Patience Ozokwor

Ozokwor was born in the village of Amaebo, Ngwo in present-day Enugu State, Nigeria,^[9][10] and attended Abimbola Gibson Memorial School in Lagos. Ozokwor developed a passion for acting in primary school, where she took part in various stage plays.^[11] She later attended the Institute of Management and Technology Enugu (ESUT), where she obtained a degree in fine and applied arts. Before starting as an actress, she was part of a radio drama.^[12]

Ozokwor worked as an announcer and broadcaster with Radio Nigeria before becoming an actress. She rose to fame with her role in the 1999 film Authority and her first TV drama was a soap opera titled Someone Cares on the Nigerian Television Authority (NTA).^[12][13][14] Since her breakthrough, she has appeared in over 100 films.^[15]

She starred in the Mo Abudu Netflix films Chief Daddy (2018) and Chief Daddy 2: Going for Broke (2022) as Madam Pat.^{[citation needed]}

Ozokwor got married at the age of 19 and she became a widow in 2000 following her husband's death from a terminal disease.^{[16][14][17][18]} She has three biological children and seven adopted children all of whom bear her name. She also has several grand children.^[19] Ozokwor is an ordained evangelist.^[5]