Hilda Dokubo is a Nigerian award-winning film actress, activist and youth advocate who once served as special adviser on youth affairs to

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, a former

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Early life and education

Hilda Dokubo was born as the first of six children in

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, a town in Asari-Toru,

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where she went on to complete her primary and secondary school education at St Mary State School

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and Government Girls Secondary School respectively. Her father was an engineer, while her mother was a school teacher . She is an

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of the

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where she earned her bachelor's degree and master's degrees in

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Career

Dokubo made her screen debut during her

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in a 1992 film titled ''Evil Passion''. She has since been featured in, and has produced several Nigerian films. including Gone Forever, End of the Wicked, My Goodwill, and The CEO Upon starring in a supporting role in a 2015 film titled ''Stigma'', Dokubo won Best Actress in a Supporting Role and best actress in the comedy categor

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. In 2019, she featured in the movie Locked, a story about mental health awarenes

She founded and runs a non-governmental organisation, the Centre for Creative Arts Education (CREATE), which deploys the creative arts to empower women and the youth

Activism

In June 2020, Dokubo joined other protesters in a street march in Lagos against rape and other violent crimes against wome

In October 2020, she was part of the End SARS protests in Port-Harcourt against police brutalit

Alongside

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in March 2020, Dokubo launched an online protest against the appointment of Senator Ishaku Elisha Dabo of Adamawa North Senatorial District as a patron of the

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Filmography

*''Without Love'' *''Forever'' (1995) *''Jezebel'' *''Evil Passion''(1996) *''Hour of Grace'' * Fatal Desire *''Error of the Past'' (2000) *''Sweet Mother'' (2000) *''Black Maria'' (1997) *''End of the Wicked'' (1999) * "Confidence" *''Onye-Eze'' (2001) *''My Good Will'' (2001) *''Light & Darkness'' (2001) *''A Barber's Wisdom'' (2001) *''My Love'' (1998) *''Above Death: In God We Trust'' (2003) *''World Apart'' (2004) *''With God'' (2004) *''Unfaithful'' (2004) *''Chameleon'' (2004) *''21 Days With Christ'' (2005) *''Gone Forever'' (2006) *''Stigma'' (2013) *''The CEO'' (2016) *"Locked (2019) Fatal

Awards and nominations

References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Dokubo, Hilda Living people Actresses from Rivers State Advisers to the Governor of Rivers State 20th-century Nigerian actresses 21st-century Nigerian actresses University of Port Harcourt alumni Activists from Rivers State People from Buguma 1967 births Nigerian Academy of Science Nigerian film actresses Nigerian activists People from Rivers State Nigerian film producers