Wanja Mary Sellers

Acting

Wanja Mary Sellers

Born 1962-09-03 · Nairobi, Kenya

Wanja Mary Sellers is a Kenyan-born actress, director and screenwriter who built a prominent career working primarily in Italy. She is especially recognized by horror cinema fans for starring in several cult classic Italian genre films during the late 1980s.

Acting credits

The Last Temptation of Christ poster
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Jesus, a humble Judean carpenter beginning to see that he is the son of God, is drawn into revolutionary action against the Roman occupiers by Judas -- despite his protestations that love, not violence, is the path to salvation. The burden of being the savior of mankind torments Jesus throughout his life, leading him to doubt.

The Last Temptation of Christ

1988

Eleven Days, Eleven Nights poster
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In eleven days time, Michael is due to wed his fiancée Helen. However, a chance meeting with Sarah, a total stranger, threatens to destroy all his plans as he is seduced on the spot and finds himself unable to resist her.

Eleven Days, Eleven Nights

1987

Romeo & Juliet poster
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In Verona, bad blood between the Montague and Capulet families leads to much bitterness. Despite the hostility, Romeo Montague manages an invitation to a masked ball at the estate of the Capulets and meets Juliet, their daughter. The two are instantly smitten but dismayed to learn that their families are enemies. Romeo and Juliet figure out a way to pursue their romance, but Romeo is banished for his part in the slaying of Juliet's cousin, Tybalt.

Romeo & Juliet

2013

Stage Fright poster
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While a group of young actors rehearse a new musical about a mass murderer, a notorious psychopath escapes from a nearby insane asylum.

Stage Fright

1987

Toast to Italy poster
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Jenny travels to Italy for a special bottle of wine for her sister's wedding. She meets Arrigo, also looking for the famous "Love Wine" and together their search leads to a love of their own.

Toast to Italy

2026

The Wedding Veil Unveiled poster
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Emmа trаvels to Itаly to teаch аnd reseаrch а wedding veil sаid to bring its owner love. She meets Pаolo, the son of а lаce-mаking fаmily in the аreа, while she is there.

The Wedding Veil Unveiled

2022

The Crawlers poster
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People from a small town are attacked by evil radioactive tree roots growing in the forest.

The Crawlers

1991

Lambada poster
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An American director travels to Brazil and falls for a local girl.

Lambada

1990

The Mask of Satan poster
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Skiers in Northern Italy unwittingly awaken an ancient witch after removing her mask in a crevasse. Their actions unleash a curse, leading to terrifying consequences.

The Mask of Satan

1990

The Greek Aisle poster
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When Georgia travels to the Greek island of Corfu to finalize an inheritance, she unexpectedly discovers that marrying her handsome co-inheritor is the only way to meet the requirements.

The Greek Aisle

2026

Ghosthouse poster
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A group of unlikely companions receive a radio call leading to a deserted house with a grisly past.

Ghosthouse

1988

Eyewitness poster
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Elisa is the only witness to a savage murder that takes place in a department store after hours. And yet, as a blind woman, she’s unable to visually describe the killer. Soon, the psychopath is after her too, and will stop at nothing to eliminate Elisa… and everyone around her.

Eyewitness

1990

Ask for the Moon poster
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No-nonsense workaholic Marco runs the family business along with his older brother. When the latter suddenly disappears, Marco has to put aside his job and family to search for him together with Elena, his brother's girlfriend.

Ask for the Moon

1991

Valentina poster
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Italian erotic thriller television series that originally aired on Italia 1 from September 29 to December 22, 1989. It is based on the Valentina comics series by Italian artist Guido Crepax. The series follows a Milanese fashion photographer, Valentina Rosselli, and her supernatural encounters and investigations.

Valentina

1989

The Blonde in Black poster
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In Perugia, Luca, a lawyer investigates mysterious facts that happened in the city and even got emotionally involved. The rather complicated cases are those of a jealous murderess girl, of a surgeon who kills a colleague who had helped him to face a dangerous intervention to become a woman, of a plumber who is suspected of murdering an heiress while the real guilty is the nephew who would like to take possession of a huge fortune.

The Blonde in Black

1993

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Delitti esemplari

1988

The Childhood Friend poster
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40-year-old Arnold Gardner is put in charge of the talk show "The Twenty-fifth Hour" after the death of the former host Duncan Mackay. His role on screen creates immediate interest and the program becomes a great success with TV audiences. This proves to be a period of great satisfaction for Arnold, but his childhood friend, Eddie Greenberg, suddenly comes on the scene. Eddie is ill and frustrated by lack of success, and is so resentful and envious of Arnold's fame that he wants him to make a full public confession of a "sin" he committed in his young days.

The Childhood Friend

1994

The Room Next Door poster
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Martin Yakobowsky is a brilliant lawyer whose family originally comes from Poland. He is assigned by his legal practice to resolve a contentious case in the prevalently agricultural town in the heart of Iowa, where he was born. After his initial reluctance, due largely to his having cut off all ties with the community of his birthplace, Martin decides to return to the town.

The Room Next Door

1994

The Immigrant poster
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Emigrating vampires roam the streets of America (starring Mary Seller)

The Immigrant

1986

Behind the camera