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<\/p>\nStephanie Okereke is a popular Nollywood actress and film director. She is also a model and a former MBGN runner up.<\/p>\n
The actress has received several awards and nominations for her work as an actress. In this post we take a look at her personal life, career and movies.<\/p>\n
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She was born on the 2nd of October 1982 in Ngor Okpala in Imo State. The actress is the sixth child from a family of eight.<\/p>\n
She attended her primary and secondary education in Delta State before proceeding to the University of Calabar in Cross River State where she bagged a degree in English and Literary Studies.<\/p>\n
Okereke began acting as a teenager as far back as 1997. Her debut movies were Compromise 2 and Waterloo.<\/p>\n
In 2002, she contested in the Most Beautiful Girl in Nigeria in 2002 where she was the first runner up.<\/p>\n
The actress began film making after she returned from the New York Film Academy.<\/p>\n
She enrolled at the Academy in 2007 and subsequently released the movie, Through the Glass. She was the director, scriptwriter and producer.<\/p>\n
The movie won the award of Best Screenplay in 2009 during the Africa Movie Academy Award. This award came with a brand new car.<\/p>\n
Okereke has featured in over 150 movies.<\/p>\n
Okereke recently released a movie, Dry. According to the actress, the movie was inspired by the true-life stories of children who have been forced into early marriages and ended up having Vesico Vaginal Fistula (VVF).<\/p>\n
She revealed that it was her way lending her voice to the Child not bride Campaign.<\/p>\n
The movie has been screened in several African countries. These include Nigeria, Zambia and Gambia.<\/p>\n
Below is a full list of all her awards and nominations<\/p>\n
The actress was also nominated for Best Actress in a Leading Role at the Africa Movie Academy Awards in 2005, 2009 and 2010.<\/p>\n
In April 2005, Okereke was involved in a road accident which left her with burns and a broken leg. The accident happened on her way to the African Movie Academy Awards which was held in Yenagoa, Bayelsa State that year.<\/p>\n
Okereke married Chikelue Iloenyosi on the 31st of August 2004 but the actress moved out of her matrimonial home on the 14th of January 2007.<\/p>\n
The actress eventually filed for divorce citing infidelity and treachery as her reasons for the dissolution of her marriage.<\/p>\n
Okereke remarried in April 2012 to Linus Idahosa. The wedding event was a private ceremony in Paris, France. Her first son was born in October 2015. According to the actress, it was her choice to wait that long before having her first child.<\/p>\n
The actress was slammed with a N100 million lawsuit by author, Daniella Madudu who claimed that her Dry movie was a copyright infringement of her book titled: \u201cBehind Her Veil.\u201d<\/p>\n
Madudu claims that major parts of her book were lifted and used without any form of acknowledgement to her in the movie.<\/p>\n
But Okereke has since responded to her claims. According to her, the movie was registered with the National Copyright Commission since 2012, while the book was officially published in 2014.<\/p>\n
According to the lawsuit, Madudu demanded that Okereke credits her with ownership of her work, pay the sum of N60,000,000 and royalties, or face a \u2018campaign of calumny.\u2019<\/p>\n
Despite the controversies, Dry has received international accolades and many other awards.<\/p>\n
Stephanie Okereke is said to be one of the richest and most influential actress in Nigeria with an estimated net worth of $3.2 million.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Stephanie Okereke is a popular Nollywood actress and film director. She is also a model and a former MBGN runner … <\/p>\n