Bikiya Graham-Douglas

Bikiya Graham-Douglas is a Nigerian actress, producer, cultural advocate, and jazz singer. She is best known for roles in Wrath and Revenge, Battleground, and the Hollywood film The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare.

Graham-Douglas is the founder of the Beeta Universal Arts Foundation (BUAF). and Beeta Productions, she has produced award-winning stage and screen works and played multiple roles in talent development and cultural exchange across Africa.

Education and Background She is the daughter of Nigerian politicians Alabo Graham-Douglas and Bolere Elizabeth Ketebu. She trained in the United Kingdom, studying at institutions such as the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art (LAMDA), Oxford School of Drama, the Bridge Theatre Training Company, and Point Blank Music School. She also holds dual B.A. degrees in business economics and business law from the University of Portsmouth.

Career Bikiya Graham-Douglas is a Nigerian actress and producer who began her professional stage career in London with Femi Oguns' play Torn at the Arcola Theatre London. She has made appearances in multiple movies, plays, and TV productions such as Flower Girl, Shuga, Closer, Saro, For Coloured Girls, Suru L'ere, Lunch Time Heroes, Jenifa's Diary, Legacy, Battleground (2017), God Calling (2018), Code Wilo (2019), The New Normal (2020), Funmilayo Ransome-Kuti (2022), and For Amina (2025), which recently won her 2 awards. She was also featured in the Hollywood film, The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare(2024) .

Graham-Douglas worked with the Africa Unite Music Group, which sponsored the first best African Act category at the MOBO Awards. On returning to Nigeria, she worked with MTV Base Africa on the first MTV Africa Music Awards (MAMA) and the National Theatre, Iganmu, Lagos, Nigeria.

As the founder of the Beeta Universal Arts Foundation (BUAF), Graham-Douglas supports an arts organization focused on promoting the arts through production and education. She has created Programs like the Beeta Playwright Competition (2016–present), the Beeta Arts Festival (2021–present), and the Beeta Creative Apprenticeship Program for Filmmakers (2024–present). BUAF was the official theatre partner for the UNESCO "Port-Harcourt world book capital 2014–2015" BUAF also launched the first indigenous playwright competition.

Bikiya is an advisor at the Ladima Foundation Africa (2019–present) and Lagos Fringe (2018–present). She served as the Executive Director of the Lagos Theatre Festival and was an advocate for the Rule of Law and Anti-Corruption (RoLAC) programme with the European Union and British Council to raise awareness on Sexual Gender-Based Violence in Nigeria. In 2019 for the 26th FESPACO, she attended as a member of the Feature film jury at Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso. She partnered with MTN on her project titled 'Beeta Playwright Competition' (BPC). She spoke at the Creative Africa Nexus at IATF in 2022 and 2024.

Filmography

Flower Girl (2013) as Stella Lunch Time Heroes (2015) as Mrs Aduwo God Calling (2018) as Simi New Money (2018) Code Wilo (2019) as Nimi The New Normal (2020) as Annie Funmilayo Ransome-Kuti (2024) as Mrs. Soetan The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare (2024) as Madame Igbokwe

Recognition