Ebele Okaro Onyiuke (born 19 January 1964) is a Nigerian actress and film producer.
Early life and education Ebele Okaro was born on 19 January 1964 in London and raised in Enugu State, southeastern part of Nigeria. She began acting while attending the Santa Maria Primary School and continued while at Nsukka's Queen of the Holy Rosary Secondary School where she wrote her Senior Secondary School Certificate Examination (SSCE). Initially she began her studies in education at the University of Calabar (Unical), Cross River State, in the southern region of Nigeria, but later discovered that her passion was for the dramatic arts, leading her to earn a Bachelor's degree in Theatre Arts. Okaro's mother is a television producer and her father, an engineer who also has great interest in arts and literature.
Career After graduating from university, Okaro served her National Youth Service at the Nigerian Television Authority (NTA), where she made some television appearances. However, after the Youth Service, she worked with an embassy in Lagos and later in a bank before returning to acting in the Nigerian movie industry (known as Nollywood).
In 2014, Okaro produced and acted in Musical Whispers, a movie that advocates for loving care for children with autism. It featured other prominent Nigerian actors, most notably Chioma Chukwuka and Kalu Ikeagwu.
She has become known as the "Mama of Nollywood" and has earned the respect of both fans and colleagues. Ebele always knew she wanted to become an actress. Although she left acting for a short time when there was a huge decline in the Nigeria Movie Industry. It led her to earn a living somewhere else. She worked at an embassy in Lagos and also took up a Banking job at the time but when back to acting when things got better.
Personal life She married into the Onyiuke family.
Awards and nominations YearAwardCategoryFilmResultRef2017Africa Magic Viewers Choice Award Best Supporting Actress4-1 Love 2018 Africa Magic Viewers' Choice Awards Best Supporting Actress Black Rose 2019 Best of Nollywood Awards Best Actress in a Supporting Role (English) Black Rose 2020Africa Magic Viewers' Choice AwardsBest Actress in a Comedy (Movie/TV Series)Smash
Filmography Year Title Role Director Notes ReferencesEzizaMoving FingersRed LightShallow WatersThird Eye1996HostagesTade Ogidan200630 DaysMama AleroMildred Okwo2009Silent ScandalsMrs. Helen Ubaka2014BambitiousDr. EseOkechukwu OkuChetannaUgomma (as Ebere Okaro)Ikechukwu OnyekaIgbo languageMusical WhispersJasmineBond EmeruaAlso the producer2015The Powerful BabiesChiomaNonso EmekaekwueWritten by Greg Chyke Inawodoh and Ifeanyi OnonyeRoad to YesterdayVictoria's mumIshaya Bako20164-1-LoveUju's Mother Ikechukwu OnyekaBest Supporting Actress in a Drama – 2017 Africa Magic Viewers Choice AwardsThree Wise MenYetundePat Ogbere Imohbio2017KarmaMama NgoziMayor OfoegbuWhat Lies WithinMamaVanessa Nzediegwu2018Black RoseRoseOkey Oku2019Living in Bondage: Breaking FreeEunice NworieRamsey Nouah2023A Tribe Called JudahgrandmaAdeoluwa Owu and Funke AkindeleBlood VesselEbiMoses Inwang2024Adam BolGrandmotherCheta Chukwu and Almaz AlimzhanovAction/ComedyOut of BreathEzenwanyiObi Emelonye
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