Hello WORriors! Today is #WomanCrushWednesday and we are celebrating Stephanie Okereke Linus as our Woman Crush for this week!

Stephanie Okereke is a humanitarian, actress, scriptwriter, producer, and director. She was born in Ngor Okpala, Imo State on October 2, 1982. She is married to Linus Idahosa and they are blessed with a son. She has a Bachelor degree in English and Literary Studies from the University of Calabar. She started acting during her teenage years and has starred in over 90 movies. In 2002, she contested in the Most Beautiful Girl in Nigeria beauty pageant and reached 2nd place. In 2003, she was nominated in eight different categories and won two awards out of the whole nominations. After graduating from the New York Film Academy in 2007, she released the movie Through The Glass in which she served as director, scriptwriter, producer and actress. The film received an AMAA nomination for Best Screenplay in 2009. In 2014, she release another movie, Dry and again served as a director, scriptwriter, producer, and actress which won many awards including 12th Africa Movie Academy Awards and 2016 Africa Magic Viewers Choice Awards’ Overall Best Movie.

She has featured in many movies including, Waterloo, Compromise 2, Emotional Crack, Genesis Of Love, Queen Sheba, Diamond Lady, Critical Decision, The Cross Of Love, Eyes Of The Gods, Mission To Nowhere, Dry, Windfall, among others.

Some of her awards include, Afro-Dublin Awards- Outstanding Actress, Reel Awards- Best Actress, Film Makers of Nigeria- Award For Excellence, Pan African Film Festival- Best Actress, Pan African Film Festival- Best Movie, 2015 Bentonville Film Festival- Best Protagonist, DALA Awards- Face Of Nollywood, 2016 AMVCA- Overall Best Movie, among others.

Stephanie Okereke is the Brand Ambassador of California Natural Food’s Green Valley Oatmeal. ​She is also UNFPA Regional Ambassador for Maternal Health in West and Central Africa.

 

Women Of Rubies celebrates you, Stephanie Linus!

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