Genevieve Nnaji

Biography

Genevieve Nnaji (born 3 May 1979)[2] is a Nigerian actress, producer and director. She won the Africa Movie Academy Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role in 2005, making her the first actress to win the award. In 2011, she was honoured as a Member of the Order of the Federal Republic by the Nigerian government for her contribution to Nollywood.

Known for

Acting roles

Year	Movie / TV show / Other	Role
2018	Farming	Tolu
2018	Lionheart	Adaeze
2015	Road to Yesterday	Victoria
2013	Half of a Yellow Sun	Miss Adebayo
2013	Doctor Bello	Doctor Eniola
2013	Weekend Getaway
2011	The Mirror Boy	Teema
2011	Sacred Lies
2010	Ijé: The Journey	Chioma Opara
2010	Bursting Out
2008	Amina
2008	Sister's Love
2007	A Piece of Flesh	Ifeoma
2007	Letters to a Stranger	Jemima Lawal
2006	Girls Cot	Queen
2006	30 Days	Chinora Onu
2005	Rip-Off 2
2005	Rip-Off
2005	Games Women Play
2004	Sympathy
2003	Blood Sister	Esther
2003	Jealous Lovers	Chioma
2003	Private Sin
2003	Passions
2002	Formidable Force
2002	Sharon Stone	Sharon

Credits

Year	Movie / TV show / Other	Role
2023	I Do Not Come to You by Chance	Producer
2018	Lionheart	Executive Producer
2018	Lionheart	Screenplay
2018	Lionheart	Director
2015	Road to Yesterday	Producer
2015	Road to Yesterday	Executive Producer
2015	Road to Yesterday	Story