OC Ukeje

Early life

Okechukwu Ukeje, is a native of Umuahia, the capital city of Abia State, southeastern region of Nigeria. He was born and raised in Lagos State, southwestern Nigeria. He is the second child of a family of three.{{Cite web

Career

He attended Federal Government College Ijanikin, Ojo, Lagos. He began his career in acting from his first year at the University of Lagos, Yaba, with a lead role in a stage play. He went on to pursue both music and acting, focusing mainly on acting in stage plays for the first four years of his career before attempting and winning a reality TV show, Amstel Malta Box Office (AMBO).{{cite news | access-date = 22 December 2012

He continued to write music, collaborating with a few Nigerian musical artists and producers and working on radio jingles for corporate organizations. He has worked in movies and television between 2008 and 2012.{{Cite web

He was a member of the cast of the TV series that was presented at the International Emmy World Television Festival, Wetin Dey (2007) produced by the BBC World Service Trust and played lead and supporting lead roles in films like Comrade, Confusion Na Wa and Awakening. He was also featured in Black November (2012) by Jeta Amata with cast members including Mickey Rourke, Kim Basinger, Sarah Wayne-Callies, Hakeem Kae-Kazim, Vivica Fox and a host of others. He was also in the film adaptation of Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie's Half of a Yellow Sun (2013) with Chiwetel Ejiofor and Thandiwe Newton as the lead cast, directed by Biyi Bandele. He was on the repertory team that showcased 3 stage plays for the Nigeria House at the London Cultural Olympiad (2012). He also acted in the BFI sponsored film, Gone Too Far.{{Cite web | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20131002075458/http://www.bfi.org.uk/news-opinion/news-bfi/video/video-destiny-ekaragha-gone-too-far | url-status = dead | archive-date = 2 October 2013 |access-date = 16 July 2014 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20180923123945/http://encomium.ng/meet-the-stars-of-gidi-up-season-2/ |archive-date = 23 September 2018 |url-status = dead |access-date = 12 February 2015 |url-status = usurped |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20150212201405/http://dailyindependentnig.com/2015/01/oc-ukeje-majid-breaking-cinemas/ |archive-date = 12 February 2015

In 2016, he was invited with Somkele Iyamah to attend the Toronto International Film Festival as "rising stars".

Personal life

Ukeje lives in Lagos, Nigeria. He married Senami Ibukunoluwa Togonu-Bickersteth on 8 November 2014.{{cite web |access-date = 19 May 2015 |archive-date = 4 March 2016 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160304083232/http://pulse.ng/movies/pulse-tv-one-on-one-oc-ukeje-shares-on-his-marriage-experience-and-how-he-met-his-wife-id3774431.html |url-status = dead |access-date = 2017-02-09 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20170211084428/http://thenet.ng/2014/11/nollywood-actor-oc-ukeje-weds-at-33/ |archive-date = 11 February 2017 |url-status = live

Filmography

Awards

References

References

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