Stephanie Okereke

Stephanie Okereke (2008)

Stephanie Onyekachi Okereke (* 1982 in Imo ) is a Nigerian actress , director and film producer .

biography

Okereke was born the sixth of eight children. She went to school in Delta and then studied English and literature at the University of Calabar .

Career

As a teenager in 1997, she appeared in two Nollywood films, Compromise and Waterloo . In 2002, she took second place in The Most Beautiful Girl beauty contest in Nigeria . A year later she won two awards, Reel Award - Best Actress, English and Reel Award - Best Actress 2003 . Okereke received two nominations for Best Actress in a Leading Role at the African Movie Academy Awards in 2005 and 2009 .

In 2004, Okereke married a Nigerian Super Eagles soccer player . In 2007 the marriage was divorced. She suffered burns and a broken leg in a car accident in 2005. After her recovery, she attended the New York Film Academy drama school in New York, and in 2008 brought out the film Through the Glass , in which she worked as an actress, director and producer. Okereke has acted in more than 90 films.

Awards and nominations

• 2003: What a Year Award
• 2003: Reel Award
• 2004: Afro-Dublin Award
• 2004: Film Makers of Nigeria
• 2005: African Movie Academy Award, Best Actress Nomination
• 2006: Afro Hollywood Award
• 2009: African Movie Academy Award, Best Actress Nomination

Filmography

• 1997: Compromise 2
• 1997: Waterloo
• 2002: Pretender
• 2002: Blind Justice
• 2003: Aristus
• 2003: Emotional crack
• 2003: Genesis of Love
• 2003: Private Sin
• 2003: Queen Sheba
• 2003: The Cross of Love
• 2003: Together as One
• 2004: Beautiful Faces
• 2004: Critical Decision
• 2004: Deep Loss
• 2004: Diamond Lady: The Business Woman
• 2004: Dream Lover
• 2004: Eye of the Gods
• 2004: In the Name of Love
• 2004: Last Girl Standing
• 2004: Magic Moment
• 2004: Mama-G in America
• 2004: Miss Nigeria
• 2004: More Than a Woman
• 2004: My Mother My Marriage
• 2004: Official Romance
• 2004: Promise & Fail
• 2004: Promise Me Forever
• 2004: Right Man for Me
• 2004: Sensational Spy
• 2004: Strength of a Woman
• 2004: To Love Again
• 2004: Virgins Night Out
• 2004: Working Class Lady
• 2005: A Time to Die
• 2005: Days of Bondage
• 2005: Guys on the Line
• 2005: Lonely Hearts
• 2005: Ola ... the Morning Sun
• 2005: Omalinze
• 2005: Price of Ignorance
• 2005: Princess of Wealth
• 2005: Royal Battle
• 2005: Street Fame
• 2005: windfall
• 2005: Woman on Top
• 2006: Behind the Plot
• 2006: Daytime Lovers
• 2006: Efficacy
• 2006: Shut In
• 2006: Sitanda
• 2006: The Law Students
• 2006: The Preacher
• 2006: Upside Down
• 2007: A Time to Love
• 2007: Governor's Wife
• 2008: Mission to Nowhere
• 2008: Hidden Treasure
• 2008: Through the Glass

Web links

Commons : Stephanie Okereke  - Collection of Images

• Stephanie Okereke in the Internet Movie Database (English)
• official homepage

Individual evidence

1. ^ Stephanie Okereke's name . Archived from the original on March 28, 2009. Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved October 6, 2009. 
2. ↑ Year of birth, Stephanie Okereke . Retrieved October 6, 2009.
3. ↑ Okereke at NigeriaMovies.com . Retrieved October 6, 2009.
4. ↑ ^{a b} AMMA 2009, nomination list . Accessed on October 6, 2009.  ( Page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
5. ↑ AllAfrica.com: Why Okereke ended their marriage . Retrieved October 6, 2009.
6. ↑ Interview with Stephanie Okereke . Retrieved October 6, 2009.
7. ↑ Okereke: Biography . Archived from the original on September 6, 2009. Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved October 6, 2009. 
8. ^ Filmography . Retrieved October 6, 2009.