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Who is Angela Okorie? Bio, Family, Age, Career, Net Worth, Facts

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Angela Ijeoma Okorie popularly known as Angela Okorie is a Nollywood actress and model. in this article, we’ll be talking about her Biography, Age, Career and Net Worth.

The Nollywood industry is indeed one of the movie industries blessed with so many talents packaged in beautiful bodies, as seen in the likes of Genevieve Nnaji; Ini Edo, and Stephanie Okereke, etc.

As a matter of fact, Angela is one of such many talents plus she is drop-dead gorgeous.

Angela Okorie purple gown

Meanwhile, she has acted in more than 100 films between 2009 and 2014, over a hundred movies in just five years. Wow!

More than the number of movies any Nollywood actress have acted under five years.

Angela Okorie’s Biography

Angela was born and raised in Cotonou, Benin Republic. She is the third child of five children. She is from Ishiagu, Ivo LGA, Ebonyi State, Nigeria.

Growing up in Cotonou, she had both her primary and secondary education there. Then she returned to Nigeria to further.

Angela Okorie biography
Credit: Angela Okorie

After returning to Nigeria, she attended the University of Lagos where she studied theatre arts; she also attended Lagos State University and there she studied Public Administration.

Family: Is she married? Does She Have Children?

Yea, the beautiful actress is married to Mr. Chukwuma Orizu and they both have a son together called Chamberlain Kasiemobi, who according to her, is a miracle child; being declared a stillborn by Doctors at birth.

The boy was given birth to on the 5th of September, 2001. so he’s currently 22.

Age: How Old is Angela?

The beautiful actress was born on the 17th of August, 1986 and is therefore currently 37 years old.

Well, now that you know her birthday, always do well to reach out to her with a birthday shoutout.

Angela Okorie Birthday(Age)
Credit: Angela Okorie

Angela’s Career: All you need to know

As with some other actresses, she was in a drama group at a young age, so we can say she started grooming herself into the actress she has become today.

After a decade of modelling for a soap company, she launched her Nollywood career in 2009 with her first movie being “Sincerity”.

Although she started acting in 2009, According to Pulse Nigeria, her break into the limelight came after she starred in “Holy Serpent” in 2011.

She has been described as one of the “most sought after actresses” in Nollywood as well as a “popular actress” that interpret roles with ease by both Vanguard newspaper, and Nations newspaper respectively.

In a 2014 interview, she explained that her mother was not comfortable with her acting;based on religious grounds.

In any case, she did not stop acting and it doesn’t look like she plans on stopping anytime soon; but had stated that she wouldn’t act nude irrespective of the fee.

She has also stated her desire to record gospel music in the future and also go into film production.

She described music as something that has always been a part of her and that she already has a list of her songs and would be releasing her album soon.

Here are a few lists of movies she’s acted in; Sincerity, Secret Code, Heart of a Widow, Holy Serpent, Royal Vampire, etc.

Net worth

According to various reports, she is estimated to be worth around $600,000.

Awards and Nominations

In 2015, she won the City People Entertainment Awards for Best Supporting Actress in an English film.

Best upcoming act at the African Movie Academy Awards; and best actress at African Movie Viewers Choice Award.

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