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Nonso Anozie

Nonso Anozie is a British actor of Nigerian descent whose work spans classical theatre, film and television, including roles in Game of Thrones and Netflix's Sweet Tooth.

David Oyelowo

David Oyelowo is a British-Nigerian actor, producer and director known for Shakespearean theatre, his portrayal of Martin Luther King Jr. in Selma, and his acting and production work in film and television. He made his feature directorial debut with The Water Man.

Femi Adebayo

Femi Adebayo is a Nigerian actor, filmmaker and producer known for his work in Yoruba-language cinema and the wider Nollywood industry.

Niyi Akinmolayan

Niyi Akinmolayan is a Nigerian film director and producer known for directing films including The Wedding Party 2, Chief Daddy, The Set Up and Lisabi: The Uprising. He is also the founder and creative director of Anthill Studios, whose official website lists him as CEO.

Lateef Adedimeji

Lateef Adedimeji is a Nigerian actor and filmmaker known for work including Kudi Klepto, Jagun Jagun and Lisabi: The Uprising.

Yvonne Orji

Yvonne Anuli Orji

Yvonne Anuli Orji is a Nigerian-American actor, comedian, writer, producer, and author best known for playing Molly on HBO's Insecure. Her work also includes two HBO stand-up specials and the book Bamboozled By Jesus: How God Tricked Me into the Life of My Dreams.

Bimbo Ademoye

Bimbo Aisha Ademoye

She won the 2023 Africa Magic Viewers’ Choice Award for Best Actress in a Comedy for Selina.

Nike Davies-Okundaye

Nike Davies-Okundaye is a Nigerian textile artist known for her work with Adire, batik, indigo dyeing, embroidery, and textile-based compositions. She founded Nike Art Gallery and, according to institutional records, established the Nike Centre for Art and Culture in Osogbo in…

Toyin Lawani

Toyin Lawani is a Nigerian fashion designer, celebrity stylist and entrepreneur associated with Tiannah Styling and other Tiannah-branded fashion and lifestyle enterprises. She is also known for reality television appearances, including Tiannah’s Empire and The Real Housewives…

Connie Ferguson

Connie Ferguson is a Southern African television actor and producer best known for playing Karabo Moroka in Generations and for co-establishing Ferguson Films with Shona Ferguson. Her later work includes The Queen, Kings of Jo'Burg and Heart of the Hunter.

Abdulrazak Gurnah

Abdulrazak Gurnah is a Zanzibar-born novelist and literary scholar whose work examines colonialism, displacement and the refugee experience. An emeritus professor at the University of Kent, he received the 2021 Nobel Prize in Literature.

Jackie Chan

Jackie Chan is a Hong Kong-born actor, filmmaker, martial artist, stunt performer and action choreographer known for his influential work in kung fu comedy and action cinema. His career has encompassed Hong Kong and American productions, and he has also served as a UNICEF…

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Ramsey Nouah

Ramsey Tokunbo Nouah Jr.

Ramsey Nouah is a Nigerian screen actor and filmmaker known for his award-winning performance in The Figurine and for directing Living in Bondage: Breaking Free, Rattlesnake: The Ahanna Story and Tòkunbọ̀. In 2021, he was invited to join the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and…

Wole Soyinka

Wole Soyinka is a Nigerian playwright, writer, poet, essayist, and academic whose work spans drama, fiction, poetry, memoir, and literary scholarship. He received the 1986 Nobel Prize in Literature and is identified by Nigerian institutions as the first African Nobel laureate…

Hakeem Kae-Kazim

Hakeem Kae-Kazim is a Nigerian-born, England-raised actor whose career spans film, television, theatre and voice performance. He is known for screen roles including Georges Rutaganda in Hotel Rwanda, Mr. Scott in Black Sails and Samson in Roots.

Uzo Aduba

Uzo Aduba is a Nigerian-American actor and author known for her work across television, film, and theater. Her portrayal of Suzanne "Crazy Eyes" Warren in Orange Is the New Black brought her wide recognition and two of her three Primetime Emmy Awards; she later won another Emmy…

Tobi Bakre

Tobi Bakre is a Nigerian actor and television personality who gained broad recognition as a finalist in the 2018 edition of Big Brother Naija. His subsequent film work includes a lead role in Gangs of Lagos, and he won the 2023 Africa Magic Viewers' Choice Award for Best Actor…

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Editi Effiong

Editi Effiong is a Nigerian filmmaker, writer and producer associated with Anakle Films. His screen work includes Up North, Fishbone and The Black Book, his feature-length directorial debut.

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Chioma Chukwuka

Chioma Chukwuka is a Nigerian actor, producer and director known for her work in Nollywood film and television. Her career includes producing On Bended Knees and winning the AMVCA 11 Best Lead Actress award for the 2024 drama series Seven Doors.

Chinonye Chukwu

Chinonye Chukwu is a Nigerian-American filmmaker best known for writing and directing Clemency, winner of the 2019 Sundance Film Festival's U.S. Grand Jury Prize: Dramatic, and for directing the 2022 feature Till.

O-T Fagbenle

O-T Fagbenle is a British actor of Nigerian heritage and a television writer, creator and director. A RADA graduate, he is best known for playing Luke Bankole in The Handmaid's Tale and for creating, co-directing, writing and starring in the Channel 4 comedy Maxxx.

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Uzor Arukwe

Uzor Arukwe is a Nigerian Nollywood actor whose screen career includes Inspector Sam in Sergeant Tutu and an AMVCA Best Lead Actor win for Colours of Fire in 2026.

Nana Ama McBrown

Nana Ama McBrown, the professional name of Felicity Ama Agyemang, is a Ghanaian actor and television host known for work in film and television. She has said that a 2001 opportunity from Miracle Films launched her screen career and that she later began producing her own films.

Lola Shoneyin

Lola Shoneyin is a Nigerian novelist, poet, children's author, and literary-festival director. She is best known for her 2010 debut novel, The Secret Lives of Baba Segi's Wives, and institutional biographies identify her as director of the Aké Arts and Book Festival.