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Shawn Faqua (/ˈʃɔːnˠ F ækwə /, born 6 June) is a Nigerian actor, model and presenter with multiple award nominations. He is best known for playing the role of Vincent in Lagos cougars which earned him four award nomination across Africa, as Rambo in Dare Olaitan's Ojukokoro and Chuks in Emem Isong's  Code of Silence. Faqua became a frequent face in 2010's and his acting career has continually grown with more performances in the films such as African Magic movie's Out of the ghetto (2015), After the proposal (2015), Oasis (Tv series), Red Card, The Twin sword (2014), A Love like Ours (2011), Four Crooks and a Rookie (2011),  Ebony Life's  A New You (2013) and others.

He is known for his method acting techniques and amazing speech imitation ability, Faqua can successfully take on several accents as required by character he plays. Faqua represents a distinctive cocktail of talent, professionalism, and versatility as seen In Charles Novia's  Put a ring on it where he played the role of a single woman named Cleopatra and also doubled as Peter. Besides screen acting, Faqua has performed in several stage plays and has successfully modeled for organisations such as Lagos business school, Guaranty Trust Bank, First City Monument Bank's(Christmas jingle), fashion shows and many others. In addition to his acting work, he has a great singing voice which was showcased in the short film ‘The good Life’, and he lends his voice, performing the original sound track of the song ‘i wan blow’. The production is focused on youth empowerment and thought provoking political issues.

Early Career
Shawn Faqua obtained a degree in Electrical Engineering and has always had a knack for entertainment. Whilst he studied in the University of Portharcourt. Faqua began modelling for billboards and also anchored several shows. Ever since, he has repeatedly demonstrated remarkable skills in screen and stage acting, directing, modelling, choreography and singing.

Career
In 2012, he obtained a Certificate in Acting from the Nollywood Upgrade Training in affiliation with the Center for Digital Imaging Arts at Boston University.In 2014 he fully transition from his Engineering career to full-time acting career and has steadily progressed. Shawn also schooled at the School of Relativity, Los Angeles, attending the Relativity Education 'Workshops' where he trained as an actor (Certificate in Acting for Camera) in 2016.

Personal Life
Shawn is always excited to take on roles that are dramatic, cheesy, comical, and intense as they are challenging and inspiring as well as his speech imitation ability, He can successfully take on several accent as required by the character. Many of the productions he has featured in address salient issues that border on love, politics, culture, human rights, conflict, rape, betrayal, patriotism, selfless service and sacrifice. He takes his craftsmanship very seriously, holistically and pays attention to details (language, pronunciation, style and other nuances associated with the character he’s portraying), as he always wants to tell a compelling and believable story. He has been known to repeatedly research each character he takes on; as he approaches each project with thought, skill, tact and finesse. He loves enjoys reading, dancing, playing tennis,travelling and watching movies. He currently resides in the city of Lagos, Nigeria.

Other works
Shawn has been featured on talk shows such as heart of the matter where he speaks on Real Fatherhood and Manhood. Twitchat with blecyn Chat and Tribe stories among others.He has hosted shows like Urban Royale's Magazine Launch where he was Co-host and Presenter, Retro 52 an Independence Event where he was Co-Host. He is passionate about engaging the youths, assisting the children on the streets with no positive role model in their life influencing by systematic penetration through entertainment.

Charity
Shawn Faqua is passionate about charity did and being a voice for the less privilege. In 2016 Shawn and a few others founded the White harvest organisation which primary focus is to equip orphans with the necessary social skills for modern day living while catering to some of their needs, visiting prisons and hospitals etc. Additionally, Faqua is a celebrity supporter of the Nigeria Red Cross of the project. He had became involved with the charity in 2004 he was part of the excos of the young Against HIV and Aid in collaboration with the then First Lady of the Federal Republic of Nigeria and the NUGA games  after during his undergraduate degree where. whose primary focus was to the voluntary counselling Testing (VCT) center. Shawn was also the president of with the Youth Against Drug Abuse and Child Trafficking (YAWAT) in Abuja, Nigeria. organisation. In 2016 He partnered with the Nigerian Army for the Fallen heroes projects as he played lead in the short film 'Separated' in support of all fallen heroes and their loved ones. Since then Faqua has made several appearances showing support for charities and disaster relief.

Awards and Nominations
His role in ‘Lagos Cougasr’ earned him a couple of award nominations within and outside Africa --- Africa Movie Academy Award for Best Young Actor, Nollywood Movie Award for

Best Rising Star, Nigerian Entertainment Award for Best Supporting Actor in a Film, Golden Icons Academy Movie Award for Most Promising Actor all in 2014, and Golden Movie Awards for Golden Supporting Actor(Drama) in 2015. The twin sword also got nominated for Best Promising Actor. In 2017 He got nominate for the best supporting actor in the feature film 3 some.