Nollywood Celebrities Whose Mothers Are Not From Nigeria

1. Empress Njamah (Cameroonian Mother)

Empress Njamah is a Nigerian actress. In 2012, she was nominated for best supporting actress at the Africa Movie Academy Awards, but lost out to Terry Pheto.

Njamah’s father is a Nigerian and her mother a Cameroonian.

She is a graduate of English from Olabisi Onabanjo University, Ogun State. She once dated Timaya, but the relationship ended after becoming a subject of discussion on social media.

2. Sarah Ofili (Hungarian Mother)

Sarah Ofili is an international model, beauty blogger, designer, radio host and television presenter, and a Nigerian actress born on October 22, 1984.

Sarah’s father is a Nigerian while her mother is from Hungary.

She obtained a diploma in Psychology from the University of Jos and also attended the London school of Beauty & Make-Up, London, England.

She’s quite beautiful and also has an attractive body figure which she never hesitate to flaunt even as a beauty specialist.

3. Adunni Ade (German Mother)

Adunni Ade, born 7 June 1987, is a Nigerian actress and model.

Adunni was born in Queens, New York, United States to a German mother and a Yoruba Nigerian father.

She was raised in Lagos and the United States. She had her elementary schooling in Lagos and Ogun states. Her Lagos-based father, who is also a successful businessman inspired her to study Accounting. She earned a degree in accounting at the University of Kentucky in 2008.

4. Christabel Ekeh (Ghanaian Mother)

Christabel Ekeh is a Nollywood and Ghallywood actress and Model. She has been featured in more than eighty Ghanaian and Nigerian movies.

Ekeh was born in Accra, Ghana to a Nigerian father and Ghanaian mother. She had her secondary education at the St. Mary’s Senior High School and she studied theatre arts at the University of Ghana where she graduated with a Bachelor’s Degree.

5. Philldella Yve (Cameroonian Mother)

Philldella Yve is a 29 years old talented Nigerian-Cameroonian actress, film maker, model, YouTuber and motivational speaker born on 24th December.

She made her spotlight appearance after playing a vital role in the movies; Spanky Brown which is also famous as The Shy Village Girls and also playing a role in the Nollywood blockbuster, Foreigners.

6. Yvonne Okoro (Ghanaian Mother)

Chinyere Yvonne Okoro is a Nollywood and Ghallywood actress. She 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.

 

She was Born to a Ghanaian mum and a Nigerian dad. Yvonne Okoro is of mixed lineage and calls herself an African.

7. Ibinabo Fiberesima (Irish Mother)

Ibinabo Fiberesima was born on January 13th, 1973 in Port Harcourt, Rivers state, Nigeria, to a Nigerian father from Okirika, Rivers state, and an Irish mother. She is an actress, director, event planner and National director for Miss Earth Nigeria.

Ibinabo is the second child in a family of six. Her father, J.B.Fiberesima, was a medical doctor. She attended the Y.M.C.A Play Centre, Port Harcourt and had her secondary education at the Federal Government Girls College, New Bussa in Niger State. In 1994, she earned a Bachelor’s Degree in English Language and Literature from the University of Ibadan.