Nollywood star actress and mother of one, Stephanie Okereke Linus turns 39 today.

Stephanie Okereke Linus (She was born as Stephanie Onyekachi Okereke; 2 October, 1982) is a Nigerian actress, film director and model. She has received several awards and nominations for her work as an actress, including the 2003 Reel Award for Best Actress, the 2006 Afro Hollywood Award for Best Actress, and three nominations for Best Actress in a Leading Role at the Africa Movie Academy Awards in 2005, 2009 and 2010. She was also the runner up for the Most Beautiful Girl in Nigeria beauty pageant of 2002. In 2011, she was honoured by the Nigerian government with a national honour of Member of the Order of the Federal Republic, MFR.

Early life

Stephanie Okereke was born in Ngor Okpala, Imo State. She is the sixth child of Mary and Chima Okereke's eight children. She completed her primary & secondary education in Delta State. She studied at the University of Calabar, in Cross River State, where she graduated with a degree in English and Literary Studies.

Career

While she was still a teenager in the year 1997, she starred in two Nollywood movies; Compromise 2 and Waterloo. During the 2002 Most Beautiful Girl in Nigeria beauty pageant, Okereke reached 2nd place. A year later in 2003, Okereke won two awards, out of the eight nominations she received, at the 2003 Reel Awards for 'Best Actress - English' and 'Best Actress of the year 2003'. After graduating from the New York Film Academy in 2007, Okereke released the movie Through the Glass in which she served as director, scriptwriter, producer and actress. The film received an Africa Movie Academy Award nomination for Best Screenplay in 2009. In 2014, she released 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 best movie overall movie with the prize of a brand new car. Okereke has starred in over 90 movies.

In March 2021, as part of her campaign against gender-based violence on the female folk, the actress released two short movies (which she produced) titled The Student and Bad Police.

Personal life

In April 2005, on her way to the African Movie Academy Awards held in Yenagoa, Bayelsa State, Nigeria. Okereke was involved in a serious car accident that left her with burns all over and a broken leg.

In April 2012 Okereke married Linus Idahosa in Paris, France, at a private wedding ceremony that was attended by members of her family and scores of Nollywood actresses and actors. Their first son Maxwell Enosata Linus was born in October 2015.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stephanie_Okereke_Linus

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Better pikin , na this babe I consider as celebrity .... As she lock up after marriage ... Dresses decently , a real model for the girl child if you ask me ...


Congratulations Lady Stephanie

My crush. Op find PICTURES that show her leg well.

Happy birthday to you ma

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The future is female

One without controversy so far...

Congrats as you add another year...

Hbd

Damn she used to be my crush. All my heroes really old as hell now.

No Challenge!

My crush that year.
Happy Birthday celebration.

Happy birthday Stephanie. Congratulations..

My one and only NOLLYWOOD crush. Happy birthday

My girl friend that year


I wish her a happy birthday

Hbd maami live long and continue to prosper

Happy birthday Stephanie, wishing you more wins ahead.

Congratulations
God Bless you

This girl fine.. my crush that year. Happy birthday Madam

Opor

ObalaEmma:
My crush. Op find PICTURES that show her leg well.

Do u intend to hv her legs for breakfast?

Gorgeous

Go baby girl you are an achiever!

Happpy

Happy birthday

How time flies... My crush growing up.

Alright . . . . . . . Aje

Happy birthday Mrs Linus.

Looking for a model as a girl child,

Mercy and Stephanie are to be considered.

Abeg

Scandal less Beauty, Na Loyal intelligent babe sha I’ve never heard any dumb news about her online that’s a sign of wisdom on her part I appreciate women who are wise in relationships.

Ageing gracefully.

pennywys:
My girl friend that year

Which year

God bless her new age