Kenneth Okolie

Kenneth Obinna Okolie (born February 21, 1984) is a Nigerian actor and model who was crowned Mr Nigeria in 2010[4] and in 2015 won the City People Movie Award for Best Supporting Actor of the Year (English) at the City People Entertainment Awards.[5][6][7]

Kenneth Okolie
Born
Kenneth Obinna Okolie

(1984-02-21) 21 February 1984
Nigeria
NationalityNigerian
Alma materValley View University[1][2]
Occupation
  • Actor
  • Model
Years active2006-Present
Height6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)[3]

Early life and education

Okolie is a native of Ihiala in Anambra state a southeastern geographical area of Nigeria predominantly occupied by the igbo people of Nigeria. Okolie is the first born child of his parents and has three siblings. He graduated with a B.Sc. degree from Valley View University in Ghana.[8][9]

Modeling and acting career

Okolie before his debut into the Nigerian movie industry began as a model[10] in 2006, in which he described as a coincidence as he merely escorted a friend to an audition for models and never intended to participate in the auditioning process but was compelled to audition by those conducting the audition of which he accepted their request and auditioned. He was successful in the audition and was selected hence debuting his career as a model. In 2010, four years after debuting his modeling career, Okolie participated in the Mr Nigeria male pageant and won.[11][12] Okolie after winning the pageant, proceeded to the Mister World pageant and emerged as the second runner. Okolie debuted into the Nigerian movie industry in 2011. Okolie described his venture into the Nigerian movie industry as a coincidence as well as he never intended to be an actor.[13][14]

Award

Okolie won the City People Movie Award for Best Supporting Actor of the Year (English) at the City People Entertainment Awards.[15][16]

Personal life

Okolie married Nwaka Jessica in 2017 and in 2019 gave birth to their first child.[17][18][19]

2012 Kidnap case

In 2012 Okolie travelled to Owerri which is the capital of Imo state for the purpose of shooting a movie alongside Nollywood colleague; Nkiru Sylvanus. It was reported that on December 15th both Okolie and Nkiru Sylvanus had been abducted and a ransom of ₦100,000,000 (One hundred million naira) which was per exchange rate in 2012 equivalent to $640,000 (Six Hundred and forty thousand U.S dollars) was demanded by their captors in exchange for their release.[20][21] On December 21 2012 at 10:30pm on the 6th day since their kidnap Okolie and co-actor Nkiru Sylvanus were released from captivity and regained freedom. The amount eventually paid in exchange for their release was never reported by the Nigerian media.[22][23][24][25]

Selected filmography
Movies
N° Movie Title Year Character
1 Aina 2011 Bako
2 Keeping My Man 2013
3 House Husband 2015 Chude
4 Gbomo Gbomo Express (2015)[26]
5 25th Birthday 2016 Melvin
6 My Name is Kadi 2016
7 Trouble Comes To Town 2016 Benny
8 A Girl’s Note 2016 Ken
9 Evol 2017 Kamari
10 Strangers 2017 Reginald
11 Mystified 2017 Teddy
12 Stormy Hearts 2017
13 Next Door 2017
14 The Royal Hibiscus Hotel 2017 Deji[27][28]
15 Different Worlds 2019 Ike
16 Molly’s Love Story Tony
17 Black Coffee Francis Adu
18 Reaction 2019 Desmond
19 Snap 2019 Jerry
20 Mr & Mrs ABAKOBA Ifeanyi
21 Drifted( When a soldier loves) Ola
22 Just a wish Dave
23 A Friendly Fire Daniel
24 Royal Tussle
25 This is not a love story Kolawolé
26 Borrowed Heart
27 Dear Ijeoma Nicolas
28 Hit and Run
29 A toast to a heart break Michael
30 Tripod
31 A long walk to nothing
32 3 some
33 Reconciliation
34 My Silence
35 Stranger than ever
36 No strings attached
37 Wedlock
38 Bride with Gun
39 Lunch Times Heroes
40 Espionage
41 Kazbar
42 Date Night
43 A haunted Marriage
44 Open Scars
45 Ruth
46 One Bite
47 The Sassy One Scott
48 Promises are forever Dan
49 Deluded
50 Love isn't enough
51 The Cleansers 2020
52 Stroke ok luck 2020
53 The tea Room
54 A tiny line
55 Olive
56 Izunna
57 Rising Above
58 Oath of silence
59 Heart Ripper
60 Love and Shadow
61 Strength of love
62 Imperfect Me
63 Crumbles cookies
64 Fatal Attraction
65 The right kind of wrong
66 Jumbled 2019 Damilola
67 Mothers and daugthters in law
68 Don't get mad Get Even
69 Mr Black
70 RIFT
71 Lovers or Loosers (LOL)
72 Ignition
73 Chances
74 Ufuoma
75 True vows
76 The department
77 Rubbles of love
78 Just 2 hoours
79 A Girl's Note
80 Alera's Diary
81 PayBack

TV Shows
TV-Series
N° TV Series Title Year Character Seasons
1 Desperate House Girls 2013 1-2
2 Husbands of Lagos 2015 Akinlolu 1-2-3
3 Ojukwu 2018 Odili 1-2
4 Poison Ivy
5 The Suncity Chris 1
6 Singles Ladies
7 Before 30
8 Skinny Girl in Transit
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gollark: It's not actually a brother. I just thought "oh, same lineage, must be one bred by the same person" but then I realized "oh, wait, that's actually one I bred for the AP".
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References
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  2. "Kenneth Okolie - iBAKATV | Home for Nollywood Movies". ibakatv.com. Retrieved 2019-12-16.
  3. "Former Mr. Nigeria And Actor Kenneth Okolie; All You Need To Know About Him". 246hits.com. 2019-04-20. Retrieved 2019-12-15.
  4. "Former Mr Nigeria, Kenneth Okoli breaks hearts as he shows off his girlfriend for the first time". Vanguard Allure. 2017-02-09. Retrieved 2019-12-15.
  5. "Finalists square up for Mr Nigeria 2018". guardian.ng. Retrieved 2019-12-15.
  6. Published. "Marriage cannot change my hot body – Former Mr. Nigeria, Kenneth Okolie". Punch Newspapers. Retrieved 2019-12-15.
  7. Famakin, Opeyemi (2018-02-23). "7 Things You Didn't Know About Former Mr. Nigeria And Actor Kenneth Okolie". vibe.ng. Retrieved 2019-12-15.
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  10. "Kenneth Okolie – Silverbird Mr Nigeria". www.mrnigeriasilverbird.com. Retrieved 2019-12-15.
  11. Adeniran, Raphel (2019-03-23). "Nollywood Celebrities Who Rose To Fame From Reality Shows". Eelive. Retrieved 2019-12-16.
  12. Published. "It's not true I shun low-budget movies – Kenneth Okolie". Punch Newspapers. Retrieved 2019-12-15.
  13. "I still have a crush on Ufuoma Ejenobor – Kenneth Okolie". Vanguard News. 2015-03-14. Retrieved 2019-12-15.
  14. Ugonna, Chinenye (2014-10-26). "Dating actresses bad for business– Kenneth Okolie - Premium Times Nigeria". Retrieved 2019-12-16.
  15. Ochuwa, Akashat (2017-10-09). "List Of Winners At The 2017 City People Movie Awards". Concise News. Retrieved 2019-12-16.
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  19. allure1 (2017-01-11). "Former Mr Nigeria, Kenneth Okolie gets engaged for the second time (Photos)". Vanguard Allure. Retrieved 2019-12-15.
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  21. says, Lilian (2012-12-21). "Kidnappers release Nkiru Sylvanus and Kenneth Okolie". Nigerian Entertainment Today. Retrieved 2019-12-15.
  22. "Nkiru Sylvanus and Kenneth Okolie Released By Kidnappers ⋆". www.herald.ng. Retrieved 2019-12-15.
  23. "Kenneth Okolie and Nkiru Sylvanus Regain Freedom".
  24. "News Flash: Nkiru Sylvanus, Kenneth Okolie Regain Freedom". www.thenigerianvoice.com. Retrieved 2019-12-15.
  25. "Nkiru Sylvanus, Kenneth Okolie released!". Vanguard News. 2012-12-21. Retrieved 2019-12-15.
  26. "'Gbomo Gbomo Express' Movie featuring Ramsey Nouah, Gideon Okeke, Osas Ighodaro gets release date". www.pulse.ng. Retrieved 2019-12-16.
  27. ""The Royal Hibiscus Hotel" Stars Zainab Balogun And Kenneth Okolie Cover Guardian Life Today". The Guardian Nigeria News - Nigeria and World News. 2018-02-04. Retrieved 2019-12-15.
  28. "Zainab Balogun, Kenneth Okolie star in 'Royal Hibiscus Hotel' movie » Entertainment » Tribune Online". Tribune Online. 2017-08-19. Retrieved 2019-12-15.
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