First Day On South African Set Was Great-Lydia Forson

Lydia on set in yellow outfit

Celebrated Ghanaian actress, Lydia Forson has confirmed reports by NEWS-ONE that she has joined South Africa’s award-winning soap opera, Scandal.

The beautiful actress is busily shooting in South Africa and she described her first day on set as a great experience.

“Just got of set..my first day was great, thanks to the amazing cast and crew @etvScandal,” she tweeted via social network twitter on January 23.

Latest photos of the actress from set indicate she may be carving a new niche in that country. She looked very different in the photos with her new long hair.  

Lydia is the first mainstream Ghanaian actress to gained the opportunity to work with a South African production.

Many industry players are wondering how she made it. Many predicted Lydia’s career would end after she stopped featuring in Shirley Frimpong Manso productions.

Last year, she was part of a number of great and influential productions across Africa, which made her to travel to some African countries including Nigeria, Liberia, Kenya and Sierra Leone.   

She has begun this year with a South African production and her fans can only hope for another great step in her career.

Scandal is a popular production that is aired on both South African and Ghanaian television stations.

It is produced by Ochre Media and is centered around people who work for the fictitious Johannesburg-based newspaper The Voice, with their pressurized deadlines. It premiered in 2005.

 credit: NEWS-ONE