Yvonne Okoro Explained

Yvonne Okoro
Birth Name:Chinyere Yvonne Okoro
Birth Date:1984 11, df=y
Birth Place:Tamale, Ghana
Citizenship:Nigerian, Ghanaian
Occupation:Actress
Alma Mater:University of Ghana
Awards:Africa Magic Viewers' Choice Award
Years Active:2002–present

Chinyere Yvonne Okoro is a Ghanaian Nigerian actress. Born to a Nigerian dad and Ghanaian mother, Yvonne Okoro is of mixed lineage and calls herself an African. Yvonne Okoro is from Koforidua in the Eastern Parts of Ghana. She received Ghana Movie Awards Best Actress Award in 2010[1] and was nominated for Africa Movie Academy Awards Best Actress twice in a row in 2011 and 2012 for her movies Pool Party and Single Six.[2] She has also received four Africa Magic Viewers' Choice Award[1] and in 2012 was honoured with a Distinguished Achievement Award at the Nigeria Excellence Awards.[3] [4]

Early life

Born to a Ghanaian mother and a Nigerian father. Yvonne Okoro is of mixed lineage and calls herself an African.[2] She comes from a very large family, as the first child of her mother and the fifth of all siblings. She, from a young age, showed desire to be an actress. She attended Achimota Preparatory School after which she went to the Lincoln Community School and then to Faith Montessori School. She continued at Mfantsiman Girls Secondary School after which she enrolled at University of Ghana, Legon where she did Bachelor of Arts, combining English and Linguistics. Subsequently, she was at the Universite de Nantes in France to study Press Civilization, Drama and Marketing.[2]

Career

She made her screen debut in Sticking to the Promise, a 2002 movie produced by the Nigerian producer Theo Akatugba, just after her Senior High Education.[2] She also played a cameo role in the hit series Tentacles by the same producer for Point Blank Media Concepts.

As at 2018, she is the host of Dinning with Cooks and Braggarts. Cooks and Braggarts is a celebrity cooking show that features well-known figures to mint their hands on how they cook their favorite foods while bespeaking about various topics.[5]

Awards

In 2019, she was awarded the Glitz Africa Style Influencer of the Year during the 5th edition of the Glitz Style Awards.[6] She also received the Best Radio and TV Personality of the Year award at the 2019 Women's Choice Awards.[7]

Other ventures

She made it known to Accra-based radio Peace FM that she owns her own company Desamour Company Limited. As well as other transport business.[8]

Philanthropy

In June 2019, she donated $10,000 to the Black Queens of Ghana ahead for winning the bronze medal at 2019 WAFU Zone B tournament.[9] At the start of 2020, she also donated some items to maternity ward of the Korle bu Teaching Hospital.[10]

Filmography

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Yvonne Okoro, Efya Made Ambassadors For Head Of State Awards. Daily Guide Ghana . November 19, 2014 . 22 February 2015 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20150923212457/http://www.dailyguideghana.com/yvonne-okoro-efya-made-ambassadors-for-head-of-state-awards/ . Sep 23, 2015 .
  2. Web site: 10 things you don't know about Yvonne. 10 December 2013 . Kofi . Mensah . BuzzGhana . 22 February 2015.
  3. Web site: Yvonne Okoro honoured by Nigeria Excellence Awards. 22 February 2015 . AmeyawDebrah.Com . April 2, 2012 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20150222043943/http://www.ameyawdebrah.com/yvonne-okoro-honoured-by-nigeria-excellence-awards/ . 22 February 2015 .
  4. Web site: Yvonne Okoro. ghananation.com. 22 February 2015 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20150222053959/http://content.ghananation.com/articles/yvonne-okoro.aspx . 22 February 2015 .
  5. Web site: Yvonne Okoro Returns With 'Dining With Cooks & Braggarts'. 2018-12-06. Modern Ghana. 2019-06-11.
  6. Web site: 2019-09-15 . Yvonne Okoro crowned Glitz Africa Style Influencer of the Year . 2023-10-22 . GhanaWeb . en.
  7. Web site: 2019-05-09 . Yvonne Okoro promises Black Queens $10,000 bonus . 2023-10-23 . GhanaWeb . en.
  8. Web site: Yvonne Okoro is super rich. Here are some companies she owns as an entrepreneur. Lamptey. Edwin. 2018-06-10. Yen.com.gh - Ghana news.. en. 2020-03-24.
  9. Web site: 2019-06-01 . Perry Okudzeto commends Yvonne Okoro for donating $10,000 to Black Queens . 2023-10-23 . GhanaWeb . en.
  10. Web site: Yvonne Okoro pays bills of 13 new mothers at Korle Bu Teaching Hospital – Glitz Africa Magazine. en-US. 2020-03-24.
  11. Web site: Contract . 2012 . Sparrow Productions.
  12. Web site: Everything you need to know about Yvonne Okoro's upcoming movie. Pulse Nigeria. 19 May 2015 . Chidumga Izuzu. 19 May 2015.
  13. Web site: Rebecca . 2016 . Sparrow Productions.
  14. Web site: Chasing Lullaby . . 2021.

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