Jackie Chandiru
Jackie Chandiru is a Ugandan musician. She was a member of the all-girl music group Blu*3, based in Kampala, Uganda's capital and largest city. In 2014, she was one of the featured artists in the second season of "Coke Studio Africa".
Early life and education
Jackie was born at Nsambya Hospital to Felix Eyaa and Josephine Eyaa, on 13 September 1984. Both her parents trace their ancestry to Kijomoro Village, Maracha District. She attended Nakasero Primary School for her elementary schooling. She studied at Nabisunsa Girls Secondary School for her O-Level studies and at Vienna Collage International, a private, boarding school in Kira Municipality. She studies Industrial Fine Art, at Makerere University, graduating with the degree of Bachelor of Arts in Industrial Fine Art.
Career
In 2002, at the age of 18, Jackie Chandiru joined the Coca-Cola Pop Star Competition on a whim. She was surprised when she won the competition, with Lillian Mbabazi and Cindy Sanyu. The three of them formed the music trio known as Blu*3. She found musical success with the group winning the Best Artist/Group from Uganda & Best Music Video from Uganda in the 2005 Kisima Music Awards, Video of the Year ("Hitaji") in the 2005 Pearl of Africa Music Awards In 2007, she won in the Video of the Year category with ("Burrn") at that year's Pearl of Africa Music Awards. In 2005, Blue*3 was nominated for best East African Group in the 2005 Kora Awards. Best East African Album (Hitaji) in the 2005 Tanzania Music Awards. In 2006, Blue*3 was nominated for the Best East African video ("Frisky") in the 2006. In 2009 they were nominated for Best Group & Best Performer in that year's 2009 MTV Africa Music Awards and for the Best East African Song ('Where you are' with Radio & Weasel) in the 2010 Tanzania music awards.
Jackie
Jackie or Jacky may refer to:
People
Films
Music
Albums
Songs
- 1991 cover by Marc Almond "Jackie"
- 1995 cover recorded by Jack L and The Black Romantics
- "Jackie", 1999 cover recorded by The Divine Comedy as a B-side of "The Pop Singer's Fear of the Pollen Count"
Jackie (2017 film)
Jackie is an upcoming American biographical drama film directed by Pablo Larraín and written by Noah Oppenheim. The film stars Natalie Portman, Greta Gerwig, Peter Sarsgaard, Max Casella, Beth Grant, and John Hurt. Principal photography began on December 16, 2015 in Paris, France.
Cast
Jackie (2012 film)
Jackie is a 2012 Dutch comedy-drama film directed by Antoinette Beumer, from an idea by Marnie Block and Karen van Holst Pellekaan. The leading roles are played by Carice van Houten, her real-life sister Jelka van Houten and Academy Award winner Holly Hunter.
Plot
Sofie (Carice van Houten) and Daan (Jelka van Houten) are twin sisters who were raised by two fathers (Paul Case and Jaap Spijkers). When they get a phone call from America that their biological mother (Holly Hunter) is in a hospital with a complicated leg fracture awaiting transfer to a rehabilitation center, the two end up in an adventure where everything they believed in is called into question. This results in an unforgettable journey to New Mexico with the strange and inappropriate Jackie where the lives of the two sisters will change forever.
