Award winning Nollywood actress, Belinda Effah’s joyous moment to celebrate this Christmas was turned into sorrow after she lost her father to the icy hands of death.

The Cross River state indigene took to her Instagram page to write about the demise of her beloved father.

In her own words: “He Was A Great Father. A Role Model, Selfless and Loving, He Cared Deeply For All His Children. He Encouraged Me In More Ways Than One. Fare Thee Well Daddy. I Know You are in A Better Place.?

“Will Always Remember You For All You Taught Me To Be, Will Always Love You. Rest In Peace. Rtd Commander A. B. Effah,” she wrote.

Belinda made her first television debut in the 2005 TV series Shallow Waters. Afterwards, she took a break from the series to feature in the reality show Next Movie Star. She finished 5th.

She was once a television presenter for Sound City, a Nigerian Entertainment cable station. However, she left the station to start her own TV show titled Lunch Break with Belinda.