Ngozi Ezeonu is a renowned Nollywood actress, television personality, an entrepreneur and a rare philanthropist. She was born on 23rd May, 1955 to the family of Ikeplue D.O. in Ogunike, Anambra State of Nigeria.
Educational Background
Ngozi Ezeonu did her primary and secondary education in Anambra State. After her primary and secondary certificates respectively, she went further to obtain a Diploma in Journalism. After her graduation, she worked briefly in journalism profession before joining Nollywood industry in 1993.
Acting Career
Ngozi Ezeonu is a beautiful and calm looking woman who rose to movie limelight after starring in the blockbuster movie “Living in Bondage”, a movie that moved her up to greatness and popularity in the Nigerian movie industry.
She built on her career and became an actress to look up to after her starring in the blockbuster movies “Nneka the Pretty Serpent”. This movie was produced and directed by the famous Zeb Ejiro. Since then, she has remained committed and ever hard working, featuring in over 200 movies including Living in Bondage, Glamour Girls, Family Secret and several others too numerous to mention here.
Ngozi is reputed to play the role of Queen in most of her movies. She has never been involved in any scandal, hence she is selective of any role assigned her by any movie director to avoid dragging her reputation to the mud.
In 2012, Ngozi again featured in another movie, ‘Adesuwa’. The popularity of this hit movie earned her the Best supporting actress award at the African Movie Academy Awards.
In 2013, Ngozi had a health challenge. She was observed to have lost weight, quite enormous that her health condition received worried attention from her fans and well wishers. To God be the glory, she has since recovered from this health challenge and has remained active in the movie industry.
Personal Life
This beautiful and multi-talented Nollywood actress is happily married and the union is blessed with four children. One remarkable thing about this woman is her resolve to keep the private life of her children secret perhaps due to the security problem in the country. Till date, nothing is heard or known about her children.
Awards
Ngozi like any other celebrities has won several awards including:
• Most prominent actress in Nigeria at the City People Entertainment Awards.
• Best Actor in Nigeria at the Best of Nollywood Awards.
• Best Actress at the Africa Movie Academy Awards and many others.
Her Net Worth
Ngozi Ezeonu is one of the most gifted, talented, richest, most influential and topmost actresses in Nigeria with a net worth of about $700,000 dollars.