1. OC Ukeje came into prominence after winning the Amstel Malta Box Office reality show.
15 Facts About OC Ukeje
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OC Ukeje has received several awards including Africa Movie Academy Awards, Africa Magic Viewers Choice Awards, Nollywood Movies Awards, Best of Nollywood Awards, Nigeria Entertainment Awards and Golden Icons Academy Movie Awards.
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OC Ukeje has featured in several award-winning films including Two Brides and a Baby, Hoodrush, Alan Poza, Confusion Na Wa and Half of a Yellow Sun.
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OC Ukeje was born and raised in Lagos State, southwestern Nigeria.
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OC Ukeje began his career in acting from his first year at the University of Lagos, Yaba, with a lead role in a stage play.
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OC Ukeje went on to pursue both music and acting, focusing mainly on acting in stage plays for the first four years of his career before attempting and winning a reality TV show, Amstel Malta Box Office.
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OC Ukeje won the Africa Movie Academy Awards for the Most Promising Actor and the City People's Award for Best New Act.
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OC Ukeje continued to write music, collaborating with a few Nigerian musical artists and producers and working on radio jingles for corporate organizations.
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OC Ukeje has worked in movies and television between 2008 and 2012.
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OC Ukeje was a member of the cast of the TV series that was presented at the International Emmy World Television Festival, Wetin Dey produced by the BBC World Service Trust and played lead and supporting lead roles in films like Comrade, Confusion Na Wa and Awakening.
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OC Ukeje was in the film adaptation of Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie's Half of a Yellow Sun with Chiwetel Ejiofor and Thandiwe Newton as the lead cast, directed by Biyi Bandele.
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OC Ukeje was on the repertory team that showcased 3 stage plays for the Nigeria House at the London Cultural Olympiad.
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OC Ukeje acted in the BFI sponsored film, Gone Too Far.
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OC Ukeje was in NdaniTV's series Gidi Up with Titilope Sonuga, Deyemi Okanlawon, Somkele Iyamah and Ikechukwu Onunaku.
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OC Ukeje married Senami Ibukunoluwa Togonu-Bickersteth on 8 November 2014.