Name: Alexx Ekubo
Title: Actor
Place of Birth: Port Harcourt, River State, Nigeria
Career Highlights: Winning Fastest Emerging African Screen Talent award at the Screen Nation Film & Television
Awards in London, England (2014)
Total number of movies: Over 50 movies & counting
Name: Belinda Effah
Title: Actor
Place of Birth: Calabar, Nigeria
Career Highlights: Best New Act, Best of Nollywood Awards (2012), Best New Act, Golden Image African Movie
Awards (2012), Best New Actor, African Movie Academy Awards (2013)
Total number of movies: About 30
Name: Beverly Naya
Title: Actor
Place of Birth: London, England
Career Highlights: Being nominated by the African Magic Viewer’s Choice Awards as best supporting actress
category for Before 30 (2016), becoming the Dark and Lovely brand ambassador
Total number of movies: 15
Name: Daniel K. Daniel
Title: Actor
Place of Birth: Maiduguri, Borno State, Nigeria
Career Highlights: : Best actor/model NMAA,best youth act TUSHAWARDS,Best actor SCREAM AWARDS
Total number of movies: 15, plus over 200 episodes in a TV series
Name: Daniella Chioma Okeke
Title: Actor/Producer
Place of Birth: Warri, Delta State, Nigeria
Career Highlights: Being nominated as Best Actress at African Movie Academy Awards (2014), Nigerian Entertainment
Awards (2014) and Nollywood Movie Awards (2014)
Total number of movies: 50
Name: Ebube Nwagbo
Title: Actor/Producer
Place of Birth: Onitsha, Anambra State, Nigeria
Career Highlights: : Winning Best Actress ZAFFA African Film Academy Awards (2008) in The UK, Best Supporting
Actress 2014 African Muzik Magazine Awards in the United States (2014), Best Supporting Actress, Best Of Nollywood
Awards (2015)
Total number of movies: Over 70
Name: Eku Edewor
Title: Title Actor/TV Personality
Place of Birth: London, UK
Career Highlights: Winning Best Actress African Collaboration at the Ghana Movie Awards (2014) and becoming
co-anchor for 53 Extra, a satellite TV show syndicated across Africa
Total number of movies: 3 Movies and 2 TV Series
Name: Enyinna Nwigwe
Title: Actor
Place of birth: Markurdi , Benue State, Nigeria
Career highlights: Winning Best Actor at Nollywood and Africa Film Critics’ Awards (2015) and Best Actor,
City People Awards (2012)
Total number of movies: 40
Name: Fidelis Duker
Title: Filmmaker/Producer
Place of Birth: Lagos, Nigeria
Career Highlights: Winning several local and international awards for making such films as Blood Brothers
(REEL AWARDS), Dada Oni Paki (Cannes Short Film Corner and African Magic Viewers’ Choice Awards) and Night of
Vultures (Brussels International Film Festival), founding the Abuja International Film Festival (the longest running
film festival in Anglophone West Africa) and being elected to several leadership roles in the film industry such
as President Directors Guild of Nigeria, and Regional Secretary General Federation of Pan African Filmmakers
Total number of movies: Over 100
Name: Gbenro Ajibade
Title: Actor/Producer/Host/Model
Place of Birth: Maiduguri
Career Highlights: Best actor/model NMAA,best youth act TUSHAWARDS,Best actor SCREAM AWARDS
Total number of movies: 15 plus over 200 episodes in a TV series
Name: Genevieve Nnaji
Title: Actor/Producer/Director
Place of Birth: Amaimo, Imo State, Nigeria
Career Highlights: She is arguably the reigning queen of Nollywood and is most beloved by ardent fans allover
Nigeria, Africa and the diaspora. Winner of Best Actress of the Year, City People Awards (2001), Best Actress in
a Leading Role, Africa Movie Academy Awards (2005); conferred member of the Order of the Federal Republic of Nigeria
for her contribution to the entertainment industry.
Total number of movies: Over 100 movies.
Name: Gideon Okeke
Title: Actor/Producer
Place of Birth: Lagos, Nigeria
Career Highlights: Graduating from Lee Strasberg Theatre and Film Institute, New York, NY (2011), Winning
Best Actor (TV series) at the Nigerian Entertainment Awards, NY (2012) and being nominated as Best Actor by the
African Magic Viewers’ Choice Awards, Nigeria (2014)
Total number of movies: 7
Name: Iretiola Doyle
Title: Actor
Place of Birth: Lagos, Nigeria
Career Highlights: Winning Best Actress in a lead role, Golden Icon Academy Movie Awards (2013) and Best
Actress in a lead role, Nollywood Movie Awards (2014)
Total number of movies: 20
Name: Ivie Okujaye
Title: Actor/Writer/Producer
Place of Birth: Benin City, Edo State, Nigeira
Career Highlights: Winning Best Young Actor, African Movie Academy Awards (2012), Trailblazers Award, African
Magic Viewers’ Choice Awards (2013)
Total number of movies: 10+
Name: Jim Iyke Esomugha
Title: Actor/Producer/Entrepreneur
Place of Birth: Libreville, Gabon
Career Highlights: Directorial debut in Visible Difference
Total number of movies: 110
Name: Ajoke Silva
Title: Actor/Producer
Place of Birth: Lagos, Nigeria
Career Highlights: Being conferred the Member of the Federal Republic (MFR) Award by the Nigerian Government,
winning Best Actor in a Leading Role, African Movie Academy Awards (2006) and Best Actor in a Supporting Role,
African Movie Academy Awards (2008)
Total number of movies: About 60 international and local movies
Name: Julius D'Genius Agwu
Title: Actor/Comedian/Entrepreneur/Author
Place of Birth: Port Hacourt, Rivers State, Nigeria
Career Highlights: The creation of Musicomedy, being the first Nigerian comedian to start a solo comedy
show, Crack Ya Ribs (both locally and internationally)
Total number of movies: 15 movies plus several TV series and stage plays
Name: Kehinde Bankole
Title: Actor
Place of Birth: Lagos, Nigeria
Career Highlights: Winning Best Actress in a drama, Africa Magic Viewers’ Choice Awards (2015), Best TV
Actress, Nigerian Broadcasters Merits Awards (2014) and Revelation of the Year, Best of Nollywood Awards (2009)
Total number of movies: 10
Name: Kiki omeili
Title: Actor
Place of Birth: Lagos, Nigeria
Career Highlights:Winning, Best Supporting Actress, African Film Awards (2012), Best Supporting Actress
Golden Icon Academy Movie Awards (2015) and Best Actress, In-Short Film Festival, Lagos (2015)
Total number of movies: 2
Name: Kunle Afolayan
Title: Producer/Director
Place of Birth: Lagos, Nigeria
Career Highlights:The making of 'THE FIGURINE'
Total number of movies: 5
Name: Lancelot Imasuen
Title: Director/Producer
Place of Birth: Benin City, Edo State
Career Highlights: Co-founding Director's Guild of Nigeria (1997), being the first Nollywood filmmaker featured
on CNN's Screeening Room, winning several local and international awards
Total number of movies: 200+
Name: Lilian Esoro Franklin
Title: Actor
Place of Birth: Lagos, Nigeria
Career Highlights: Being nominated as Best Actress in a Comedy, African Movie Viewers’ Choice Awards (2013)
and as Best Actress of the year, Nigerian Broadcasters Merit Awards (2014)
Total number of movies: 31
Name: Linda Ihuoma Ejiofor
Title: Actor
Place of Birth: Lagos, Nigeria
Career Highlights: Winning best supporting actress in a drama (The Meeting) at African Magic Viewers’ Choice
Awards (2015)
Total number of movies: 10
Name: Monalisa Chinda
Title: Actor/Director/Talk show host/Entrepreneur
Place of Birth: Port Hacourt, Nigeria
Career Highlights: Winning Best Actress, Afro Nollywood Awards (2009), being nominated as Best Actress in
a leading role, African Movie Academy Awards (2014) and launching a nationally syndicated TV talk show (2015)
Total number of movies: Over 150
Name: Obi Emelonye
Title: Screenwriter/Producer/Director
Place of Birth: Owerri, Imo State, Nigeria
Career Highlights: Winning several awards including for Best Drama, African Magic Viewers’ Choice Awards
(2013), Best Film, African Movie Academy Awards (2013) and Best Film, Screen Nation (2012)
Total number of movies: 10
Name: O.C Ukejie
Title: Actor
Place of Birth: Lagos, Nigeria
Career Highlights: Winning several awards including Best Upcoming Actor, African Movie Academy Awards (2008),
Best New Actor, City People Awards (2010) and Best Actor, African Magic Viewers’ Choice Awards (2015)
Total number of movies: About 30
Name: Oludotun Baiyewunmi Jacobs (Olu Jacobs)
Title: Actor/Produer
Place of Birth: Kano State, Nigeria
Career Highlights: Being the first recipient of the African Magic Viewers’ Choice Awards Life Achievement
Award, winning award for Best Actor in Lead Role, African Movie Academy Awards (2007) , and being honoured as Member
of the Federal Republic by the Nigerian government.
Total number of movies: Appeared in over 200 International and Nigerian movies
Name: Omoni Oboli
Title: Actor/Producer/Writer/Director
Place of Birth: Benin City, Edo State, Nigeria
Career Highlights: Winning several awards including Best Actress – Narrative Feature at the Los Angeles
Movie Awards (2010), Best Actress at the Harlem International Film Festival (2010) and Best Actress In A Leading
Role, Nigerian Entertainment Awards (2011)
Total number of movies: 36
Name: Osas Ighodaro Ajibade
Title: Actor
Place of Birth: New York City, NY, USA
Career Highlights: TV actress of the year - 2014 ELOY Awards
Total number of movies: Over 20
Name: Paul Obazele
Title: Actor/Director/Producer
Place of Birth: Lagos, Nigeria
Career Highlights: Being elected National President, Association of Movie Producers, Nigeria and Provost,
Film Cooperative of Nigeria
Total number of movies: Over 40
Name: Richard Mofe-Damijo
Title: Actor
Place of Birth: Warri, Delta State, Nigeria
Career Highlights: Winning Best Actor, African Movie Academy Awards (xxxx)
Total number of movies: Over 70
Name: Sadiq Daba
Title: Actor/Producer/Director
Place of Birth: Kumasi, Ghana
Career Highlights: Winning Best Actor, African Movie Academy Awards (2015) Best of Nollywood Awards (2015)
and Industry Merit Award, African Magic Viewers’ Choice Awards (2016)
Total number of movies: Over 60 films and TV productions
Name: Shawn 'Faqua' Ibekwute
Title: Actor
Place of Birth: Benin City, Edo State, Nigeria
Career Highlights: Receiving 5 Nominations for my first cinema feature film, Lagos Cougars, including an
African Movie Academy Award for Best Young/Promising Actor category (2014)
Total number of movies: 25
Name: Stephanie Linus (néé Okereke)
Title: Actress/Director/Writer/Producer
Place of Birth: Benin City, Nigeria
Career Highlights: : Winning Overall Best Actress, Reel Awards (2003) and winning Best Overall Film Africa,
African Magic Viewers’ Choice Awards (2016)
Total number of movies: Over 100
Name: Taiwo Ajai-Lycett
Title: Actor/Producer/Director/Presenter
Place of Birth: Lagos, Nigeria
Career Highlights: Being inducted as Fellow of the Society of Nigerian Theatre Artists (1992); being awarded
Officer of the Order of the Niger (OON) by President Olusegun Obasanjo (2006); being awarded the Professor Pat
Utomi's Centre for Values in Leadership (CVL), 23rd CVL Leader Without Title (LWT) Sector Leadership Award of Excellence
of Exceptional Leadership, in Recognition of Outstanding Contribution in Redefining the Nigerian Entertainment
Sector (2015).
Total number of movies: 10 movies and several TV series in the UK and Nigeria
Name: Tony Abulu
Title: Writer/Producer/Director
Place of Birth: Onitsha, Anambra State, Nigeria
Career Highlights: Career highlights Bringing 50 Nollywood stars to the US (2004), signing a distribution
deal with US cinema chain, AMC; founding the First Nigeria Intl film festival (2005)
Total number of movies: 5
Name: Tope Oshin
Title: Director/Producer
Place of Birth: Lagos, Nigeria
Career Highlights: Winning Best Programme Director – Nigerian Broadcast Media Awards (2016), Special Jury
Award, African Movie Academy Awards (2014), Best Director – In-Short Film Festival (2012)
Total number of movies: 13 Films and 4 TV Series
Name: Tope Tedela
Title: Actor
Place of Birth: Lagos, Nigeria
Career Highlights: Winning Best Actor In A Drama, Africa Magic Viewers’ Choice Awards (2014), Best Actor
in a Lead Role, Nigeria Entertainment Awards (2014), Best Actor, Best of Nollywood Awards (2014)
Total number of movies: 23
Name: Tunde Kelani
Title: Filmmaker
Place of Birth: Lagos, Nigeria
Career Highlights: Founding Mainframe Film and Media Institute in Abeokuta (2016)
Total number of movies: 14
Name: Uru Eke
Title: Actor/Producer
Place of Birth: Newham, London, UK
Career Highlights: Producing my first feature film
Total number of movies: 45
Name: Uti Nwachukwu
Title: Actor/TV Presenter and Model
Place of Birth: Ugheli, Delta State, Nigeria
Career Highlights: : Winning the First and Only Big Brother Africa All Stars (2010) Best New Actor, Golden
Icons Academy Movie Awards (2014) and Entertainment Personality of the Year, Nigerian Entertainment Awards (2012)
Total number of movies: 15
Name: Wole Alade
Title: Musician/Composer
Place of Birth: Ibadan, Nigeria
Career Highlights:Finding musical truth
Total number of movies: 4