Yvonne okoro and jackie appiah biography

Ghanaian-Nigerian actress (born )

Yvonne Okoro
Okoro at the Africa Magic Viewers Choice Awards
Born	Chinyere Yvonne Okoro () 25 November (age&#;40) Tamale, Ghana
Citizenship	Nigerian, Ghanaian
Alma&#;mater	University of Ghana
Occupation	Actress
Years&#;active	–present
Awards	Africa Magic Viewers' Choice Award
Website

Chinyere Yvonne Okoro is a Ghanaian Nigerian actress.

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Born to a Nigerian dad and Ghanaian mother, Yvonne Okoro is of mixed lineage and calls herself an African. Yvonne Okoro is from Koforidua in the Eastern Parts of Ghana. She received Ghana Movie Awards Optimal Actress Award in ^[1] and was nominated for Africa Feature Academy Awards Best Actress twice in a row in and for her movies Pool Party and Single Six.^[2] She has also received four Africa Magic Viewers' Choice Award^[1] and in was honoured with a Distinguished Achievement Award at the Nigeria Excellence Awards.^[3][4]

Early life

Born to a Ghanaian mother and a Nigerian father.

Yvonne Okoro is of mixed lineage and calls herself an African.^[2] She comes from a very large family, as the first child of her mother and the fifth of all siblings. She, from a young age, showed a want to be an actress. She attended Achimota Preparatory School after which she went to the Lincoln Community School and then to Faith Montessori School.

She continued at Mfantsiman Girls Secondary School after which she enrolled at University of Ghana, Legon where she did Bachelor of Arts, combining English and Linguistics.

2013 Ghana Movie Awards - Wikipedia: Chinyere Yvonne Okoro is a Ghanaian Nigerian actress. Born to a Nigerian dad and Ghanaian mother, Yvonne Okoro is of mixed lineage and calls herself an African. Yvonne Okoro is from Koforidua in the Eastern Parts of Ghana.

Subsequently, she was at the Universite de Nantes in France to study Press Civilization, Drama and Marketing.^[2]

Career

She made her screen debut in Sticking to the Promise, a movie produced by the Nigerian producer Theo Akatugba, just after her Senior High Education.^[2] She also played a cameo role in the hit series Tentacles by the same producer for Point Blank Media Concepts.

As of , she is the host of Dining with Cooks and Braggarts. Cooks and Braggarts is a celebrity cooking show that features well-known figures to mint their hands on how they cook their favorite foods while speaking about various topics.^[5]

Awards

In , she was awarded the Glitz Africa Style Influencer of the Year during the 5th edition of the Glitz Style Awards.^[6] She also received the Best Radio and TV Personality of the Year award at the Women's Choice Awards.^[7]

Other ventures

She made it known to Accra-based radio Peace FM that she owns her own business Desamour Company Limited.

As adv as other transport business.^[8]

Philanthropy

In June , she donated $10, to the Black Queens of Ghana ahead for winning the bronze medal at WAFU Zone B tournament.^[9] At the start of , she also donated some items to maternity ward of the Korle bu Teaching Hospital.^[10]

Filmography

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