Etinosa Idemudia

Idemudia was born in Warri, Delta State,^[4] to Sylvester Idemudia, a retired group general manager of Greenfield Refineries (NNPC Group) and Patricia Idemudia, a reverend and founder of Victory Group of Schools. Idemudia began her primary education at Victory International School, Warri and had her secondary education at Cambridge International School, Warri and Igbinedion Education Centre, Benin, Edo State.

In 2011, she obtained a bachelor's degree in computer engineering from Covenant University^[5] After her graduation from University, Idemudia began working as a planning engineer^[2] with Delattre Bezons Nigeria, a subsidiary of Entrepose Contracting. She worked as a planning engineer for oil and gas construction projects until 2016 when she went into acting full-time. Idemudia then went to Royal Arts Academy owned by famous filmmaker Emem Isong where she obtained a diploma in performing arts in 2016.

Within a short time, she featured in several films and TV productions, including Made for More, The Miracle Centre, Wrongfully hers, Devil in Agbada,^[6] Blindspot,^[5] Stacy, The Call and The Millions.

In 2013, upon discovering Instagram videos, Idemudia began producing comedy skits, which she shared on the social media platform. The skits enjoyed rave reviews, bringing her relative success in the Nigerian entertainment industry, which culminated in her winning the award for Best Online Comic Act at the 2016 Scream Awards.^[2]

In 2016, Idemudia enrolled at the Royal Arts Academy,^[7] Lagos, Nigeria, where she obtained a diploma in performing arts, after which she quit her engineering job to pursue a full-time career in entertainment.^[8]

Her first film role was cameo appearance in A Little White Lie produced by Emem-Isong.^[5] Since then, she has appeared in films and television series including Devil in Agbada, Blood of Enogie, The Call, Chairman, Corpershun^[9] and Love in the Wrong Places. In 2017, she won the award for Best Actress at the 48 Hours Film Project for her performance in the short film Scheme^[4]

In 2018, she produced her first feature film, The Washerman, in which she appeared alongside Sound Sultan, Ik Ogbonna, Mofe Duncan, Chris Okagbue, Jaywon, Sani Danja, Bryan Okwara, Frank Donga, Judith Audu, Sexy Steel, Stephen Damian, and Mercy Isoyip.^[10]

In 2021, she won the award for Best Actress in a TV Series (Africa) at the Hollywood and African Prestigious Awards in California, United States.^[11]

In December 2020, Idemudia had her first child with her partner.^[13] In September 2021, her father died after an illness.^[14] She posted a tribute to him on social media.^[15] In 2022, she criticised Leo DaSilva for giving relationship advice.^[16]

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