Ghanaian actor, John Dumelo has spoken on his marriage to Gifty Mawunya Nkornu and has also opened up on the reports that his wife gave birth 6 months after they got married. The actor and aspiring politician who was a guest on Yvonne Okoro’s cooking show ‘Dining with Cooks and Braggarts’ said his wife’s pregnancy just happened as it was something he didn’t plan.John admitted on the show that, he was dating colleague actor, James Gardiner’s cousin, Frances before meeting his wife.

 

 

Speaking more on his relationship with Gifty Mawunya now Mrs Dumelo, he revealed that he knew her for a couple of years and they were just friends because Gifty was also dating somebody else by then. The actor didn’t however, state if he broke up with Frances before starting any relationship with Gifty but he stated that “things just did not go on well”. Also talking about his marriage which came as a surprise to dozens of his fans and with reports that he never informed his ex of his upcoming nuptials, John revealed that he actually informed Frances before tying the not. “Well I did, I think it’s just the honourable thing to do, just to say this is what it is,” he told Yvonne Okoro and added that at the time of informing Frances about his marriage, they weren’t dating.

 

 

John Dumelo as he is popularly known, is a Ghanaian actor who has become a household name due to his acting prowess. He began acting as a child in the early 90s in a movie called Baby Thief. He was nominated for categories Most Promising Actor and Best Actor in a Supporting Role at the 6th and 7th Africa Movie Academy Awards respectively. He attended the Christ the King School in Accra for his basic education. He then proceeded to Achimota Secondary School and holds a degree in civil engineering from Kwame Nkurumah University of Science.

 

He was born on February 3, 1984. He is 34 years old as of 2018. The actor was born John Kofi Setor Dumelo to Antionette Dumelo and John Dumelo. He is the last and only boy of three children. He loves his family and is often seen spending some quality times with his parents, sisters and nieces. The talented actor is married to Gifty Mawunya Nkornu, a Ghanaian lawyer based in the UK. Their wedding took place on the 12th of May 2018 year at Spintex in Accra.

 

 

The ceremony was attended by several public figures like the former President of Ghana John Mahama and his colleagues like Ramsey Nouah, Nadia Buari, Yvonne Okoro, Majid Michel, Sandra Ankobiah, Jackie Appiah, Yvonne Nelson and Prince David Osei among others. Although he had not been to any acting school, he had the passion and determination for acting. His passion for acting increased at the age of seven when the producers from the GAMA film company visited his school at Christ the king to find children who would be suitable for roles in the film ‘Baby thief’.

 

 

Luckily for him, he was selected and played one of the lead roles as SAKA. After high school, he went for small screen appearing on several Ghanaian television programs including Sun city and About to Wed. He came to the limelight when he was featured in a movie titled ‘The king is Mine’ where he played the role of a king in 2008. He has acted in over 80 movies with famous actors and actresses like Yvonne Nelson, Jackie Appiah, Majid Michel and so on.

 

 

Apart from his charity works, John is a business minded movie star who is very ambitious and has a construction company and is also a shareholder in an IT firm. In 2016 John Dumelo made his desire to become the president of Ghana. Due to this, he joined the campaign team of one of the big political parties in Ghana (NDC). Talking about what he craved to do rather than acting, he wanted to be a gynecologist since he had the passion for helping women.

 

 

His estimated net worth is $650,000 and he has won so many awards among which are: Joy Fm Award for Best Ghanaian actor, Afro Australian Movies and Music Award for African Most outstanding Actor in 2011, Ghana Movie Award for Best Actor in a Lead Role in 2013 and Panafrican Film and Television Festival of Ougadougou (FESPACO) award for Best Actor West Africa.

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