AWARDS SPECIAL STAR TEAMS UP WITH SISTER TO BRING
30 Sunday Mail
She shone in Jenna Elfman hit The Cry, helped wave farewell to Still Game and is steaming up the screen as a lesbian seductress in BBC Scotland’s new drama Guilt.
She’s now got her sights on the big screen and teaming up with her sister to tell an incredible story of Nigerian slave women on the run in Jacobite Scotland.
Moyo and sister Morayo won awards and acclaim two years ago for their short film 1745, about women fleeing bondage in the 18th century Highlands, and the pair have set up a production company to develop the concept into a feature film.
Buoyed by the success of Guilt and The Cry – nominated for three awards at tonight’s Scottish Baftas – Moyo is thrilled with her own career trajectory.
She said: “I felt a massive shift for my career. I think that’s due to the industry changing and doors are being opened that weren’t before. I’m grateful for every opportunity that’s come my way.
“We’re hearing stories from a different point of view. That’s what I feel is helping move things forward regardless of sex, age, colour – it’s more about giving opportunities to people who wouldn’t have been heard 20 years ago.
“The society we live in is being reflected more positively on our screen and I’m very passionate about that.”
The Glaswegian actress has been in love with drama since school, specialising in musical theatre before a successful appearance at Shakespeare’s Globe theatre showed off her acting skills.
Now London-based, she’s been a theatre regular and her TV and film work has been growing and growing.
Last year, she enjoyed big- screen action with cr ime caper The Hurricane Heist and then played a key support role in The Cry – made by Scots indie firm Synchronicity
Films for BBC Scotland but which has found success all over the world.
And now in a crowded Guilt cast including Mark Bonnar,
Jamie Sives, Ellie Haddington and Emun Elliot, she’s been stealing scenes as the sexually forward exercise fanatic Tina, last seen seducing the wife of leading man Bonnar’s character.
Guilt tells the story of a pair of