Yvonne Nelson Reveals Getting paid Ghc300 for a role in the Once-Popular Movie, Princess Tyra

Yvonne Nelson Reveals Getting paid Ghc300 for a role in the Once-Popular Movie, Princess Tyra

  • Yvonne Nelson in an interview has opened up about making only Ghc300 from one of the first movie roles she played
  • She shared with Afia Amankwaah Tamakloe on the Mahyease show that she made more money from working with Nigerian movie producers than Ghanaians
  • Regardless of the poor payment, a passion for acting motivated the actor to keep going

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Gorgeous Ghanaian actress and movie producer Yvonne Nelson has recently opened up about one of the earliest paychecks in her career.

Yvonne Nelson opens up about how much she made from acting as Princess Tyra
Yvonne in car and in an interview Photo credit: Afia Amankwaah Tamakloe/YouTube
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Speaking to Afia Amankwa on the Mahyease show, Yvonne revealed that after her role in the movie, Princess Tyra, she was paid Ghc300 but ended up taking Ghc150 home. According to her, she was made to use Ghc150 out of the Ghc300 to pay for dues.

She intimated that, throughout her acting career, she was able to make a chunk of her money from Nigerian movies she featured in beacuse they pay well in comparison to what Ghanaian movies pay.

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Yvonne added that at the early stages in her career, some movie producers took advantage of them and paid them very low but they stayed commited to the craft because they enjoyed it.

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The movie producer shared more about her journey in the video linked below;

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Meanwhile, YEN.com.gh earlier reported that beautiful Ghanaian actress and movie producer Kafui Danku took to social media to express her displeasure about how some employers pay their workers.

In a post sighted by YEN.com.gh on the verified Facebook page of the actress, a story of a young man who confided in her about his daily rate at work was shared.

According to the unidentified man, he works with a tomato paste company where he receives a daily wage of Ghc20. He complained about the fact that transportation from Afienya to Accra alone consumes most of his money.

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Kafui who was narrating her conversation with the young man said she always cries when stories like this come to her. The young mother of two revealed that although she runs a small business in a struggling industry, she still manages to pay a minimum of Ghc300 per day to her workers.

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