12 Facts About Phina Oruche

Phina Oruche represented Gap for five years in the United States, and was featured as a cover model on several American magazines.

Phina Oruche had a special relationship with Essence magazine and was often featured on its pages and on a cover.

Phina Oruche was discovered for the TV screen by British film director Tony Kaye, who featured her in many of his TV commercials, giving rise to her continued desire to act professionally.

Phina Oruche started her acting career in the US after an education in the Actors Studio in Los Angeles.

Phina Oruche is best known for her role as Liberty Baker in Footballers' Wives, for which she won a Screen Nations award.

Phina Oruche made a cameo appearance in a January 2008 episode of the British sketch comedy show Little Miss Jocelyn.

Phina Oruche featured as a special correspondent on North West Tonight, reporting on the 30-year anniversary of the Toxteth riots.

In Dublin, Phina Oruche presented a show three days a week on Ireland AM for TV3 and in London as a continued regular panellist on the morning discussion programme The Wright Stuff she was "Babe in the Booth" for the week starting 29 April 2008, when she was 36 weeks pregnant.

Phina Oruche has produced and hosted six Upfront Live shows for BBC Merseyside in Liverpool, at The Brink a non-alcoholic bar in Liverpool that she supports.

Phina Oruche hosted Merseyside Black History Month Achievers Awards at St George's, Hall Liverpool, and a MOBO music panel, featuring local artists Eddie Amoo of The Real Thing, and Kof.

Phina Oruche's autobiography Liberating Character was published in April 2012.

Phina Oruche has a film company called Ibo Girl Productions, for which she directs, edits and produces digital shorts and videos.