They are young, pretty, beautiful, determined and driven by their
dreams. In 2013, they made inroads into Nollywood and as 2014 berthed,
they are poised to take Nollywood by storm! Today,
The Entertainer brings you the hottest fast rising actresses that will define the New Year.
Ijeoma Grace Agu
Though, she’s been in Nollywood since 2007, the actress known as
Ijeoma Grace Agu finally got her breakthrough after she played the role
of Kelechi in a musical entitled,
Hoodrush, alongside Gabriel Afolayan winning rave reviews in the process.
Ijeoma, an award recipient from the Theatre Royal Stratford East in
the UK has successfully staged her own one-woman show entitled,
A Chronicle of Heroines
funded by the Bank of Industry, where she plays eight different female
characters. Her career started in 2007 when she featured in Fidelis
Duker’s soap,
Eldorado. Her film credits also include
The Choice of Aina,
Finding Diamond Jo, and
Flower Girl.
The actress has featured in TV soaps like
David’s Fall,
Catwalk and
About to Wed and also in numerous stage productions by Wole Soyinka. She was recently nominated in the
Best Rising Star Category at the
Nollywood Movies Award 2013 and made her directorial debut in the short film,
Bi-Umbilical. Her newest works include
Misfit and
Kpians.