The rise and rise of Emmanuella

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‘They said she wasn’t funny, but Disney thinks otherwise…’ said a twitter user, Cinderella Man @osi_Suave, one of several tweets that greeted the announcement that Emmanuella Samuel would be taking her act to Hollywood.

Indeed, the rise of this kid comedienne has been steady since she was unveiled in Mark Angel Comedy skits.

While many may not find her acts particularly hilarious, no one can deny that each of the skits she has featured in is downright entertaining. And the big break has finally come for her.

Recently, the seven-year-old entertainer announced on her twitter handle @officialemaneulla she would be featuring in a Walt Disney Studios project, thus setting the online media abuzz.

‘Thanks @dysneystudios God bless everyone whose support has added to bringing us here. I never dream of being here so soon. I love you all.’

And she posted a couple of photographs too taken with some of her American handlers, apparently on set, for the doubting Thomases.

Emmanuella is one of the characters in a hugely successful comedy channel on YouTube, Mark Angel Comedy.

In 2016, she was awarded the Best New Comedienne and Princess of Comedy at the Afro-Australia Music and Movie Awards in Australia.

Emmanuella, a winner of a YouTube Gold Award, is a FreshYo ambassador, has starred in an advertisement for Wikipedia and has hosted Nickeledeon’s Nick Fest show.

Little Emmanuella has made Mark Angel Comedy the most subscribed YouTube channel in Nigeria. It won the Best Sub-Saharan Channel at the YouTube Awards in 2017.

In 2016, then six years old, Emmanuella received a special recognition award at the 2016 In-Short Film Festival, held at the Four Point, Victoria Island, Lagos.

Emmanuella is the first African to have one million subscribers on her YouTube comedy channel.

They say the prophet is not without honour, except in his home. Well, Emmanuella is proving them wrong already; her skits draw Nigerian viewers like magnet all the time…and now it appears the geeks at Dysney Studios are watching too!

Doesn’t the holy book say a man diligent in his business will stand before kings? It’s happening already for seven-year-old Emmanuella. Even the Nigerian Senate has shown interest in her.

Senate President Bukola Saraki has offered her an open invitation to the Senate to come and discuss with the elders.

He says on his twitter handle @bukolasaraki: ‘Congratulations Emmanuella! Make sure you make them laugh over there.

‘Your story is an inspiration. Come by the @NGRSenate sometime, let’s discuss how we can develop the potential of our young talents in the creative industry.’

Emmanuella Samuel was born on July 22, 2010, and she is niece to Mark Angel the owner of the comic brand.

The kid sensation became known after appearing in many Mark Angel Comedy videos such as ‘Oga Land lord’, ‘Emanuella Sleep’, ‘This Is Not My Real Face’, and many others.

She was discovered by her uncle, Mark Angel, whom she prefers to live with, even though her parents are still alive.

Mark officially introduced her to comedy business when she was still in Primary 1 (Basic One), and she is credited with the unusul ability (relative to her age) to easily understand what to do with just little explanation.

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