
Stephanie Okereke-Linus
Real Name : Stephanie Onyekachi Okereke
Born:
02/10/1982
(40 yo)
Birth place: Imo State, Nigeria
Citizenship : Nigeria
Occupation : Fashion Model , also Film Director
Summary
Stephanie Onyekachi Okereke is a Nigerian actress, film director and model. She has received several awards and nominations for her work as an actress, including the 2003 Reel Award for Best Actress, the 2006 Afro Hollywood Award for Best Actress, and three nominations for Best Actress in a Leading Role at the Africa Movie Academy Awards in 2005, 2009 and 2010. She was also the runner up for the Most Beautiful Girl in Nigeria beauty pageant of 2002. In 2011, she was honoured by the Nigerian government with a National honour (Member of the Order of the Federal Republic, MFR).
Biography
Stephanie Okereke was born in Imo State, Nigeria. She is the sixth child of eight children. She completed her primary & secondary education in Delta State.She studied at the University of Calabar, where she graduated with a degree in English and Literary Studies.
Career
Already during her teenage years in 1997 she starred in two Nollywood movies, Compromise 2 and Waterloo. During the 2002 Most beautiful girl in Nigeria beauty pageant Okereke reached 2nd place. A year later in 2003, Okereke received two awards at the 2003 Reel Awards for 'Best Actress - English' and 'Best Actress of the year 2003'. After graduating from the New York Film Academy in 2007, Okereke released the movie Through the Glass. in which she served as director, scriptwriter, producer and actress. The film received an Africa Movie Academy Award nomination for Best Screenplay in 2009. Okereke has starred in over 90 movies.
Personal life
Okereke was married (2004-2007) to a former Super Eagles football player Chikelue Iloenyosi, a marriage which a high court in Lagos in 2012 has declared null and void, because at the time they got married, Chikelue was already legally married to another woman in the US.
In April 2005, on her way to the African Movie Academy Awards held in Yenagoa, Bayelsa State, Nigeria, Okereke was involved in a serious car accident that left her with burns all over and a broken leg. She recovered speedily from the accident and went back to acting.
In April 2012 Okereke married Linus Idahosa in Paris, France, at a private wedding ceremony that was attended by members of her family and scores of Nollywood actresses and actors.
Websites & Social Networks
www.stephanieokereke.net
www.facebook.com/StephanieOkerekeLinus
Carrer (Filmography, Discography, Awards...)
Filmography
- 1997 Compromise 2
- 1997 Waterloo
- 2002 Pretender
- 2002 Blind Justice
- 2003 Aristos
- 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
- 2009 Nnenda
- 2009 Reloaded
- 2014 Dry
- 2015 Make Me Fabulous
Awards and nominations
- 2002: Most Beautiful Girl in Nigeria, Runner up (2nd place)
- 2003: What a Year Award for Best Actress
- 2003: Reel Award for Best Actress - English & Best Actress of the year
- 2004: Afro-Dublin Award, for Outstanding Actress
- 2004: Film Makers of Nigeria, Award For Excellence
- 2005: Africa Movie Academy Award, Best Actress in a Leading Role - nomination
- 2006: Afro Hollywood Award for Best Actress
- 2009: Africa Movie Academy Award, Best Actress in a Leading Role - nomination
- 2010: Africa Movie Academy Award, Best Actress in a Leading Role - nomination