Maryam Booth is the most talked-about Kannywood actress now, she came in to the acting scene when she was 8 years old, Maryam has established herself as an icon in the northern Nigeria media industry. She came into the limelight with her hit movie Dijangala which was released in 2007.

Maryam was born in October 28th 1993, she started her education in Ebony Nursery and primary school in 1996 with a play group, and in 2002 she went to Ahmadiyya secondary school where she is still schooling. She is the daughter of Zainab Booth who has a Fulani mother and a Scottish father, she is also an actress. Maryam had formally acted in Keji, Dawainiya, Rashin Uwa etc, and also had a younger brother who is acting. She celebrated her 15th birth day at the Chinese Dragon Restaurant Kano which was organized by her boyfriend Mohammed Auwal Khalifa. Recently, Maryam made a pronouncement that she is not going to marry from the industry, reason being that they are mostly her brothers and uncles.

• Maryam Booth on Twitter: @MaryamBooth
  • Retired Twitter Account: @MBooth93
• 2012-3-9-Rariya-Maryam Booth interview courtesy of Carmen McCain
• Maryam Booth article from BluePrint Newspaper 10.26.2012
• I Am Not a Snob - Maryam Booth, originally from Leadership
• I don’t take money from men–Maryam Booth, Kannywood star (The Sun News / Kemi Yesufu / November 11, 2012)
• We Have Educated Actors In Kannywood-Maryam Booth Story By Babajide Ogunbumi/nigeriafilms.com