Sham Love - Online Dating Ruse

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Synopsis:
Diana is lured into online dating by her ex-husband, Mike, and her sister’s fiancé, Kemba. Mike seeks to reclaim a £150,000 divorce settlement, while Kemba faces mounting demands from his family in Africa. As Diana becomes increasingly trapped, her options narrow and the emotional cost of deception comes into focus.

The film stars John Ojeyemi and Kristen Thompson-King, with Ojeyemi delivering a central performance in this independent feature.

A Revelation For Dating App Users!

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Sham Love - Stop that Wedding

A Revelation For Cohabiting Couples

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Sham Love Stories: Stop That Wedding

Synopsis:

Witness a devastated woman's vengeful plot against her cruel ex fiance. Diana's close friend Tamil helps her relive and expose the turmoil of her heartbreak - but is Tamil helping Diana run from the law, or is she helping Diana run from her own shadows and demons, or what else could Tamil be up to?

Detaron TV Best Independent Film Award 2

Diana fights swindlers to save her heart and fortune!

How Tinder Swindlers make women do it

'...If Tinder Swindler shocked you,

this movie will blow your mind...'

WRITTEN & DIRECTED BY CHUBA OBI

CAST

Kristen T. King

Kristen is a London based American actress, born and raised in sunny California. She is a proud company member Cock & Bull Theatre in Chicago, where she performed many original works. In July 2015, she starred in the world premiere of the theatre’s original piece titled ‘Voyage’ at the Chopin Theatre in Chicago.

Kristen’s screen transition has landed her a role in Series 3 of Netflix's Haunted. From big budget Netflix shows to independently produced Sham Love Stories where she plays the lead female character in the second feature film, Kristen is always looking forward to her next project and the exciting challenges they will undoubtedly bring.

On a few occasions, Kristen has been mistaken for her look alike singer/actress Mandy Moore (47 Meters Down, 2017), by young adoring fans of hers. “I wouldn’t exploit that..” she laughs, “…I just wave and smile, and hope I made their day”

When Kristen is not on screen, you can find her experimenting with new and interesting vegan dishes in the kitchen, or devising plans to beat her friends in various strategy games.

John Ojeyemi

John starred in the popular stage play ‘And There Was War’ which ran in the Broadway Theatre, London SE6 (2019). He also featured as ‘Derek’ in the 2019 play ‘Jungle’. After his busy schedule playing the lead role ‘Tom Good’ ‘The Good Life’ (2019), John joined the Sham Love Series team and took part in shoots testing stories scheduled for production in 2020.

‘… I love stage and film equally … the main difference is… you just have to realise that with one, an error is permanent, with the other, the error can be corrected in the next performance, if there’s one…“

‘…otherwise they’re all fun… creating fun while you have fun… that’s what it is to me…”

Sophia Sinclair

Sophia Sinclair is a London-based Actress and Drama and theatre graduate. She is also a trained dancer and previous member of the RADA Youth Theatre.

Sophia trained in dance from the age of 4 years old starting in Ballet/Tap and decided her path early on. She started working as a professional actress and model in her teens but only started pursuing her acting career full-time in 2006 at the age of 20, after securing the lead role as ‘Carla’ in Angie Le Mar’s sell-out play ‘Do you know where your daughter is?’. (The Soho Theatre, The Hackney Empire Studio, The Albany Empire, Charles Cryer, Bernie Grant Arts Centre, Gilded Balloon- Edinburgh Fringe Festival 2010). The role came as Sophia studied her Drama, Theatre and Performance degree at Roehampton University. This was a role she would play sporadically for 6 years due to popular demand, it toured schools in Lewisham as part of ‘The Beautiful Daughters Project’ and returned from the Edinburgh Fringe Festival with raving 5* reviews. Her CV includes the National Theatre, National Theatre Studio, RADA, Hackney Empire, Soho Theatre, LIPA, Professor Green and Doritos.

Greg Hughes

Here’s what the casting director of the movie ‘The Chain’, said to Greg during his audition for a role in the film:

“Greg I … don’t like what you are doing with this character…”
(Greg was broken but held back the tears).
“…so…we have to let that go…”
(The tears couldn’t hold themselves back now).
“eh…. we do have another eh … bigger role that you would be perfect for, ‘Theo’, the horrid killer … ”.

Most people would have stopped weeping at that point, but not our Greg!
His performance bagged him two other productions in similar roles that year!
Gregs other recent appearances include: 'Mr Becket' in the film ‘Cleft Lip’ which won the ‘Best Feature Film’ award at The Black Star International Film Festival 2018, and as 'Colby' in the Shakespeare classic ‘King Lear’ which is awaiting release.

“…I like privacy despite all that comedy I do... people say I do good ‘horrid killing' and good 'horrid lust'... right... not surprising, they're all mostly done in privacy... right... next question”
- Full interview to follow. (please join our mailing list for update).

Marc Gordon

Marc returns to Sham Love Stories. He featured in the highly acclaimed first feature film ‘Escape - Stop That Wedding’ which won the ‘Best Indie Film’ category in the Detaron TV (Roku Channel) 2020 film awards. Marc played the run-away boyfriend ‘Robert’ who’s actions set up and stirred on the entire story plot.

“…I don’t know why I get these bad boy roles quite often…. some people say it’s my eyes...anyway, it’s much much more than that this time…”