Rachael Okonkwo Biography, Age, Mother, Boyfriend, Movies and Net Worth

Rachael Okonkwo Biography

Rachael Okonkwo popularly known as Nkoli Nwa Nsukka is a Nigerian film actress best known for a film by the same name. She is also a model, dancer, and philanthropist. Rachael hails from Ukpata in Uzo Uwani Local government area of Enugu State, located in the South East, Nigeria.

She started acting in 2005 but due to lack of movie roles, she switched career to dancing. Okonkwo then joined Nollywood in 2007 playing very minor roles after registering with the Actors Guild of Nigeria (AGN) Enugu Chapter at the National Museum in GRA, Enugu, Nigeria.

In 2008, she played a supporting role to Ini Edo & Van Vicker in Royal War 2, alongside Patience Ozokwor in 2010 and John Okafor in Open and Close 1 & 2. Her first major role and consequently her breakthrough movie came in 2014, where she played the lead character in Nkoli Nwa Nsukka as Nkoli.

Rachael Okonkwo Age

Rachael Okonkwo was born on 26 May 1987 in Nigeria. As of 2019, Rachael is 32 years old. She celebrates her birthday on every 26th May of every year.

Racheal Okonkwo Mother

She shared pictures of her mother and her. The debate was about who looks younger than the other. The mother and daughter were in white tees and took a selfie with both folded arms. Most of her fans pass her to be her sister. Look at the selfie, can you identify who is younger?

Rachael Okonkwo Boyfriend

Is Rachael Okonkwo Married? Rachael is currently not married but she has an interest in marriage someday. There were rumors that she was dating Ken Erics, a popular Nigerian actor. Rachael says that she will never sacrifice her career for marriage and she is sure that she will be able to combine family and movie acting. Rachael Okonkwo’s husband can be an actor as well, as she said in some interviews.

However, she seems to be engaged. In March 2018, the Nollywood actress shared a photo of a hand with a ring on the ring finger on it and captioned it “someone said yes last night”. She has however not come out to talk about the whole situation.

Rachael Okonkwo and Ken Erics

The two have been in a relationship although for the part of work not in real life. Lately, Ken Erics shared an Instagram picture he took with Rachel and captioned it ‘Raw babyyy @rachaelokonkwo (kisses).  Subsequently, Rachel replied with more of the same kind of picture with a lovely caption, “Kenee baby…Peace @kenerics’ Perhaps the two actors want to publicly declare their love for each other and to tell their fans that they have officially started dating.

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Rachael Okonkwo Education

Okonkwo completed both primary and secondary education in Nsukka, Enugu State. She had her First School Leaving Certificate and the West African Senior School Certificate. Later, Rachael joined the University of Nigeria, Nsukka in Enugu State.

Rachael Okonkwo as a Philanthropist

Rachael Okonkwo Children’s Easter Carnival

In her special way of giving back to the society, Okonkwo hosts an annual carnival which aims at providing gifts to kids and entertainment to the people. She says it enables her to interact with her fans.

In 2015, Rachael hosted the first edition of the children’s Easter Carnival aimed at giving gifts to kids during the Easter celebration in Enugu. In 2016, the second edition which was held in Onitsha had even more turnout as she was accompanied by fellow actors like Ken Erics among others to the event.

The 2017 edition which was held in her city of birth Nsukka was able to gather over 5000 people, featured even more celebrities like Angela Okorie, Nonso Diobi, Slowdog, Ken Erics, Eve Esin and supported by top brands enabled it to be an even bigger event than its predecessors.

Rachael Okonkwo Movies

Rachael Okonkwo Awards and Nominations

Awards

»Best Supporting Actress of the year (English)

Nominations

»City People Entertainment Awards (2016) for Best Supporting Actress
»Karis Media Awards (2015) for Best Comic Actress of the Year
»City People Entertainment (2015) for Best Supporting Actress of the year (English)

Rachael Okonkwo Net Worth

The multi-talented Nigerian actress has an estimated net worth of $400,000.

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Rachael Okonkwo Dance Video

Rachael Okonkwo News

January 19, 2019

Dano Milk signs Nollywood Actress Rachael Okonkwo as Brand Ambassador

Nollywood actress, dancer, model and philanthropist, Rachael Okonkwo, popularly known as ‘Nkoli Nwa Nsukka’, has been signed on to Dano milk as the brand ambassador. The signing ceremony which held on Thursday, January 17th, 2019 at the company’s office premises signifies the start of a vibrant collaboration between Dano milk and Rachael Okonkwo who brings vitality, style, and grace to everything she does.

This collaboration has come at a time when the brand is making great leaps and taking critical in-roads into the Nigerian market space. The Dano brand is excited to have her on board, her influence as a rave-making sensation will have a positive impact on the brand and also inspire Nigerians and expose them to the quality, healthy and natural product range.

Dano Milk is a brand of Arla Foods, a farmer-owned company focused on making natural, healthy and quality dairy products for Nigerians to improve all-round nutrition helping to build a healthier and stronger society.