Nse Ikpe Etim

Nse Ikpe-Etim (born 21 October 1974) is a Nigerian actress. She came into prominence in 2008 for her role in Reloaded. She was nominated for Best Actress in a Leading Role at the 5th and 8th Africa Movie Academy Awards for her role in Reloaded and Mr. and Mrs., respectively. In 2014, she won the Best Actress in a Drama award at the 2014 Africa Magic Viewers Choice Awards (AMVCA) for playing "Nse" in Journey to Self.

Early life

Etim was born on 21 October 1974 in Lagos. Etim attended Awa Nursery School and Command Primary School in Kaduna State in northern Nigeria, from where she then furthered her studies at Louis College, Jos in Plateau State, Nigeria, and the Federal Government Colleges in Jos and Ilorin. She said that her family was often transferred to various regions of Nigeria due to her father's career with the Central Bank of Nigeria. Etim got her first degree in Theater Arts from the University of Calabar.

Personal life Etim is the first of six children. In an interview with Toolz, she stated that she had Caucasian Godparents. She married her childhood friend Clifford Sule on 14 February 2013 at a Lagos registry. A traditional wedding ceremony followed in her hometown in Akwa Ibom State and Lagos State,some months after the civil union. She currently resides in London with her husband, a senior lecturer at Middlesex University and frequents Nigeria for film engagements.

On Friday 20 March 2020, she posted on her Instagram page that she had just returned from the United Kingdom, one of the hardest hit places by COVID-19, according to the Federal Ministry of Health. She, however,followed the directives of Nigeria Center for Disease Control(NCDC) to be self-isolated. She received support from colleagues, such as Rita Dominic, Chika Ike, Iyabo Ojo among others.

Career At 18, Etim started acting on stage plays at the university. Her first television appearance was in the family soap Inheritance. After graduating from the university, she temporarily left the film industry to pursue other endeavors before making a comeback with Emem Isong's Reloaded alongside Ramsey Nouah, Rita Dominic, Ini Edo and Desmond Elliot.

In December 2019, Nse Etim was featured in the Visual Collaborative Polaris catalogue under the Supernova series for humanities. She was interviewed alongside people such as: William Coupon, Bisila Bokoko and Ade Adekola.

In 2020, she was in the cast of Quam's Money a follow-up to the 2018 film New Money directed by Tope Oshin. The sequel follows what happens when a security guard (Quam) suddenly becomes a multi-millionaire. The new cast was led by Falz, Toni Tones, Jemima Osunde, Blossom Chukwujekwu and Nse Ikpe-Etim.

In february 2021, she played the lead role alongside Richard Mofe-Damijo and Zainab Balogun in Seyi Babatope movie direction, Fine Wine

She recently starred in the 2023 Netflix limited series Shanty Town.

Filmography

Awards and nominations