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Osas Ighodaro Biography: Inside The Life Of The Nigerian Actress

Osariemen Martha Elizabeth Ighodaro is Osas Ighodaro’s full name. On October 26, Osas Ighodaro was born. She is an actress, producer, television host, and humanitarian of Nigerian descent. She won the Miss Black USA Pageant in 2010 and founded The Joyful Joy Foundation to raise funds and awareness for the Malaria fight. In 2014, she also co-hosted the Africa Magic Viewers Choice Awards. She won Best TV Actress of the Year at the 2014 ELOY Awards for her role as Adanna (Danni) on Tinsel. In 2018, Osas was named the highest-paid Nollywood actress. Osas also won the Best Dressed Female award at the 8th Edition of Africa Magic Viewers’ Choice Awards (AMVCA) in 2022.

Early Life and Education

Osas was born in the Bronx, New York, to Nigerian parents from Edo State. Her early years were spent mostly abroad. She graduated from Pennsylvania State University with a Bachelor of Arts in Broadcast Journalism and dual minors in Entrepreneurship and Theatre. She went on to earn a Master of Fine Arts Degree in Acting from Pace University’s Actor’s Studio Drama School.

Career

Among her many projects, Osas is best known for her work in “Rattlesnake,” “Smart Money Woman,” “Fela and the Kalakuta Queens,” “Cadillac Records,” and “Tyler Perry’s “Meet the Browns”.  Her production company, Joy of Art Media & Entertainment, was formed with the goal of creating projects that are both entertaining and have a constructive influence.

Osas was named the ‘Highest Grossing Box Office Actress’ in Nollywood in 2018, and she was among the top highest-grossing actresses in 2020. She was one of the top three national finalists in the American Black Film Festival/NBC Universal Star Project – monologue competition. Osas was named Miss Black America in 2010 and Best TV Actress at the 2014 Exquisite Lady of the Year Awards. She was recently named the 2021 HER Network Awards’ ‘Woman of the Year in Entertainment.’

Osas is an outspoken advocate of the spread of communicable diseases and the founder of the Joyful Joy Foundation, a non-profit organization dedicated to eradicating malaria in Africa, one community at a time.

AMVCA 2022

Osas Ighodaro was named Best Dressed Female in the 2022 Africa Magic Viewers Choice Awards, beating out Nancy Isime, Bimbo Ademoye, Adunni Ade, Belinda Effah, and others who competed in the category. She was also named Best Actress. Osas dedicates both awards to her late mother, who died of a minor illness.

Movies Series

YearTitleRole
2022Single Not SearchingKai
Man of GodTeju
Conversations in TransitAdeola
2021The Ghost and the Tout tooAmoke
Namaste WahalaPreemo
Mamba’s DiamondEloho
Bad CommentsHilda
2020Rattlesnake: The Ahanna StoryAmara
RatnikSarah Bello
Mama DramaMena
2019Your ExcellencyCandy
Bling LagosiansDemidun
2018We Don’t Live Here AnymoreLeslie
New MoneyAngela Nwachukwu
Merry Men: The Real Yoruba DemonsChidinma
King of BoysSade Bello
2016Put a Ring on itEki
EntreatMargaret
A Walk in the WindMary
2015Where Children PlayNia
The DepartmentTolu
Gbomo Gbomo ExpressCassandra
2011Restless CityAdinike
2009The TestedSheena
2008Cadillac RecordsMaid
Across a Bloodied OceanNafisa
2006Killa Season (film)Shinae

Television Hosts

YearTitleRole
2021King of Boys: The Return of the KingSade Bello
2020The Smart Money WomanZuri
Assistant MadamsChioma
2019MTV ShugaSergeant Alice Iyanu
2018EVE (Africa Magic)Sylvia
2013-2015Maltina Dance AllHost
2013Parallels – The WebseriesRuth
2012-2014TinselAdanna
201212 Steps to RecoveryJellybean
2010Meet the BrownsNurse Mileen
2006ConvictionGirlfriend

Awards & Nominations

AwardsEventsYear
Africa Magic Viewers’ Choice Awards (AMVCA)Best Dressed Female2022
Woman of the Year in EntertainmentHER Network2021
TV Actress of the YearELOY Awards2014
Miss Black USA2010
Highest-grossing Nollywood Actress2018
Brand Ambassador of the YearELOY Awards2015
Best Supporting ActressNigerian Entertainment Awards2016
“Humanitarian Award”Joyful Joy Foundation (Green October La Mode Magazine Awards 2015)2015

 

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