In this article I will be sharing with you 10 Nollywood child actors that are now grown up. These guys started out in Nollywood as child actors in early 2000s and today they are all grown up and looking beautiful, handsome, stylish, curvy and gorgeous. These actors started their career as child actors and today they are all successful in their chosen career. The Nollywood film industry has produced a lot of famous celebrities that grace our screens today, it is also amazing to know that some of these celebrities started out as child actors.
The Nigerian movie industry also known as Nollywood have really built a career for many talents and these ten young and vibrant actors are not exceptional. This ten young vibrant actors have really proven that there is really future in the make believe business. So, here are the 10 Nollywood child actors that are now grown up.
1. Williams Uchemba
Williams Uchemba is a Nollywood actor, movie producer, model, comedian, philanthropist, entrepreneur and a television personality. He is currently the United Nation Ambassador and African Youth Representative to the United Nation. He was born and bred in Abia State in the south eastern part of Nigeria. He is very handsome, gifted, skillful, creative and talented in acting and interpretation of movie roles.
After completing his primary and secondary school education, Williams Uchemba proceeded to University of Nigeria, Nsukka in Enugu State in the south eastern part of Nigeria and graduated with a Bachelor’s Degree in International Relation. Williams Uchemba joined the Nigerian movie industry (Nollywood) in 2000 as a child actor and rose to fame in 2001 after featuring in the Nollywood blockbuster movie “The Journey of the Dead” a movie he acted alongside with Pete Edochie, Olu Jacobs and Ramsey Noah. The movie “The Journey of the Dead” brought him to limelight and made him a public figure.
2. Regina Daniels
Regina Daniels is a Nollywood actress, model, producer, television personality and a philanthropist. She was born on 13th May 2000 in Asaba, Delta State in the south southern part of Nigeria. She is currently 21 years old. She joined the Nigerian movie industry popularly known as Nollywood in 2007 at the age of 7 years old. In 2010, she rose to fame after starring in the Nollywood blockbuster movie “Miracle Child” a tragic movie which she acted alongside with Chinwe Owoh.
She attended Hollywood International School in Asaba, Delta State in the south southern part of Nigeria and obtained her West African Senior School Certificate. She is currently an undergraduate of Igbinedion University Okada, Edo State in the south southern part of Nigeria, where she is currently studying Theatre Arts. She is currently married to Prince Ned Nwoko. Regina Daniels tops the list of most beautiful and richest teen actress in Nigeria. She has been nominated for Best Actress of the Year at the Africa Magic Viewers Choice Awards and Most Promising Actress in Nigeria at the Africa Movie Academy Awards.
3. Somadina Adinma
Somadina Adinma is a Nollywood actor, television presenter, model and a television personality. He is very handsome, gifted, skillful, creative and talented in acting and interpretation of movie roles. He was born and bred in Lagos State in the south western part of Nigeria, where he completed both his primary and secondary school education. Somadina Adinma is originally from Neni, a small town in Nnewi Local Government Area of Anambra State in the south eastern part of Nigeria.
After completing his primary and secondary school education in Lagos, Somadina Adinma proceeded to Nnamdi Azikiwe University Awka in Anambra State, Nigeria and graduated with a Bachelor’s Degree in Theatre Arts. He joined the Nigerian movie industry (Nollywood) in 2006 and started acting as a child actor. Aside from acting, Somadina Adinma is also a model and a television presenter. He has worked with Enugu State Broadcasting Services and Igbo TV as a radio and television presenter.
4. Sharon Ezeamaka
Sharon Ezeamaka is a Nollywood actress, producer, model and a television personality. She started acting at the age of 5 years old as a child actress. She was born on 24th October 1992 in Lagos State in the south western part of Nigeria. She is currently 29 years old. She is very beautiful, gifted, skillful, creative and talented in acting and interpretation of movie roles. She is originally from Enugu State in the south eastern part of Nigeria, but was born and bred in Lagos State.
In 1997, Sharon Ezeamaka joined the Nigerian movie industry (Nollywood) at the age of 5 years old and acted in her first movie “Narrow Escape” as a child actress alongside with Nollywood legendary actor Pete Edochie. In 2000, Sharon Ezeamaka rose to fame after acting in the Nollywood blockbuster movie “Dear Mother” a tragic movie which she acted as a child actress alongside with Hilda Dokubo. The movie “Dear Mother” later won her the award for Best Child Actress at the Africa Movie Academy Awards.
5. Promise Odika
Promise Odika started his career as a Nollywood child actor, but today he has grown into a handsome young man. He is currently an actor, a movie producer, a model and a television personality. Promise Odika is popularly known for playing the role of an orphan who is been maltreated by his step mother. He always features in tragic and sorrow movies. He joined the Nigerian movie industry popularly known as Nollywood in 1998 as a child actor. Promise Odika was born and raised in Aba, Abia State in the south eastern part of Nigeria, where he completed both his primary and secondary school education and obtained both his First School Leaving Certificate and West African Senior School Certificate. He started acting at a very tender age while still in primary school and joined the Nigerian movie industry (Nollywood) in 1998as a child actor. In 2001, he rose to fame after starring in the Nollywood blockbuster movie “Onye-Eze” where he played the role of a child who lost his mother and is been maltreated by his step mother.
6. Chinenye Nnebe
Chinenye Nnebe is a Nollywood actress, model, and a television personality. She started her acting career as a Nollywood child actress. She is the daughter to Nollywood costumier and movie producer Uche Nancy. She was born on 5th April 1997 in Asaba, Delta State in the south southern part of Nigeria. She is currently 24 years old. She is the last child in the family. She grew up in Asaba, Delta State in the south southern part of Nigeria, where she completed her primary and secondary school education. Information of her father is unknown, she alongside with her siblings were single handedly raised by their mother. In 2000, Chinenye Nnebe was introduced into the Nigerian movie industry popularly known as Nollywood by her mother Uche Nancy as a child actress. She has featured in over 70 Nollywood movies. She is always known for playing the role of a child, house help, maid, royal princess, girlfriend, wife and daughter in-law in several Nollywood movies.
7. Chukwudi Okoro
Chukwudi Okoro popularly known as Ikenta started his career as a Nollywood child actor, but today he has grown into a handsome young man. He is currently an actor, a movie producer and a television personality. Chukwudi Okoro is popularly known for playing the role of a spoilt brat who is fond of intimidating people. He is known for playing the role of a troublemaker in several Nollywood movies. He always features in epic, comedy and tragic movies. He joined the Nigerian movie industry popularly known as Nollywood in 1999 as a child actor. Some of the movies he has acted include Onye Eze, Aguba, Hi Goat, Ikenta Onye Ojuo, and many more. He is a graduate of Political Science from the Enugu State University of Science and Technology. He is very talented and gifted in acting and interpretation of movie roles.
8. Destiny Etiko
Destiny Etiko is a Nollywood actress, scriptwriter, television personality and a model. She has been regarded as one of the best performing actress in Nigeria and also one of the most beautiful actress in Nigeria known for her romantic, action and tragic roles in movies. She started her career as a Nollywood child actress. She hails from Udi, a small town in Enugu State in the south eastern part of Nigeria. She is very beautiful, gifted, skillful, creative and talented in acting and interpretation of movie roles.
She knows how to interpret her roles very well and can fit in any character given to her by movie producers and directors in Nigeria. She is a graduate of Theatre Arts from Nnamdi Azikiwe University in Awka, Anambra State. In 2014, Destiny Etiko was nominated for Best Actress in a Supporting Role at the City People Entertainment Awards. In 2015, she was also nominated for Best Actress in Nigeria at the Africa Magic Viewers Choice Awards for her role in the Nollywood blockbuster movie “Idemili” an epic tragic and horror movie.
9. Samuel Ajibola
Samuel Ajibola is affectionately Nollywood actor known as ‘Spiff’ by his admirers because of his amusing and imaginative portrayal in the Nigerian television drama ‘The Johnsons.’ Samuel Ajibola started his career as a Nollywood child actor. Samuel Ajibola is a Nigerian film and television actor, model, events planner, comedian, entrepreneur and a television personality. He is best known for his role as a child-actor in the Opa Williams directed movie Tears for Love, as well as his role as “Spiff” in the Africa Magic TV series The Johnsons.
Samuel Ajibola is also famous for being the first Nigerian child actor to win the award for Best Child Actor for three years in a row. On 4th March, 2017 he won the Africa Magic Viewers Choice Award for Best Actor in an M-net comedy series The Johnsons. Samuel Ajibola was born in Mazamaza, Lagos State in the south western part of Nigeria, where he completed both his primary and secondary school education. He is the first child in a family of four children. He hails from Ekiti State in the south western part of Nigeria. Samuel Ajibola began his acting career in 1995 at the age of 6 years old in the Opa Williams directed movie, Tears for Love.
10. Sandra Uchemba
Sandra Uchemba is the younger sister to Williams Uchemba. She started her career as a Nollywood child actress. Sandra Uchemba was born on the 22nd May and holds a Bachelors and Masters Degree in Business Administration and she is beautifully living her life. After completing her primary and secondary school education, Sandra Uchemba proceeded to University of Nigeria, Nsukka in Enugu State in the south eastern part of Nigeria and graduated with a Bachelor’s Degree in Business Administration.
Sandra Uchemba joined the Nigerian movie industry (Nollywood) in 2000 alongside with his brother as child actors and rose to fame in 2001 after featuring in the Nollywood blockbuster movie “The Journey of the Dead” a movie she acted alongside with her brother Williams Uchemba, Hilda Dokubo, Pete Edochie, Olu Jacobs and Ramsey Noah. Most Nollywood lovers know more about the brother than the sister because she stopped acting in Nollywood years ago and is now an Agriculture based Entrepreneur and currently lives in Dublin, Ireland.
Austine Ikeru is a Professional Blogger, YouTuber, Entrepreneur and the CEO of Austine Media. You can follow him on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram
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