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Ghanaian star actress, Jackie Appiah added one more trophy to her growing collection of awards last weekend when she won the Nigerian Entertainment Awards nod for Best Pan-African Actress at a ceremony held in New York. The actress who is currently filming in Lagos, Nigeria couldn�t avail herself at the award ceremony but has expressed her joy and excitement for winning the award. Jackie stated in a telephone conversation that she has been celebrating the win in Lagos, since she was notified by organizers. �I feel wonderful, I am excited about winning. When they contacted me to inform me, I was like wow, God has done it again. I am grateful and happy - celebrating here in Lagos.� Meanwhile Jackie has been creating some buzz with her performance in the new movie, �Death after Birth� which is currently showing at the Silverbird cinemas in Accra. The tale of tragedy, pain and sorrow sees Jackie playing the emotional role of Zynell, who was born out a rape and also grew up to be a victim of rape.