Ethnicity Igbo Name Yvonne Okoro Occupation Actress Role Actress | Years active 2002–present Nationality Ghanaian Website yvonneokoro.com Siblings Roseline Okoro | |
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Full Name Chinyere Yvonne Okoro Nominations Africa Movie Academy Award for Best Actress In Leading Role Movies 4 Play, Contract, Potomanto, The Game, Single Six Similar People Yvonne Nelson, Jackie Appiah, Nadia Buari, Shirley Frimpong‑Manso, Joselyn Dumas Profiles | ||
Yvonne Okoro Biography and Net Worth
Yvonne Okoro, Yvonne Nelson, Other Slay Queens Dress To Kill At 2018 Miss Universe Ghana Finals
Chinyere Yvonne Okoro is a Ghanaian actress of Nigerian and Ghanaian descent. She has received Ghana Movie Awards Best Actress Award in 2010 and was nominated for Africa Movie Academy Awards Best Actress twice in a row in 2011 and 2012 for her movies Pool Party and Single Six. She has also received four Africa Magic Viewers' Choice Award and in 2012 was honoured with a Distinguished Achievement Award at the Nigeria Excellence Awards.
Contents
- Yvonne Okoro Biography and Net Worth
- Yvonne Okoro Yvonne Nelson Other Slay Queens Dress To Kill At 2018 Miss Universe Ghana Finals
- Early life
- Career
- Filmography
- References
Early life
Born to a Nigerian dad and Ghanaian mother, Yvonne Okoro is of mixed lineage and calls herself an African. Yvonne Okoro is from Amankalu Alayi in Abia State, Nigeria. Abia State is also home to other popular Nollywood artists like Chinedu Ikedieze, Uche Jombo, Victoria Inyama, Basket Mouth, Ejike Asiegbu, Okechukwu Ukeje and a host of others. She comes from a very large family, as the first child of her mother and the fifth of all siblings. She from a young age showed desire to be an actress She attended Achimota Preparatory School after which she went to the Lincoln Community School and then to Faith Montessori School. She continued at Mfanstiman Girls' Senior High School after which she enrolled at University of Ghana, Legon where she did Bachelor of Arts, combining English and Linguistics. Subsequently, she was at the University De-Nantes in France to study Press Civilization, Drama and Marketing.
Career
She made her screen debut in Sticking to the Promise, a 2002 movie produced by the Nigerian producer Theo Akatugba, just after her Senior High Education. She also played a cameo role in the hit series Tentacles by the same producer for Point Blank Media Concepts.
Filmography
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