Everything you need to know about actress Ini Edo

Ini Edo is one of the popular actresses in the Nollywood industry, she has been in the movie industry for over a decades

Actress Ini Edo apart from being a beautiful Nigerian actress, she is also a model, entrepreneur and philanthropist and television personality. She is one of the actresses with the highest pay in Nigeria.

Background

Ini Edo was born on April 23rd 1982, she is an Ibibio from Akwa Ibom State in the South-south part of Nigeria, not from Calabar. Her mother was a teacher, and her father a church elder. Ini Edo had a strict upbringing, the second of four children, three girls, one boy.

Education

The actress attended Cornelia Connely College in Uyo. She graduated from the University of Uyo where she got a Diploma in Theatre Arts. She also completed her bachelor’s degree program at the University of Calabar where she studied English. she got a scholarship to study law at the National Open University of Nigeria in 2014

Acting Career

Ini Edo started auditioning for acting jobs in Nollywood while still in the university as an undergraduate, she joined the Nigerian movie industry, popularly known as Nollywood professionally in 2000 and started play minor roles in movies.

She made her career debut in 2003 when she appeared in the film Thick Madam. However, her big breakthrough came in 2004 when she acted in World Apart as Uli.

She has since then appeared in over 250 films; she is one of the most successful actresses in Nigeria.

Model

Ini Edo apart from acting is also a model and reigning queen. She was announced as a judge for the Miss Black Africa United Kingdom beauty pageant in 2013

Marital life

The actress got married to a famous American-based businessman named Philip Ehiagwina in 2008. Their wedding was first celebrated and officially registered in Nigeria and several months, in February 2009, repeated in Texas where the husband lived.

The actress is currently divorced. In 2014, everything collapsed, and Ini stepped out of the unhappy marriage claiming that the reason for their divorce was certain “irreconcilable differences,” which the couple could not overcome. Ini Edo marriage only lasted six years, and the actress is currently single and focusing on her own life. The actress, however, does not have any children yet.

Awards

Best of Nollywood Awards as the best actress leading role(Yoruba): 2009

Zulu African Film Academy Awards as the best actress indigenous: 2011

Golden Icons Academy Movie Awards of the honorarium appreciation award: 2012

Golden Icons Academy Movie Awards as female viewers choice: 2013

Cross River Movie Award as best act female: 2013

Nafca award for the best-supporting actress: 2013

Ghana Movie awards for being the best actress- African collaboration: 2015

ZAFAA Global awards as the best actresses

Endorsements

Ini Edo was GLO brand ambassador for ten years from 2006 to 2016.
In 2010 she was named to be the brand ambassador of Noble Hair
Ini Edo is a brand ambassador of Slim Tea Nigeria.
In 2019 she was signed as an ambassador for the @MrTaxi_NG brand

Political appointment

In 2011, the actress was appointed by the United Nations Habitat, youth envoys director, as a youth ambassador.

In 2013, she was a judge at the Miss Black beauty contest, United Kingdom.

In 2016, she was appointed as the Special Assistant to the Akwa Ibom State Governor on Culture And Tourism by Udom Gabriel Emmanuel.