Kihoro were taken through acting training of The Meisner Technique by Rob Mello, a professional acting coach from Rob Mello Studios Atlanta, USA.

## Personal life

Cleopatra was the only child born to Jocelyn Twinesanyu "Sanyu" Rwekikiga and Anthony Abamwikirize Bateyo in 1982. Her father died prior to her birth and her mother died when she was 15. Cleopatra has a daughter who was born in 2014 with boyfriend Lwanda Jawar, a Kenyan actor, model, and stunts director/coordinator. She delivered a baby girl named Aviana Twine Jawar on 22 January 2014. She named her daughter Twine after her mother Twinesanyu.

## Filmography

| Year | Film/TV Series | Role | Notes |
| 2021 | Prestige | Eunice Samula Kintu | TV series showing on Pearl Magic Prime |
| 2021 | Juniors Drama Club (JDC) | Teacher Gabriella | TV series directed by Allan Manzi |
| 2019 | Kyaddala | Rahu Counselor | A Reach a Hand Uganda and Emmanuel Ikubese Films production on NBS |
| 2018 | #Family | Leah | Nabwiso Films TV series. |
| 2018 | Mela | Naava Katende | Savannah MOON Web Series |
| 2018 | 27 Guns | Alice Kaboyo | Natasha Museveni Directed film |
| 2017 | Reflections | Ebony | Upcoming TV series created and directed by Nana Kagga Macpherson |
| 2016 | Sense8 | Mother | TV series created & directed by The Wachowskis |
| 2013 | Kona | Jakki | Kenyan telenovela |
| 2011 | State Research Bureau | Faith Katushabe | supporting role |
| 2011 | Yogera | Hope/ G | double lead |
| 2010 | Be the Judge | Lucy Mango | a Kenyan local TV series |
| 2008-10 | Changes | Nanziri Mayanja | a Kenyan DSTV series in seasons 1 & 2 in a supporting role |
| 2006 | The Last King of Scotland | Joy | supporting role |

## Nominations and awards

Awards :
| Year | Award | Category | Work | Result |
| 2021 | Uganda Film Festival Awards | Best Actress in TV Drama | Prestige | Nominated |
| 2013 | RTV Awards | Best Newcomer female radio presenter | Radiocity FM | Nominated |
| 2013 | Nile Diaspora's International Film Festival (NDIFF) | Outstanding Actress | Honoree Award | Honoured with the Industry Maverick Award |
| 2013 | Radio & Television Academy Awards (RTVAA) Uganda | Best Late Afternoon Show-English | The Jam on Radiocity 97Fm | Won |
| 2013 | Buzz Teeniez Awards | Teeniez Role Model | | Nominated |
| 2012 | Super Talent Awards | Most Gifted Actress | | Nominated |
| 2012 | Pearl International Film Festival Awards (PIFFA) Uganda | Best Supporting Actress | State Research Bureau | Nominated |
| 2011 | Kalasha Film & Television Awards, Kenya | Best Actress in a TV Drama | Be the Judge | Nominated |