Uche Nwaefuna (born 8 May 1994) is a Nigerian actress and model. She is also known as Uche Montana. In 2018, she won the Moreklue All Youth Awards Africa, also known as Maya Awards (Africa), as the best supporting actress in TV series - ''Hush''.

Biography

Uche Nwaefuna was born on 8 May 1994 in

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, Nigeria. She grew up in the Festac area of Lagos with her parents. She attended Loral International School in Festac, where she had both her primary and secondary education. She is of

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descent.

Education

Uche Nwaefuna's basic, secondary, and tertiary Education was in Lagos. She attended the Loral International School, Festac, Lagos for her basic while her high school education was at

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International School She completed her tertiary education with a diploma in law.

Career

Nwaefuna's rise to the spotlight as an actress began in the Nigerian film industry in 2015 when she made her debut as a housemaid in the movie ''Poison Ivy''. She also appeared in the Television drama series ''Hush'' which was aired on African Magic Showcase and African Magic Family on

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from 2016 – 2017. Afterwards, she has featured in the lead and supporting roles in several Nollywood movies, amongst which are ''The Fake Life of Abuja Housewives'' alongside Fredrick Leonard,

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, and other actors. She featured with

Uzor Arukwe Uzor Arukwe (born August 6, 1983) is a Nigerian actor from Abia State known for his role as Inspector Sam in a 2017 movie titled ''Sergeant Tutu''. Career Arukwe made his Nollywood debut in 2014 in the movie ''Unspoken Truth'' but however gaine ...

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, amongst others in '' Hire a Woman''.

Filmography

Accolades

References

External links

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@uchemontana
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1994 births Nigerian film actresses Living people Adeniran Ogunsanya College of Education alumni Igbo actresses Nigerian television actresses {{Authority control