[2] She is the CEO of Lepa Africa Films and Founder of Leilah Nakabira For Charity Foundation.
[3] Nakabira studied Quantitative Economics in Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda, where she graduated.
After some time in the film industry, she decided to go back to study filmmaking.
[4] She received a triple nomination for the Best Golden Actress (Drama), Golden Most Promising Actor and Golden Discovery Actor award categories at the 2018 Golden Movie Awards Africa (GMAA) held on June 2, with nominees' names called in Palaise de la culture, Treichville, Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire, for the film she was starred in, titled The Forbidden, produced by Nampala Claire.
The event was held on June 30 at The Moody Performance Hall, 2520 Flora Street, Dallas, Texas, United States.