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Catherine Kamau-Karanja (born February 3, 1987) is a Kenyan award-winning actress, popularly known as "Celina" (or "Selina" ) and "Kate Actress".

Career
Kamau played the role of "Selina" (or Celina) the wife of "Charlie" (Patrick Oketch) on the Citizen TV drama series began 2006, "Mother-in-Law" before leaving the show for another, the Swahili language TV series, "Sue Na Jonnie", in which she played the role of "Sue".

In the 2019 romantic comedy film, "Plan B", produced by Sarah Hassan and directed by the Nigerian film maker, Dolapo Adeleke, she played the role of "Joyce".

Personal life
Kamau has been married to Phillip Karanja (alias Phil or Melvin), a film director and former Tahidi High actor since November 17, 2017. Their honeymoon was celebrated in Seychelles. In an earlier relationship while at Kampala International University in Uganda, she took in at the age of 19 and gave birth to her first son, Leon Karanja, in 2006 who Phillip, her husband, adopted. In September 2019, it was revealed by several news media that she and her husband were expecting their first child together. The actress was said also to have lavished a baby shower in December of that year to celebrate the pregnancy which was predicted to be a baby girl, and later went on a babymoon in The Maldives with her husband. She narrated how she almost gave up getting pregnant again.

Filmography

 * "Plan B" (2019)
 * "Disconnect" (2018)
 * "Sue Na Jonnie" (2017 -)
 * "Mother-in-Law" (2006 -)