Meet Fast Arising Obudu Born Cross River State Nollywood Actress and a model. Queen Marvelous Ukeh Okpashi is famous Nollywood actress and movie producer. She is also an entrepreneur, investor, a philanthropist and showbiz personality. She was Miss VIP Cross River State and Presently is Miss Equity Africa.
In this post, we take a look at the life of this fantastic actress.
Early life
Marvelous Ukeh Okpashi was born on the 13th of October into a devoted Catholic Christian family. She grew up in Cross River state, Nigeria. Marvelous began acting at her early age while attending Holy Child Secondary School (Mount Carmel) Ogoja in Cross River State.
The actress revealed in an interview that acting and modeling has always been a part of her life, from her days in primary school through her secondary school and up till her university days.
Career
The actress began her career right from the church, She later joined Nollywood and she has grown over the years to become one of the most fast arising actresses in Nollywood.
Marvelous has the ability to interpret her roles very well and can fit in any character given to her by any movie director. She has starred in so many Nollywood movies since her debut.
Marvelous has earned the respect of both fans and colleagues. The actress revealed in an interview that her acting is inspired by God and her love for the arts.
Also, her peers disclosed that she is a workaholic, although marvelous has stated that she often finds time to rest when she’s not acting.
Awards
Marvelous has worn some awards, as of resent she is Nominated for an award as the Queen of the year with Abuja Youth award Entertainment and so many others award nominations for 2020
Movies
Below are some of the movies marvelous has featured in
IT BOOS
Ukabare'isua ( Christmas)
Broken bridges
Wrath of gods
Chain of Death
And so many others.
Networth
Marvelous is currently among one of the Fast rising rich and most influential Nollywood actress with an estimated net worth of $10,000.
Challenges
Marvelous revealed in an interview that her time in Nollywood has been laced with a lot of challenges. For instance, she has always being faced with the challenge of leaving her family and business to travel long distances for movie roles. Often times, she misses her family and thinks about them while on set. Also, there is the challenge of working with unserious people as well as the problem of reading scripts that have been poorly written. The actress also spoke about the stress that comes with playing roles that require a lot of physical activity.
Fashion
Marvelous revealed in an interview that she loves African fabrics and the African culture. As the first ever Miss Equity Africa, she wishes to be remembered for changing the narrative of the African Culture.
Also, the actress revealed that she wears African fabric literally all the time. Interestingly, even when she has to wear jeans, she uses a top made from African fabrics to go with it.
Controversy
Marvelous has managed to stay clear of controversies. She revealed in an interview that she is not a loud person and she sticks with the simple things like doing her work on set then going home to her business and family.
Philosophy of life
The actress disclosed in an interview that her life's philosophy is to be good to people because you never know who might help you in life as this world is a small place.
Where will
Nollywood be in the next 5 years.
Marvelous is quite optimistic about the future of Nollywood as she believes the industry is on a Journey and they are going very far. Also, she disclosed that the current trend is that Hollywood is coming down to Africa to do movies and these movies are doing quite well. She believes the time is coming when Nigerian stars will feature in top rated Hollywood films shot in Africa and indeed Nigeria. As she said presently she will be traveling out of Nigeria country to feature in two different foreign movies.
Best moments
Marvelous disclosed that her best moments in Nollywood are the times she spends with fellow actors and crew members like one family. According to her, these are people who are not related to her but there is this bond that holds them together because they have a common goal.
The actress also revealed that her most memorable day on set was when she was on the set of the movie, ‘WRATH OF GOD' and she interpreted her lines so well that the award winning Nollywood Director Prince Asonye Samuel Okafor (Bsc Ana, Dip act, km) told everyone on set to give her a standing ovation. She felt really happy that day.
Stay on to see her new jobs coming soon
Relationship status
Presently am in a serious relationship with Mr Abu James. a Lecturer
Hope you are going to produce your own movie soon.
O yes am working on that, presently I need to deliver all the jobs on my table.
