Fast rising Ghanaian actress, Yvonne Okyere, has earned a nomination for Best New Actress category at this year’s Golden Icons Academy Movie Awards (GIAMA).

Yvonne Okyere’s nomination comes barely two months after she received an award for Most Promising Actress at the 2015 Golden Movie Awards for her role in Love Regardless.

‘Love Regardless’ is also nominated in six categories including Best Director and Best Motion Picture awards. Other Ghanaian movie stars nominated are Majid Michel for Best Actor award and Jackie Appiah for Best Actress award.

The rest are John Dumelo, Van Vicker, Roselyn Ngissah, Lydia Forson, and Yvonne Nelson.

This year’s GIAMA event will be hosted by Nigerian comedian and actor AY and is set to captivate a lively audience on October 17, 2015 in Houston, Texas.

With the culmination of several years of experience as an ace stand-up comedian/ host coupled with his top-notch comedic acting skills, AY is sure to bring alive the GIAMA stage on October 17 with an outstanding performance to the excitement of the audience.

See part of the nomination list below:

BEST MOTION PICTURE

LOVE REGARDLESS

STALKER

STIGMA

BLACK NOVEMBER

TRIALS OF IGHO

MATTERS ARISING

BEST FILM (DRAMA)

STIGMA

THE CHANGER

INVASION 1897

OJUJU

OGE’S SISTER

AFTER THE “I DOs”

STALKER

BEST FILM (COMEDY)

JACK AND JILL

HEAD GONE

HORN – FREE DAY

MY AMERICAN SON

BRONI WAWU

WHEN LOVE COMES AROUND

BEST SHORT FILM

VERDICT

ONCE

THE THRONE

HORN – FREE DAY

HENNA

BEST FILM (FOREIGN LANGUAGE)

MR.BF

TORERA

OJUJU

MADE IN AGEGE

IYA ALALAKE

BEST ACTOR

FREDERICK LEONARD – KEEPING SECRETS

HAKEEM KAE-KASIM – BLACK NOVEMBER

MAJID MICHEL – MATTERS ARISING

JIM IYKE – STALKER

MIKE OMOREGBEE – INVASION 1897

KEN ERICS – TRIALS OF IGHO

CLEM OHAMEZE – MY AMERICAN SON

BEST ACTRESS

ADESUA ETOMI – FALLING

UCHE JOMBO – OGE’S SISTER

INI EDO – WHILE YOU SLEPT

MBONG AMATA – BLACK NOVEMBER

JACKIE APPIAH – STIGMA

NSE IKPE ETIM – STALKER

RUTH KADIRI – MATTERS ARISING

BEST SUPPORTING MALE

ANTHONY MONJARO – STALKER

DESMOND FINNEY – REFLECTIONS

SEUN AKINDELE – THE CHANGER

CHIGOZIE ATUANYA – JAFAR

MELVIN ODUAH – TRIALS OF IGHO

OC UKEJE – BLACK NOVEMBER

JAMES GARDINER – HAPPY DEATHDAY

BEST SUPPORTING FEMALE

KIKI OMELI – STING

YVONNE JEGEDE – OGE’S SISTER

CAROLINE DANJUMA – STALKER

AYO ADESANYA – THE GOOD WIFE

VENITA AKPOFURE – WHILE YOU SLEPT

TANA ADELANA – THE KINGDOM

EKU EDEWOR – WHEN LOVE COMES AROUND

BEST COMEDIC ACT

ROSELYN NGISSAH – JACK & JILL

AKPORORO – HEAD GONE

NKANSAH KWADWO – MADE IN AGEGE

KELECHI UDEGBE – HORN-FREE DAY

FAITHIA BALOGUN – IYA ALALAKE

LYDIA FORSON – A LETTER FROM ADAM

ENIOLA BADMUS – HEAD GONE

BEST NEW ACTOR

GBENGA TITILOYE – LOVE REGARDLESS

STONEBWOY – HAPPY DEATHDAY

JEFF KUMORDZI – LETTER FROM ADAM

AKPORORO – HEAD GONE

KUNLE OLUREMI – STING

ISO PAELEY – LOVE REGARDLESS

BEST NEW ACTRESS

AISHA KAMARA – REFLECTIONS

PRINCESS OKAH – THE CHANGER

YVONNE OKYERE – LOVE REGARDLESS

ROSEMARY ZIMU – CHAMPAGNE

EMEM INWANG – STALKER

COMFORT IDONGESIT –TRIALS OF IGHO

NSIKAN ISAAC – THE BANKER BEST ON-SCREEN DUO

RUTH KADIRI & MAJID MICHEL – MATTERS ARISING

KEN ERICS & KIKI OMELI – TRIALS OF IGHO

BLOSSOM CHUKWUJEKWU & ADESUA ETOMI – FALLING

GBENGA TITILOYE & ZYNNELL LYDIA ZUH – LOVE REGARDLESS

NSE EKPE ETIM & JIM IYKE – STALKER