These 5 movies defined the acting career Onyeka Onwenu

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Although she began her music career in the 1980s, Onwenu’s introduction to acting was in the 1990s in the movie, Joke. She is one of Nigeria’s most respected media and entertainment icons.

Onwenu has featured in numerous Nigerian movies, and in 2006 she won the Africa Movie Academy Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role for her performance in the movie Widow’s Cot. She was also nominated that same year for the Africa Movie Academy Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role for the movie, Rising Moon.

In Bb Sasore’s directed religious drama, Onwenu stars as Mama Francis wife to Papa Francis (Nkem Owoh) whose son seldom visits home since marrying into a rich family. This causes a lot of resentment.

This thrilling musical film, tells a story of love, life, and death following the story of Oluchi, an up-and-coming musician who is forced to confront her true self and her past mistakes after her estranged father’s death. Onwenu plays Nwakaego.

This historical war film is set against the backdrop of political chaos in colonial Nigeria. Onwenu plays Mama, Odenigbo’s mother who disapproves of his relationship with Olanna calling her a witch. Mama gives Odenigbo alcohol and arranges for her help Amala to have a one-night stand with him all in a bid to destroy his relationship with Olanna.

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