Entertainment
Unveiling Multiple Award Winning Actor Chiwetel Ejiofor
The multiple award
winning actor Chiwetel Ejiofor, OBE, was born on 10 July 1977 in London’s Forest Gate to Nigerian Parents of Igbo origin. His father, Arinze was a doctor, and his mother Obiajulu, was a pharmacist. His younger sister is CNN correspondent Zain Asher.
In 1988 when Ejiofor was 11 years during a family trip to Nigeria for a wedding he and his father were driving to Lagos after the celebration when their car was involved in a head –on-crash with a lorry. His father was killed, but Ejiofor survived. He was badly injured and received scars that are still visible on his forehead.
Ejiofor began acting in school plays at the age of thirteen at Dulwhich College and joined the national youth theatre. He later got into the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art but had to leave after his first year, after getting a role in Steven Spiecberg’s film , Amistad as James Covey. He made his film debut in the Television film “Deadly Voyage in 1996. He later became a British actor of film, television and theatre.
Awards
Chiwetel Ejiofor has received numerous awards and nomination for acting including the following:
BAFTA Organge Rising Star Award (2006), Golden Golbe–Award nominations and the Lawrence Olivier Award for Best Actor for his performance in Othelo in 2008. In the same year he was presented with the award of Officer of the British Empire (OBE) by Queen Elizabeth ll for services to the Arts.
Ejiofor is known for his portrayal of Okwe in “Diary Pretty Things” (2002), the Operative in Serenity 2005, Luke in “Children of Men” (2006), Dr Adrian Helm Sley (2012) and Solomon Northup in 12 years A Slave” (2013) for which he received Academy Award and Golden Globe nominations, along with the BAFTA Award for Best Actor.
In addition, he was nominated for a 2014 primetime Emmy Award for outstanding lead Actor in a miniseries or movie for his performance in “Dancing on the Edge”.
In 2014 Ejiofor starred in the Nigerian film “Half of a Yellow Sun”, along side Thandie Newton. The film premiered at the Toronto international film festival. He also plays Patrice Lumumba in a film adaptation of Aime Cesaire’s “ A Season in the Congo”.
It was announced in June 2014 that Ejiofor would play real life drug dealer, Thomas McFadden in film based on the book “Marching Powder”.
A true story friendship cocaine, and South America’s strangest jail, written by McFadden and Australian Journalist Rusty young.
Chiwetel Ejiofor
R&B star, Temilade Openiyi, popularly known as Tems, has recounted the early-career challenges she faced, revealing that she was once booed out of the stage while performing at a school event.
Speaking in an interview with Newsmen, the Crazy Tings crooner shared that she wasn’t only booed but was also harassed with plastic bottles.
“I remember one time I was going to perform at my school as an up-and-coming singer and I thought I was going to receiving a standing ovation.
“But I got booed. They even threw plastic bottles at me,” she recalled.
Tems explained that despite the embarrassing incident and other such rejections, she remained determined to pursue a career in music.
The Tide Entertainment reports that Tems admitted that some of the initial rejections she faced could be due to her conviction to stick to her originality instead of doing covers or familiar sounds like most of her peers.
The Grammy-winning singer said looking back now, she is glad that she didn’t compromise her style despite the initial pressures.
A close associate of late singer Mohbad, Primeboy, has appealed for the artiste’s burial nearly three years after his death.
According to him, Mohbad’s body remains in the mortuary since September 12, 2023, pending burial arrangements.
The Tide Entertainment reports that in a statement Primeboy urged the family, public, and government to permit the burial, stating, “It’s been almost three years since Mohbad left us. His body is still in the mortuary. I’m begging the family, I’m begging the public, I’m begging the government, please let’s bury our brother. He deserves a befitting burial.”
It would be recalled that Mohbad’s death sparked public outrage, protests, and investigations. Ongoing autopsy examinations, police inquiries, and legal proceedings have delayed burial arrangements amid family disagreements and public scrutiny.
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