Chika Nancy Ike popularly known as Chika Ike is a Nigerian actress, television personality; businesswoman; producer, former model and a philanthropist.
In this post you will discover some interesting facts about her, such as her birthday (age), career, net worth, awards.
The name ‘Chika Ike’ is not new to fans of Nigerian movies. She is indeed a household name; acting over one hundred movies in what one can describe as a successful acting career so far.
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Biography
Chika Ike was born and brought up in the South-Eastern part of Nigeria, Anambra State.
According to what Chika described in her biography book, the circumstances surrounding her birth was quite a sad tale to tell.
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However, through her hard work, she can now look back and see those circumstances as her driving force.
According to Chika, when she was a baby, her father rejected her for a hard-to-believe reason: he wanted a son but a girl was born instead.
Birthday & Age
The talented actress was born on the 8th of November 1985. She is currently 38.
If you are one of her fans, do well to create out time to send her some good wishes on her memorable day.
Early life & education
Chika had her secondary education at Saint Francis Catholic Secondary School. Immediately after her secondary education, at the age of 16, she went into modelling.
In 2004, she enrolled in the University of Lagos (Unilag) for a 2-year diploma program in human kinetics and health education.
After completing the two years diploma program in 2006, she went further to get a degree in human kinetics and health education in the same Unilag.
Furthermore, she studied film making In 2014, at the New York Film Academy in Los Angeles, California.
Is Chika Ike married? Husband & Children
Chika Ike was formerly married to Tony Eberiri. Their marriage lasted from 2006 to 2013.
Abuja High Court annulled the marriage after the actress made several allegations against Tony Eberiri.
She opened up about how she was domestically abused in her past marriage. She filed for divorce due to domestic violence in 2013.
Chika Ike’s marriage took place when the actress was only 21 years old and according to the actress, age was a huge factor that led to their separation.
Career
Chika Ike started her movie career in 2005 where she featured in a minor character in the movie titled ” Sweet Love”.
She did her debut that same year in a movie titled “Bless the child” since then she has played major roles in over a hundred movies.
After graduating from the New York Film Academy, In 2014 she found her production company, Chika Ike Production.
Having launched her production company, she produced her first movie “Miss teacher”.
In 2015, she did a collaboration with Rok Studios to produce movies like Stuck on you and Happy Ending.
With her recent movie produced being “Small Chops” it looks like the actress still has a long way to go in her career as a producer..
Awards & nominations
Chika Nancy Ike has earned through her hard work, several awards and nominations so far.
Some of these awards include:
- In 2008, she was nominated for the Best Upcoming Actress at the Africa Movie Academy Awards for the movie Bless The Child.
- At the 2009 African Movie Academy Awards, also nominated for the Best Supporting Actress for the movie Assassination.
- Still in 2009 she won the African Youth Society Award for Best Role Model in Africa.
- She was nominated in the City People Entertainment Awards as Best Supporting Actress in 2009.
- In 2011 she won the Donven Club Awards for Best Actress and an honorary award as United Nations Messenger of Peace (United Nations Youth Ambassador for Peace).
Net Worth
As one of the most popular actresses in Nollywood, Chika has earned pretty well for herself and can be listed among the top Nollywood stars.
Although she has not come out to declare her net worth, according to several reports, she is said to have a net worth of around $1 million.
Other Facts
The beautiful actress is also known for her philanthropic acts. She established the foundation Help the Child.
The foundation is aimed at helping poor children.
Every year she hosts a major welfare event for the children on the street, providing scholarships and school writing materials for the children.
One case scenario is in 2012 when she threw a street party; hosted over 3000 children, feeding them and giving out toys, school bags and writing materials.
Here’s a summary of Ini Edo’s profile:
- Full name: Chika Nancy Ike
- Date of birth: 8th November 1985
- Age: 38
- State of Origin: Anambra state
- Net worth: Roughly $1000,000
- Marital status: Divorced
- Years active: 2005 till present
- Nationality: Nigerian.