Iheme Faith Uloma (born 23 July 1992) better known as Ifu Ennada is a

Nigerian Nigerians or the Nigerian people are citizens of Nigeria or people with ancestry from Nigeria. The name Nigeria was taken from the Niger River running through the country. This name was allegedly coined in the late 19th century by British jour ...

film actress and fashion designer and a former ''

BBNaija ''Big Brother Naija'', formerly known as ''Big Brother Nigeria'', is a Nigerian reality competition television series, based on the Big Brother television franchise, in which, contestants live in an isolated house and compete for a large cash pr ...

'' housemate. She is also an actress, known for winning the

AMAA The Africa Movie Academy Awards, popularly known as AMAA and The AMA Awards, is presented annually to recognize excellence among professionals working in, or non-African professionals who have contributed to, the African film industry. It was fou ...

award for Best Young and Promising Actor in the movie ''

O-Town O-Town (also known as OTWN or OTOWN) is an American boy band formed from the first season of the reality television series ''Making the Band'' in 2000. As of 2015, the group consists of Erik-Michael Estrada, Trevor Penick, Jacob Underwood, and ...

''.

Early life and career

Ennada was born in

Abia State Abia State ( ig, Ȯha Abia) is a state in the South-East geopolitical zone of Nigeria, it is bordered to the north and northeast by the states of Enugu, and Ebonyi, Imo State to the west, Cross River State to the east, Akwa Ibom State to the ...

, Nigeria but raised in

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. She studied

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at the

Olabisi Onabanjo University Olabisi Onabanjo University, Ago-Iwoye is a state owned and operated university located in Ago-Iwoye, Ogun State, Nigeria. The university was founded on 7 July 1982 as Ogun State University (OSU) and was renamed Olabisi Onabanjo University on 2 ...

where she obtained her BSc. She began her movie career in 2019 and in 2016, she was nominated for Best Young/Promising Actor in the movie ''

'' at the

awards 2016. In a 2018 interview, she revealed that she had been sexually harassed in 2016. In 2018, she participated in the

Big Brother Naija ''Big Brother Naija'', formerly known as ''Big Brother Nigeria'', is a Nigerian reality competition television series, based on the Big Brother television franchise, in which, contestants live in an isolated house and compete for a large cash pr ...

game show.

Filmography

''O-Town'' (2015) - Amara '' Hire a Woman'' (2019) - Jane ''The Lost Okoroshi'' (2019) - Sarafina ''Tinsel'' - Prisca Big Brother Naija 3 (2018) - Contestant ''Lonely Heart'' ''Mad About You''

Awards and nominations

References

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Ennada, Ifu Living people Nigerian film actresses Nigerian television actresses Year of birth missing (living people) Nigerian fashion designers Olabisi Onabanjo University alumni 21st-century Nigerian actresses Actresses from Abia State Participants in Nigerian reality television series Big Brother (franchise) contestants 20th-century births Igbo actresses