How Miss Morgan's persistence got Jackie Matubia on Tahidi High

GEOFFREY MBUTHIA ENTERTAINMENT SUB-EDITOR

25 March 2022

• Jackie Matubia revealed the important role Miss Morgan played in her career.
• Jackie Matubia didn't have to audition for Tahidi High.

Diana Marua interviewed thespian Jackie Matubia this week on her YouTube cooking show. The two had an engaging conversation with Jackie revealing some unknown facts about her rise to super-stardom.

The mother of one who is currently pregnant said that her journey started when she was still in secondary school.

She said that an integral part of her start in the industry had been due to Tahidi High actress, Miss Morgan who first spotted her acting when the cast visited Jackie's school.

"There was this time that the team from Tahidi High came to our school and I was chosen to be the host (Funny thing in High School guys used to call me Jackie Celeb).

We then did a play as we were going to the nationals. Afterward, Miss Morgan approached me and gave me her number telling me that I should call her when I complete form 4. I ended up losing the paper."

But Miss Morgan had seen something in Jackie and was relentless. The veteran actress, later on, heard Jackie's voice during a call-in show and asked the station to give her the number.

Miss Morgan then contacted Jackie and told her to go for auditions which turned out to be a cakewalk for her.

"At the audition, the producer looked at me and told me to buy the uniform. Manze, I didn't have to audition! Straight from High School, I didn't even audition. I finished High School in November and was working in December."