Odera Olivia Orji

Odera Olivia Orji // ^ⓘ is a Nigerian actress, film director and producer.^[1][2][3]

Odera Olivia Orji
Born	April 10
Nationality	Nigerian
Occupations	Actress film director film producer
Years active	2012–present
Notable work	Jemeji, Obsession, History of Chicken, Knockout Blessing, Love and Pain, Soole, Dark Sides, Situationship, More than Enough, Deserted
Awards	Best Nollywood movies awards, 2018

Career

Odera Olivia Orji's acting career started after starring in the 2012 film " Last flight to Abuja". Her career came into the limelight after she starred as the character " Peace" in the MNET Africa television series Jemeji.^[4][5] She has also starred in several movies, including Obsession, The Father, Blue, Fifty, Kayanmata, Bedroom Points, and Just a Fling.^[6] In 2018, she was nominated and won the Best of Nollywood Awards for Best Kiss in a movie alongside Mawuli Gavor.^[7][8]

Other work fields

Olivia serves as media and creative associate at Eureka Media Services and Assistant Director, Content Development, Mind works Story Consultancy and Productions.

Selected filmography

• Lunch Time Heroes (2015)
• Fifty (2015)
• Coming to Nnewi (2015)^[9]
• Colourless (2016) as Zainab
• Ifemelu: something happened (2016)^[10]
• Obsession (2017)^[11]
• Knockout Blessing (2018)^[12] as Vivian
• Bedroom Points (2018)^[13]
• Sergeant Tutu (2018)^[14]
• Bedroom Points (2019)^[15]
• Blue Collar (2019)
• Hell Mary (2019)^[16]
• Just a Fling (2019)^[17]
• Reserved Edge (2019)
• Split (2019)
• Love and Pain (2020) as Augusta
• Through The Wire (2020)^[18] as Iyanu
• The Father (2020) as Bukola
• Blue (2020) as Chika
• Eyimofe (This Is My Desire) (2020)^[19] as Receptionist
• Dark Sides (2020)^[20]
• Sapio (2020)^[21]
• Kayanmata (2020) as Passionate Lady
• Situationship (2021)^[22] as Amara
• To Be Frank With You (2022)
• Deserted (2022) as Amaka
• Attribution (2023)

Television

• ‘Soole’ (2021) as Anwui
• Jemeji (2017) as Peace
• Enakhe (2020) as Tamuno
• Newman Street (2016) as Dr. Sophie
• Afterdark, (2019)
• Calabash, (2016)
• Legal Clinic, (2015)

Director

• History Of Chicken (2019)^[23]
• Family Court (2019) Co-Director

Awards and nominations

Year	Event	Prize	Recipient	Result
2018	Best of Nollywood Awards	Revelation of the Year (FEMALE)	Herself	Nominated[24]
2018	Best of Nollywood Awards	Best Kiss in a movie	Herself	Won[25]
2019	Africa Movie Academy Awards	Best Actress in a Supporting Role	Self	Nominated[26]
2019	Abuja International Film Festival	First-Time Director (The History of Chicken)	Self	Nominated[27]
2019	City People Movie Awards	Most Promising Actress of the Year (English)	Self	Won[28]

See also

• List of Nigerian film producers