Queenstar Anaafi is her real name but known in “Yolo” as Emily.“Yolo” is an abbreviation of “You Only Live Once”.Yolo is a sequel of the ever famous Ghanaian TV series “Things We Do For Love” which caught the attention of many Ghanaians in early 2000.
“Her Character in “Yolo” series is described as the “Dada Bee daughter” who is not that stubborn but very much in love with Cyril”
Its continuation, “YoLo”, has also set the same records but this time, having younger casts than the previous one and also being more educative with its end of episode social questions.
Emily
Emily, born Queenstar Anaafi, is one of the leading characters on the YOLO TV Series. Queenstar’s role involves a young beautiful rich girl, well-raised by responsible and caring parents, turning her into a well-groomed adolescent.
‘If she’s out, she’s with either Cyril or at the Youth Corner, and her parents are very involved with her, so Emily in her own character is not a bad girl.’
In the YOLO TV series (Seasons 1 and 2), Emily is pursued by Cyril (considered next) and eventually falls for her first love, although in upcoming Season 3, their relationship turns to fall on hard rocks. In Season 2, Cyril takes a turn away from Emily and focuses on a beautiful student he tutors.
Things go south, and Cyril ends up head-on with highly-classified rhetorical questions from Emily.
Series relationship aside, Emily relates how being a part of the cast for YOLO has helped her get in touch with her inner personality.
In her own words:
“I used to be a very shy, reserved person, but because of my involvement, my interaction with the people on set, I’ve been able to overcome this.”
Indeed, asked to play the role of the rich kid on the block comes with a lot of perks and requires getting up to speed to being what the writers and directors envision for the character. Emily plays her role well, and for many, concentrating on the show gets a little bit harder than usual sometimes, as Emily’s beauty and smartness keep swaying them.
In the show, Emily represents, to some extent, the exact opposite of Drogba, as the cautious, careful and forward-thinking adolescent, who in many situations, weighs her options before taking a step, especially in issues relating to her relationship with Cyril and her love life.
Throughout the show, Emily is one of the few characters who set a good example and lead a good moral life, unlike Drogba and George (both discussed below).
Featuring alongside celebs makes her role relatively difficult as the standard she is required to meet is higher. Emily’s role can be seen as one not entirely complex to fit into. However, she’s mingling with great minds and actors/actresses, putting on edge to push the limits and excel.
