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Ijeoma Grace Agu is a Nigerian actress. She hails from the South - Eastern part of Nigeria and was born to Igbo Parents She received a best supporting actress nomination at the 12th Africa Movie Academy Awards. She also won most promising actress at the 2014 Best of Nollywood Awards. In 2007, she made her first screen appearance in Eldorado TV series. She was also part of the cultural group at 2012 London Olympic Games.




Early life / Education


Agu is the first of her parents' five children. According to a report in Pulse Nigeria, she was raised in Benin City, the capital city of Edo State, south-south Nigeria and Lagos State, southeast Nigeria. She had her first degree in biochemistry from Nnamdi Azikiwe University in 2007.




Personal life


She is married with a daughter. She describes her dad as being responsible for instilling the confidence of acting into her. According to Agu, her acting career started on stage in Benin at the age of 14. Speaking to The Nation (Nigeria) on homosexuality in Nollywood, Agu describes the act as a sin on religious grounds and didn't think its outlaw was an infringement of human rights. However, she commented that they shouldn't be criminalized as its being done in Nigeria, and she would gladly accept the role of a lesbian in a film. She also asserts that she does not support anything that will result in the loss of lives of Nigerians, when asked about the agitation for Biafra and imprisonment of Nnamdi Kanu. She was Married to Daniel Oriahi but ended things with him 10years later on the grounds of infidelity




Filmography


The Arrangement
Beyond Blood
One Room (2016) as Iyabo
Aina (2011) as Sanaka
Flower Girl (2013) as Chichi
From Within
Just Not Married (2016) as Hauwa
Kpians: The Feast of Souls (2014) as Vivian
Taxi Driver (2015) as Delia
Hoodrush (2012)
Misfits (2013) as Sade
Love In A Time of Kekes (2018) as Raziella
Women Are Scum (2018) as Ama
Package Deal (2019) as Chiemela
Simple People (2020) as Omoge
Sylvia (2018) as Hawa Bello
10 Songs for Charity (2021) as Charity
False Doors (2021) as Enabo
Untamed (2021) as Dera
Hit and Run (2021) as Taiye
Swallow (2021) as Rose Adamson
Kofa (2022) as Nnenna
The Femi-nist (2022) as Rolake
When Perfect Feels Wrong (2022) as Timi
Love in the Mix (2022) as Stella
Nine (2023) as Hooded Assassin
Detor: The Rise of A Warrior Hunter (2024)




See also


List of Igbo people




References






External links


Ijeoma Grace Agu at IMDb
Afrinolly Biography

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